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Adinnieken on 20 July 2013
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JayWood2010 said:
Goddbless said:
Adinnieken said:

This is something I found particularly interesting.

"More impressively, the controllers automatically recognize who is holding the controller through the camera. When the controller is passed from player to player, the games automatically load individual controller profiles for that player. Now passing controllers around during a game won't require you to back out to the options menu and change look inversion."

So without touching anything but the controller -- no buttons -- the Xbox One signs the player in, loads their profile, and reconfigures the controller for them.  And it can do that for every player, whether you've logged onto the console or not (Internet required).

Impressive. Most impressive.

That is impressive but I feel some people will find a way to make that into a negative. It seems Kinect 2.0 will be leagues better than the old one.


It is impressive but I dont believe this is something new to the industry.  If i am correct PS4 does the same thing.  Also I believe PS Move did this.

Not knocking MSFT.  Afterall my fav controller seems to be getting better (XB controller), but it really isnt something new.  im more interested in the impulse triggers tbh.

Yes, but the PS4 Camera isn't included in-box.  The PS4, with a PS4 Camera, will detect the controller.  It is supposed to be usable for signing on a player, though this particular feature hasn't actually been demonstrated.  However, if you and I are sitting right next to each other on a couch, and you're Player 1 and I'm Player 2.  On the PS4 -- as it stands right now with the features shown -- if you and I exchange controllers, you will be me and I will be you.  The only difference is that, if we're playing split screen, the screen would switch sides.   The PS4 as it has been demonstrated knows who the player is by the color of the light bar.  Not by who is holding it.

The Xbox One actually detects who is holding the controller.  When an Xbox One is connected to the Internet, it identifies a player, pulls down the profile, and logs that user into the console.  The controllers use IR LEDs, so no visible light and those IR LEDs are all hidden behind the same green, clear plastic in the controller.  If we're sitting on a couch and exchange controllers, and you were Player 1 and I was player 2, you'd still be Player 1 and I'd still be Player 2, but if we're split screen our side of the screen would change and the control profile and Player indicator on the controller would change.

Now, if Sony does actually feature an auto sign-in process, then they could be on par.  But again, as of right now with the features demonstrated, they're not the same.  And without the PS4 Camera, they're nothing similar.