Microsoft To Enter Motion War

It is looking highly likely that Microsoft is set to reveal a new 3D motion-sensing camera at E3 2009. It was only a matter of time when you consider the gargantuan success of the Nintendo Wii and the fact that Sony is now looking to release a brand new motion controller for the PS3 of their very own.

The task has apparently been placed with 3DV Systems and this latest technology has been dubbed the “Wii killer”. If you take a gander at their website you are given a little more information on how it all works, "The technology is based on the Time-Of-Flight (TOF) principle. The Depth information is captured by emitting pulses of infra-red light to all objects in the scene and sensing the reflected light from the surface of each object.

It continues, "All objects in the scene are then arranged in layers according to the distance information sensed by the D pixels in the camera, providing the Depth information in real time as standard black and white video where the grey-level correlates to relative distance. Color data is provided using a normal color imaging sensor."

Stay tuned for more news as and when it’s released on this exciting new piece of hardware.

Craig Bryan, NoobFeed