I dont recall him actually building Kinect, just that he was hired by MS to help with it. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Nintendo patents various means of eye tracking for enhancing gameplay
I dont recall him actually building Kinect, just that he was hired by MS to help with it. Correct me if I am wrong.
I would expect this stuff to never hold up to scrutiny, if only because of prior art. There have been tons of eye tracking solutions lately.
Johnny Lee was a lead engineer for the kinect project and considered a "core" member by microsoft. So much of the project was under his control, that he was the person responsible for leaving Kinect's USB protocol unencrypted without having to answer to anybody above (and he also subsequently posted the bounty which lead to the discovery that the protocol wasn't encrypted).
He's currently working for google on the Tango Project.
Again, I really don't know how Nintendo can patent this stuff, when SensoMotoric Instruments has been working with this tech for years and years now. Everything this patent is describing was recently shown off as a working VR prototype at Valve (from SMI), in fact.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I want this.
Gimme a couple little IR LEDs that I can clip to the corners of my glasses, and a Wii Remote camera I can stick on top of my TV and we are Good To Go. Even if it's only for graphical flourish, I would love to have something like this in games. Dumb little things like this feel more "next-gen" than anything else to me.
Gimme a couple little IR LEDs that I can clip to the corners of my glasses, and a Wii Remote camera I can stick on top of my TV and we are Good To Go. Even if it's only for graphical flourish, I would love to have something like this in games. Dumb little things like this feel more "next-gen" than anything else to me.
pinkurocket
Member
Well, the Nintendo DS was released years before the first iPhone. It took them even longer to launch the app store and any possible 'touchscreen gaming' on their devices, you could argue Nintendo introduced touchscreens into mainstream gaming.
Nintentoast
Banned
So wait, does this device have to do with wearing glasses/Aiden Pierce's hat or not? Because a lot of the images have someone wearing glasses, but then there is this line from the filing:
But then how would they provide smell and simulated wind without glasses?? So it must be?
But then how would they provide smell and simulated wind without glasses?? So it must be?
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
The text you quote is simply the background. What is important here is the abstract and the detailed description. The background simply tells in what field this is usually used, how it historically has been used and what consumer opinion has been on that.
Off-Kilter
Banned
So basically, it turns my TV into a giant 3DS screen?
Nintendo hybrid console confirmed
Spring-Loaded
Member
I better see Rosalina crawling out of my television like the Ring girl by next gen.
arhra
Member
I have some good news for you (if you're a PC gamer).
Although I'd hesitate to consider it "next-gen" when the first version was launched in 2001.
Outtrigger888
Member
This will launch around the same time Metroid U launches... ... ... . . .
Online multiplayer, with leaning to dodge projectiles? Though, the animations might look funny..
Online multiplayer, with leaning to dodge projectiles? Though, the animations might look funny..
Nintendojitsu
Banned
Fixed that for ya!
came expecting this, leave satisfied
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Doesn't Samsung already have a patent for eye tracking as a feature with the Galaxy phones?
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Refreshment.01
Member
In the advent of technologies like this one:
http://www.cvision3d.com/
Probably anyone interested in a 3D display would get one (glasses free even) So i don't see much of a point in making a 2D panel output 3D content. Even less sense if its not a short term solution.
Also what happened to the no wearables policy?
http://www.cvision3d.com/
Probably anyone interested in a 3D display would get one (glasses free even) So i don't see much of a point in making a 2D panel output 3D content. Even less sense if its not a short term solution.
Also what happened to the no wearables policy?
Refreshment.01
Member
You are served by other companies then.
You could say all Videogames are gimmicks. The most popular shooter of last gen got on top by using gimmicks. Food for taught.
Apologies for the double, some times board goes quick, others go slooow.
Nintentoast
Banned
Yeah, but it's not like Nintendo is patenting the concept of eye tracking. They are just patenting this specific system for doing so (i.e. a tv mounted camera and a marker of some kind on your body).
I remember this from a few years back, but I never had the chance to try it.
Seems like it's on the japanese eshop for only 514￥... tempting
game is probably shit, but the tech is kinda intriguing
"Viewpoint movement detection can provide collision-related game logic benefits such as allowing a player to dodge projectiles, giving a game character an ability to "see" the player when not behind line-of-sight obstacles, and other advantages."
This is very interesting imo. Even more exciting if executed by nintendo ( it just works!).
I've always wondered why they never used this wiimote/sensorbar inversion tech before.
it's a simple way of bringing fun and immersion to a game like... Link 's crossbow training 2 .
This is very interesting imo. Even more exciting if executed by nintendo ( it just works!).
I've always wondered why they never used this wiimote/sensorbar inversion tech before.
it's a simple way of bringing fun and immersion to a game like... Link 's crossbow training 2 .
Amazeballs
Member
They probably have something that vaguely resembles it in their file cabinet, crudely drawn picture and all.
There was a game for the DSi that used head tracking to simulate 3D to great effect.
Edit: Here it is.
I can't imagine this technology working for more than a single player at a time. Might see it applied more often on their handheld.
VendettaRed07
Member
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
Trauma Center indeed.
At some point it needs to come back, but with this with a vengeance!! ^.^
Sniffynose
Member
Great so my head will be the new waggle controller... incoming free neck brace accessories lol
LightOfTruth
Member
Seems relatively cheap to implement. That said, this isn't a gimmick I'd be too interested in, especially with VR gaining momentum.
clay_ghost
Member
Is it a trend to bump old thread? seems like a lot of old threads being bumped.
Cow Mengde
Banned
That thread HAD to be bumped.
I didn't know about this until it was bumped. Sounds really cool.
Spring Drive
Banned
Graphics Horse
Member
That was gaze direction rather than viewpoint position iirc.
With enough knowledge of the display environment etc., one leads to the other?
Sony was just demoing tech from http://www.smivision.com/en/gaze-and-eye-tracking-systems/home.html
It would be interesting if Nintendo commercialises eye tracking involving glasses given their previous philosophical objections to them. And given that they don't really seem to be necessary to do eye tracking.
This patent also seems like its pretty relevant to that Johnny Chung Lee Wiimote '3D TV' demo - seems to be the same kind of thing, tracking the eye and changing the output to give the appearance of depth and 3D. Maybe it was inspired by that rather than any specific commercial intentions.