Richard Marks Talks PlayStation Move’s Orb
The one thing which stands out on the PlayStation Move controller? The surprisingly spongy orb on the top of the controller which players can squish and squeeze in their fingers. Richard Marks has stated how crucial it is for the orb to be a part of the PlayStation Move and the reasonings behind its precise accuracy.
Speaking to CVG, EyeToy creator and SCE senior researcher, Richard Marks, said the little ball on the top of Sony’s motion controller is what really matters.
It’s really, really crucial. It’s crucial for many reasons because it’s like a marker. We know exactly where it is. It’s a light so it’s really easy to find it and it can change colour.
The Sony man goes on to talk about the reasoning behind why the device changes colour – which we explained in our PlayStation Move preview back at PAX East.
So for example if you happen to have a bright pink wall behind you it’ll change colour so it can be tracked better.
The PlayStation Eye looks at all the pixels. It says ‘Oh, there’s a bunch of magenta pixels – don’t use that colour, use a different one’, and it picks a colour that won’t conflict.
We have full control over the light – there are 360 different hues it can track.
Excited? You should be.
For more on PlayStation Move, be sure to check out PlayStation LifeStyle’s preview of the motion controller for a much more in-depth view about of the above.
7 Responses to “Richard Marks Talks PlayStation Move’s Orb”
I was hoping it would sense your mood – like the old mood ring – and change according to that .
I wish it was a smaller ball though and hope it’s not too spongy because those of us with cats or dogs certainly don’t want something they’ll see as a chew toy or play toy .
meh, as long as it works.
yea, good idea though having it sense whats in the background so it can auto adjust to that. Anyone think thats why MS had the white robe weirdness at their conference? makes sense to me…
The orb looks a bit silly, but oh well. As long as it works. I wasn’t too excited about the Move at first, but they’ve got some games that interest me so I’ll be picking one up.
that is genius, l thought it was just for show but it changes color to in order to better track it
hello …
that’s a nice M… , idea for then we won’t need to be dressed in white & have all the room painted in white. i know i’m mad, but i don’t want to feel like in an asylum too … except if it’s the arkham asylum & i’m wearing my super, water-proof, fire & bullet resistant bat costume …
OK enough babbling .. @ FJ_100_rider, that’s why i got rid of the cats ..
(no lah, been quite long time i don’t have any….)
cheers!
Ironic that there are 360 different colors? I think not!