Gizmodo: E306

E306 Clips: Xbox 360 Gesture Recognition

Jason Chen — Wed, 10 May 2006 19:50:48 EDT

GestPoint has some cool gesture recognition going on with two of the upcoming Xbox 360 Eye-Toy cameras. Using two instead of one, they can detect motion in 3d space, in a sort of Wii-controller like fashion. Using your finger or other body part, you can direct a sword or other objects on the screen up, down, left, right, in, and out. The fun part is the in and out.

This can also be used in public terminals as a replacement for a mouse. Minority Report-like screens can be had in your own living room.

E306 Clips: Novint Falcon

Jason Chen — Wed, 10 May 2006 18:44:16 EDT

We had a talk with Bill Anderson of Novint Technologies, maker of the upcoming force feedback Falcon controller/interface. It's come a long way from a year ago, and it's grown a ball.

How it works: you grasp it with your fingertips in a handshake-like grip, then move it in any direction inspace and it will feel like you're actually interacting with the item on the screen. Example: If there's a rough ball on the screen, the Falcon will vibrate around the surface of the sphere and prevent you from putting your hand through the actual ball itself.

Retailing in '07 for a target price of under $100, the Falcon is geared towards FPS games, sports games, and other games where force feedback is key.

Product Page

Two videos after the jump.

E3 '06: Team Kotaku Brings Gaming Noise, Funk

Joel — Wed, 10 May 2006 17:22:54 EDT

Don't miss Kotaku's on-the-scene coverage of E3 '06, with stories like these polished, possibly collectable gems:

• Kotaku's E306 Mini-Guide: Day 1
• Our up-to-the-minute image gallery live from the show floor!
• E306: Nintendo Wii Zapper
• E306 Clips: Press Conference Score Card
• E306: Shiver Me Timbers, Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Draenei Confirmed As New WoW Race
• E3 2006 Clips: What Geeks Eat
• Grand Theft Auto 4 Announced!
• Kotaku Stalku E306: Don King's Hair Does Not Disappoint

E3 2006: Kotaku Sony Coverage Roundup

Jason Chen — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:50:47 EDT

Our Gizmodo and Kotaku soldiers in LA have been busy busy! After chomping down at the Japanese Corporate Overlord sponsored press party, Joel wiped his hands on his pants well enough (sorta) to provide us with a Liveblog of the Sony Playstation Press conference. Hearing that the two PS3 models were lauching at $499 and $599, Intern Travis said "jesus christ", "holy shit", and "garrrr". One bit of good news, the PS3 controller is "light, outfitted with Bluetooth" and has 6-axis movement detection. Rumble, however, is nowhere to be found.

Across town, Square-Enix announces three whole Final Fantasy XIIIs for the PS3 and mobile phones. Brian was impressed with their loads of real-time and pre-rendered vids.

Check back soon for more live coverage of E3 by our intrepid and semi-sober Giz-taku gang.

E3: What Do You Want From Us?

johnb — Mon, 08 May 2006 14:07:23 EDT

Aside from the obvious (PS3, Wiiiiii!, XBox), what else would you all like to see from us at E3? We have quite a few folks on the ground and if you're in town for the show, IM us or email us at tips @ gizmodo.com and you can buy us a candy bar. Or vice versa.