I was just searching some news about onlive and I discovered an artikle, which says that Sony showed on the Vision 2009 expo a stereocamera which can track movements and recognize feelings.  The Vision 2009 is a tiny trade fair which is completly unknown ( I know it since 5 minutes). This Trade fair has nothing to do with videogames it is a international trade fair for machine vision and identification technologys. So i was surprised a little that Sony showed ICU on this small event. 

I found this artikle plus video: http://www.basicthinking.de/blog/2009/11/06/icu-sonys-neuer-ganzkoerper-controller/ 

here is the same article in english:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18115-sony-demos-game-controller-to-track-motion-and-emotion.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=tech

" It can even track the sway of your clothing"

Did someone of you knew that ? I never heard that here. Because its clear that they develop it for the PS3 too. If this is old infos I apologize but for me this is really news. So the PS3 will probably feauture Natal AND Wii Mote thats a surprise to me. The technology is practically the same and it seems very powerful it can focus on a distance so objects which are nearer wont be taken into account. It can digitally delete disturbing objects and it can recognize if you are a kid or a man or a woman. It can recognize your feelings too. Its a stereo camera (3d camera) too. They will have probably a delay but who knows maybe they announce it in E3 2010 that would probably be a blast for Natal. 

If this is true, then why isn't Sony coming out big with this? :s

They showed it on a non videogame trade fair this is true its not a fake. They are not comming out with it because its still in development and they want to make this product perfect as possible before they give more informations about it. It is true I read this on very reliable german sites.

And Sony was on this trade fair its under the topic cameras I just looked:

http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/cms/vision09_ausstellerverzeichnis_ausstellerverzeichnis0.0.html?&L=0

Probably because Sony realizes that most gamers don't care for the idea of controller-free gaming.

I dont care either but this would destroy the Natal argument.

I agree

Even so, Natal is going to sell somewhat on hype alone (not getting into the "will it sell gangbusters or not"-discussion), and it's getting attention in shows and news. That's publicity you can't buy. Getting there before MS - or showing you have it as well - is publicity they cannot shun imho.

I think natal will flop because the expectations for this are ridicolous. I dont think Natal will move more then a couple of hundred thousend consoles (which is a lot) But its good to know that Sony has something to conter it.

...if this picture is genuine it might be part of sony's motion control concept.

http://www.ps3informer.com/playstation-3/images/sonybreak7.jpg

Who knows maybe Microsoft patented some stuff for use with videogames so Sony can't use it for the ps3.. Or the don't want gamers to buy 3 things extra to game.. A pseye, the wand and this thing.. Nice find!