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daroamer on 29 October 2010
Sweep said:
daroamer said:
Sweep said:

It's indeed a cool thing to be paid to play in front of cameras... You better show that it's fun even if it's not


You're right, because if it's one thing we've heard over and over about Dance Central is how NOT fun it is!

/sarcasm

This game maybe fun (btw I don't see why it would be funnier than just dance for example).

But I didn't formulate correctly my sentence : "You better show it's fun even if you don't think the same/it is not your cup of tea" is a better formula of what I meant.

Who can pretend if she was really having a blast or pretend to have...?

Nevertheless If this game is a winner, it'll be soon multiplat. It is not an absolute Xbox Exclusive and Harmonix devs said that it can be done with PSEye.

 

No they didn't, they said the exact opposite in fact.  They said no technology existed before Kinect that would allow them to do a dance game how they wanted to do one (authentically), and they had already made games for the Eyetoy and the PSEye existed so they already knew what was possible on that device.

They said they thought they might be able to port it using Move however I don't think it will be the same without being able to track your hip and leg movements accurately.

If you don't know why it's different than Just Dance then you really have no clue how Kinect works.  Just Dance is only tracking your hand movements, Dance Central is tracking your entire skeleton in 3 dimensions to make sure you are doing the entire dance move correctly from head to foot.  Can you have fun playing Just Dance?  Sure.  Is it an accurate representation of actual dancing?  No.



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bobbert on 29 October 2010
daroamer said:
Sweep said:
daroamer said:
Sweep said:

It's indeed a cool thing to be paid to play in front of cameras... You better show that it's fun even if it's not


You're right, because if it's one thing we've heard over and over about Dance Central is how NOT fun it is!

/sarcasm

This game maybe fun (btw I don't see why it would be funnier than just dance for example).

But I didn't formulate correctly my sentence : "You better show it's fun even if you don't think the same/it is not your cup of tea" is a better formula of what I meant.

Who can pretend if she was really having a blast or pretend to have...?

Nevertheless If this game is a winner, it'll be soon multiplat. It is not an absolute Xbox Exclusive and Harmonix devs said that it can be done with PSEye.

 

No they didn't, they said the exact opposite in fact.  They said no technology existed before Kinect that would allow them to do a dance game how they wanted to do one (authentically), and they had already made games for the Eyetoy and the PSEye existed so they already knew what was possible on that device.

They said they thought they might be able to port it using Move however I don't think it will be the same without being able to track your hip and leg movements accurately.

If you don't know why it's different than Just Dance then you really have no clue how Kinect works.  Just Dance is only tracking your hand movements, Dance Central is tracking your entire skeleton in 3 dimensions to make sure you are doing the entire dance move correctly from head to foot.  Can you have fun playing Just Dance?  Sure.  Is it an accurate representation of actual dancing?  No.

WRONG, it's not tracking your hand movements. It's only tracking the angle at which the wii-mote is held at specific timepoints. If you have played just dance you would know :P

All you need in order to do dance central on the PS3 is 5 nav controllers, and straps for your ankles and top of your head. Should be easy to port.



TruckOSaurus on 29 October 2010

Dance Central looks like so much fun! Makes me consider buying a XBox360!



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Sweep on 29 October 2010
daroamer said:
Sweep said:
daroamer said:
Sweep said:

It's indeed a cool thing to be paid to play in front of cameras... You better show that it's fun even if it's not


You're right, because if it's one thing we've heard over and over about Dance Central is how NOT fun it is!

/sarcasm

This game maybe fun (btw I don't see why it would be funnier than just dance for example).

But I didn't formulate correctly my sentence : "You better show it's fun even if you don't think the same/it is not your cup of tea" is a better formula of what I meant.

Who can pretend if she was really having a blast or pretend to have...?

Nevertheless If this game is a winner, it'll be soon multiplat. It is not an absolute Xbox Exclusive and Harmonix devs said that it can be done with PSEye.

 

No they didn't, they said the exact opposite in fact.  They said no technology existed before Kinect that would allow them to do a dance game how they wanted to do one (authentically), and they had already made games for the Eyetoy and the PSEye existed so they already knew what was possible on that device.

