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Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:36:52 -0700

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[deleted] on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-19T08:06:35.460879-07:00-0700

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zmann on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-19T09:54:18.637697-07:00-0700

I don't really understand why they're mocking something that few people have heard about or seen an actual demo of. Now I'm just laughing at the guy with the controller that looks like a space microphone

execute85 on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-19T07:55:52.495144-07:00-0700

I didn't know that was a real product, so I searched and it seems like someone at Sony thought sticking a ping pong ball on the end wasn't stupid.

Aitese on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-19T09:01:57.423329-07:00-0700

So it doesn't strike you that then maybe there's a technical reason behind it and therefore someone at Sony is a little cleverer than you?

execute85 on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-19T10:19:50.875598-07:00-0700

No, the Dunning-Kruger effect prevents me from understanding my own failures in comprehension. And I know the technical reason behind it. They aren't smart enough to create Natal and so they stuck a golf ball on their controller so the camera can track it.

Aitese on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-19T13:58:03.574988-07:00-0700

Yeah...not like they had their own camera tech LAST generation.

ViaConNada on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-20T13:31:15.625253-07:00-0700

Technically Microsoft isn't smart enough to create it either, they bought another company who had already developed it. http://kotaku.com/5155476/microsoft-to-buy-motion+sensing-company

easytiger on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-20T15:45:12.232503-07:00-0700

it it will most likely be somewhat of a failure because Sony are right on this one, you can't have the same kind of interactions without a physical instrument.

jmcqk6 on Sony mocks Natal and Wii in New Ad.

2010-03-22T13:21:21.360289-07:00-0700

I agree, if you're looking for the same type of interactions. I'm hoping the Natal technology will be ported over to Windows 7, as it enables some types of interaction that would be really nice on a desktop computer.