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TheROADKRAKEN
Hi again. Back on page 2389 I made my 1st post on these boards, and I think it went completely unnoticed because of the delay for approval. Basically I'm curious as to how GT5's head tracking feature will be done without 3D glasses. Are the LED's on Sony's glasses required for head tracking? Does the PS eye respond to any old cranium-mounted LEDs or will I really have to spring for official 3D specs to take advantage of this feature? Perhaps head tracking is only in 3D mode? Questions without answers, help!
Thanks
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The PSeye recognizes your head from calibrations done before use, at what point you are sitting, to get the correct reading on your head. From there it uses your movements, not LEDs
 
keybladekyle
I think the PSeye using face recognition technology, im not sure about that though, i did see a video of the head tracking a few pages back and they werent wearing 3D glasses.
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If so, that is wonderful news! However... Can the PS eye really track objectstht are simply lit by the changing light of your TV??? What if I am racing Toscana @ nite for example and even my headlamps are blotted out by the dust cloud? Seems like either an absurd logical leap or dang nice technology!

happycorey
The PSeye recognizes your head from calibrations done before use, at what point you are sitting, to get the correct reading on your head. From there it uses your movements, not LEDs
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Whoa, is this SONAR? Pretty sure it would require a steady light source. Maybe a few pixels in the corner of the screen are constant, but some TVs overscan or zoom slightly, mine included. I hope that is not the case.
 
TheROADKRAKEN
Whoa, is this SONAR? Pretty sure it would require a steady light source. Maybe a few pixels in the corner of the screen are constant, but some TVs overscan or zoom slightly, mine included. I hope that is not the case.
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Pixels on the screen have nothing to do with it. The camera is near your TV and tracks the position of your head. To do this, yes, you would need adequate lighting in your room.
 
cdkjhi
Also, I have a very bad feeling about the release date not being announced yet.
Its hard to believe that GT5 is about to become the 1st big game in history to get a release date announcement 2 or 3 weeks before the actual release. Did this ever happened with any other big game before?
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Im not sure it has, there have been plenty of times when a game has been pushed back or pulled foward a week.

i think the closest thing i can think of is Little big Planet , http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/quran-references-force-worldwide-littlebigplanet-recall

which was delayed a week, But they had to recall the game, and ship out new ones, has i understand it it was only delayed a week to 10 days depending on the region, which is quite remarkable. I know that source says 14th of November, but it was actually released at the end of October, start of November. Im not sure if they actually did recall the game or decided to simply patch it in the end as well.
 
TheROADKRAKEN
If so, that is wonderful news! However... Can the PS eye really track objectstht are simply lit by the changing light of your TV??? What if I am racing Toscana @ nite for example and even my headlamps are blotted out by the dust cloud? Seems like either an absurd logical leap or dang nice technology!
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Im not sure you understand how the head tracking thing works mate, heres a video. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9NQXKv3rIo
 
Greyum
Pixels on the screen have nothing to do with it. The camera is near your TV and tracks the position of your head. To do this, yes, you would need adequate lighting in your room.
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Eeek, my plasma as a mirror. I hate that effect from over-lighting the room. Compromise, I guess :)
 
ArsenalFtw
http://stuffmideast.com/2010/11/07/17675/gran-turismo-5-gets-november-30-release-date/

According to this website, they belive an "offical" sony website has given the relise date of November 30th, I don't know if we should belive it.
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That "official" SONY website is the US SonyStyle website, and it reads "Available on or about 11/30/2010". SonyStyle have about as much of a relationship with SONY as Amazon or any other online retailer it would seem, certainly from my past interactions with them!

TheROADKRAKEN
Eeek, my plasma as a mirror. I hate that effect from over-lighting the room. Compromise, I guess :)
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Hehe! Alll that matters is that the camera can see your head. I'm sure you could achieve this with some strategic lighting ;)
 
An Aussie TGS 2010 closed door conference writeup that slipped through the cracks

http://palgn.com.au/playstation-3/17558/tgs-2010-gran-turismo-5-q-a/


The conference was just as packed as the last one, and thanks to being late from a quick toilet run, I only managed to get a spot up the back. Having already caught a lot of Gran Turismo 5 from the Sony conference I was keen to see and hear about with some English, as the TGS press conference was left mostly untranslated. Here are some quick notes of the things that I was able to pick up.

Gran Turismo 5 was meant to hit retail shelves in Japan on November 5. Unfortunately, we know now that this isn’t going to happen, and the release date is in limbo. Again. It was seen that the Trial Mountain track will be returning to the game. The game will have a feature called Gran Turismo Anywhere. It appears that you will be able to view and manage your garage, while also being able to view your friend’s garage, check out message boards and shared photos and organise B Class races with friends. It looked like the races were simulated based on your team and/or car statistics.