They said they thought they might be able to port it using Move however I don't think it will be the same without being able to track your hip and leg movements accurately.

If you don't know why it's different than Just Dance then you really have no clue how Kinect works.  Just Dance is only tracking your hand movements, Dance Central is tracking your entire skeleton in 3 dimensions to make sure you are doing the entire dance move correctly from head to foot.  Can you have fun playing Just Dance?  Sure.  Is it an accurate representation of actual dancing?  No.

I didn't said that Just Dance is not different from Dance Central. I said that Dance Central is not necessarily funnier than Just Dance.

We don't know yet of what the PSEye is truly capable.

It hasn'got an IR Cam but the resolution and FPS are way ahead of Kinect's RGB cam (640x480 at 60 FPS or 320x240 at 120 FPS), that could help with scanning a body even if it will not be true 3D

It does nice head tracking (GT5 : http://www.computerandvideogames.com/video.php?id=4105)

You would not get a completely similar experience as with Kinect but it  could be much closer than we think

It also has a 4 Mics array

Voice recognition software is also possible on PS3 using a simple mic.

(already exists in SIngstar : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TaUsSy-f0Y)



Sweep on 29 October 2010
bobbert said:
daroamer said:
Sweep said:
daroamer said:
Sweep said:

It's indeed a cool thing to be paid to play in front of cameras... You better show that it's fun even if it's not


You're right, because if it's one thing we've heard over and over about Dance Central is how NOT fun it is!

/sarcasm

This game maybe fun (btw I don't see why it would be funnier than just dance for example).

But I didn't formulate correctly my sentence : "You better show it's fun even if you don't think the same/it is not your cup of tea" is a better formula of what I meant.

Who can pretend if she was really having a blast or pretend to have...?

Nevertheless If this game is a winner, it'll be soon multiplat. It is not an absolute Xbox Exclusive and Harmonix devs said that it can be done with PSEye.

 

No they didn't, they said the exact opposite in fact.  They said no technology existed before Kinect that would allow them to do a dance game how they wanted to do one (authentically), and they had already made games for the Eyetoy and the PSEye existed so they already knew what was possible on that device.

They said they thought they might be able to port it using Move however I don't think it will be the same without being able to track your hip and leg movements accurately.

If you don't know why it's different than Just Dance then you really have no clue how Kinect works.  Just Dance is only tracking your hand movements, Dance Central is tracking your entire skeleton in 3 dimensions to make sure you are doing the entire dance move correctly from head to foot.  Can you have fun playing Just Dance?  Sure.  Is it an accurate representation of actual dancing?  No.

WRONG, it's not tracking your hand movements. It's only tracking the angle at which the wii-mote is held at specific timepoints. If you have played just dance you would know :P

All you need in order to do dance central on the PS3 is 5 nav controllers, and straps for your ankles and top of your head. Should be easy to port.

As the PS3 supports 7 Bluetooth devices, it would be better with 2 more moves strapped on shoulders....  LOL

Seriously, the Eye toy was able to correctly track your wrists and feet. If the PSEye Can enhance those and add head tracking, a great dancing game would be possible, without the use of PSMove controllers.

It will simply not be able to track 2 dancers at the same time although. 



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Squilliam on 29 October 2010

I always think Ellen Degenerate when I see that name.



Tease.

Reasonable on 29 October 2010

Not bad.  Much better than Oprah - at least she used it and actually explained some stuff about it.

Can't fault MS marketing angle here.  I'll be curious to see if Sony invests in anything similar of just sticks to it's current advertising approach.

BTW Squilliam I will now always think that about poor Ellen, I hope you're proud!



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Alby_da_Wolf on 29 October 2010
Reasonable said:

Not bad.  Much better than Oprah - at least she used it and actually explained some stuff about it.

Can't fault MS marketing angle here.  I'll be curious to see if Sony invests in anything similar of just sticks to it's current advertising approach.

BTW Squilliam I will now always think that about poor Ellen, I hope you're proud!

Wait, isn't Degeneres a stage surname she chose just for that purpose?  :-O 



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