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phinch1 on 14 November 2009

So sunlight could totally ruin playing any natal game?



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Avarice28 on 14 November 2009
phinch1 said:
So sunlight could totally ruin playing any natal game?

basically, or any game not based on IR (infrared) technology.



Porcupine_I on 14 November 2009
Smidlee said:
I have had sunlight screw up the wii-mote as well before. So yes Sunlight has an effect on camera as well bad glare on TV screens.

Sunlight interferes with the Wii's Infrared, just as it can affect any other infrared remote control.

 

i believe natal works with infrared technology too, i wonder if that could become a subject in the future as well.



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Avarice28 on 14 November 2009
Porcupine_I said:
Smidlee said:
I have had sunlight screw up the wii-mote as well before. So yes Sunlight has an effect on camera as well bad glare on TV screens.

Sunlight interferes with the Wii's Infrared, just as it can affect any other infrared remote control.

 

i believe natal works with infrared technology too, i wonder if that could become a subject in the future as well.

So Natal is "based" upon IR tech, did not know that.  Either way movement can be miss read with just a varying difference in light sources.



Dgc1808 on 14 November 2009

Nothing I didn't expect after my own experience with the PSEye. It's the reason why the wand has the glowing ball at the end.



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theprof00 on 14 November 2009

the mistake you made with the title was saying motion control.
To any member here, that would be referring to the sony wandballs or whatever you want to call them.
This should be titled, "why the pseye is problematic".
Whereas everyone would come in here and say "thanks genius"



Porcupine_I on 14 November 2009
theprof00 said:
the mistake you made with the title was saying motion control.
To any member here, that would be referring to the sony wandballs or whatever you want to call them.
This should be titled, "why the pseye is problematic".
Whereas everyone would come in here and say "thanks genius"

..actually i thought this was about natal, as it said "camera based motion control"

 

:D



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Serious_frusting on 14 November 2009

well i niece has it and she loves it. She always playing it. It has a few minor hiccups but apart from that it is kinda solid



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Xoj on 14 November 2009

god natal can't be used outside?

sun infrared light will totally make it not not work.
the good thing sony have their wand, with motion sensors inside. and can be used without the cam.,



Mr Khan on 14 November 2009
Porcupine_I said:

"EyePet ranges from mostly obedient to unresponsive to downright oblivious of your presence."

just like a real pet then? :D

so, what is wrong with making space in front of the tv for the game? what did they expect? and its not really a huge space that is needed, or did they also put their wii-fit board on the couch-table because there was no room on the floor? actually you CAN play eyepet on a Table, if you set up the camera in the right way, but since that requires commons sense i don't see that happen.

as for the light, i believe the camera tries adjusts itself to the given light in the room when it sarts up!. if you have changing light intensity, like you start with daylight and it's getting dark, it can't keep up, same if the room is too dark from the beginning and you add light AFTER you started the game, that won't work either.

 

Edit:

"the Magic Card when doubling up as an on-screen gadget has an annoying tendency to vanish if the camera isn’t seeing it precisely"

the magic card doesn't work well, when the camera can't see it? what a FAIL! Shouldn't it be able to GUESS where i am holding the card? ?

Yeah, lol. This would be an almost perfectly realistic simulator for cats.



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