There will be a heap of special races feature as well. These include:

•Karting events

•AMG Driving School

•The Stig Challenge

•Jeff Jordan NASCAR School

•Sebastian Loeb Challenge

•Gran Turismo Rally

Just on the Rally mode, some rally races will be automatically/randomly generated, meaning you’ll have to depend on the co-driver’s instructions, rather than learning the tracks and being able to anticipate what’s coming up. Furthermore, this more will be playable online.

Weather is set to play a major role in the game too. Weather changes happen in real time, and when they occur they will affect the surface of the track dynamically as you race. So factors such as pressure changes, humidity and temperature will all come into play. Weather is random and the forecasts can be inaccurate (just like in real life!). Finally, the weather information will not be available until right before you race, adding a layer of unpredictability to your preparations.

While this may only be a small factor, the engine sounds are going to be better, more realistic and much heavier. In a racing simulation, you would definitely hope for this. The game will attempt to hold 60 frames per second as much as possible, though when the track does get filled with cars and weather effects such as fog and rain, drops may be inevitable. We weren’t able to find out how this was supposed to affect 3D.

Wrapping things up, there is supposed to be some sort of ultimate car in the game – the Red Bull Adrian Newey concept, which will be free of all technical limitations and make for the ultimate racing car. Finally, even though Gran Turismo 5 isn’t even out yet, work has begun on Gran Turismo 6 and it will supposedly be using many elements that did not make it into Gran Turismo 5.

To be honest a lot of the car stuff in Gran Turismo goes over my head, so it was a lot harder to follow what was going on this time and I was tired! Though from what I saw the interface looked slick and the game looked meaty and fast, with a certain ‘shimmy-ness’ to it that can only be had with Gran Turismo. By this stage I was really tired and headed out to grab some food at the completion of the conference and checked out the TGS floor one more time to grab some freebies and play El Shaddai once more to get one of the cool stickers that came with it!

PALGN would like to thank Kai for taking the time to share some of his experiences from Tokyo Games Show 2010, and Rebecca Rice from SCEE for organising the attendance to this event.
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Good morning from portugal.

I had high hopes for the head tracking feature, but until now it seems to be like a simple and old ' look left ' movement.

Let's wait for the full menu to setup the Pseye. Maybe then we will have a smooth camera motion.
 
TheROADKRAKEN
Eeek, my plasma as a mirror. I hate that effect from over-lighting the room. Compromise, I guess
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If you really plan to use the head tracking feature (in a total dark room, depending on the distance you're sitting from the TV), you could use a table lamp to light the area where you're sitting, if only slightly, since the PSEye works quite well under low light situation.

If I understood the feature correctly, it just need to capture small leaning movements. So you're good to go without worrying about the light reflecting in the screen.
 
Beliall
I might try move, at least I'll still have the camera if its no good.
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Move is great fun. If youre one of the people here who use the PS3 for games other than GT5p then I'm sure you'll have a blast with it. Definitely worth the £40 entry fee.
 
Yea so true, but when ever it will realise it will definitely compete with Black Ops it would seem, I mean this could possibly be a marketing technique, they keep on making us wait, it makes loads of news around the world, and thus brining a lot more people interested in the awesome game to come :).
 
ArsenalFtw
Yea so true, but when ever it will realise it will definitely compete with Black Ops it would seem, I mean this could possibly be a marketing technique, they keep on making us wait, it makes loads of news around the world, and thus brining a lot more people interested in the awesome game to come :).
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I fail to see the logic in this whole "GT5 competes with Black Ops" argument. Sure, some people who only have cash for one game will side with Black Ops on PS3, but those who want GT5 and have waited so long will buy it regardless, surely?!

All of this is pure self-generating marketing for SONY. They must be lapping it up!
 
CoolColJ
From the Sony Aussie dude
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/play-on/20101107-17j0d.html
Will you have Gran Turismo 5 before Christmas?

We all hope so, Jason. (laughs) We all hope so. We're keeping our fingers crossed. We should have some news very soon obviously because we're in November. I have nothing more to add to it but the anticipation is very high. (laughs)
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Thanks although it's pretty weird that everyone is apparently still in the dark. Sony must have threatened the horses head treatment to anyone who gives the game away!

As far as I know the first magazine review is due on 24th November which is the same day as the pre-launch party but the review discs don't appear to be with the media yet. Maybe they are going to pull the same trick as they did with the slim and have the game on shelves a few days after they announce the release date.
 
CoolColJ
An Aussie TGS 2010 closed door conference writeup that slipped through the cracks
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Wow, i wonder what the stig challenge is? Maybe we have to beat lap times in different cars on the Top Gear track? I just hope they include the Suzuki Liana lol.
 
I can't stand Wii games... Trust me though, in cokpit head tracking will prove EXTREMELY valuable to immersing the player into the game. This will be THE revolutionary feature of GT5. Well worth $40 and more!
 
TheROADKRAKEN
I can't stand Wii games... Trust me though, in cokpit head tracking will prove EXTREMELY valuable to immersing the player into the game. This will be THE revolutionary feature of GT5. Well worth $40 and more!
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Does the head tracking work only in cockpit view?
 

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