If this was exploited enought and in more ways I'd buy a PS3 for it, its that amazing

excel_excel

@jayntampa: An RTS would be awesome. A version of Desktop Tower Defense would be awesome-er.

CheckersMcGavern

Makes me want a pointing fish shmup. Would Kotaku's lawyers send a cease and desist letter if someone made a pointing fish game? Can someone here make a nice flash game perhaps? Is Kotaku making a game? If so, how would we know?

ninjakiller

Thats a great idea, actually. Too bad I don't have a PS3.
I'm sure its only a matter of time before something around the same general area of innovation appears on the DS. (Not including the bleh previous attempts.)

Get on that N.

bluetom

This was a rather amusing video that brought me great joy watching it. :D

Witzbold

The Playstation Eye if used in creative ways that allowed multiplayer, could potentially be more innovative then the Wii controller.

kirstpo

@okenny :): I want to correct myself. Playstation Eye (New Eye Toy) has same resolution as the Vision Cam but higher frame rates (60 vs 30 Hz). Sorry :(

okenny :)

This is a cool demo. It's very similar to the crayon physics on the PC. The cool thing that relates the two is input method. While crayon physics allows you to draw with your mouse just about anything you want, this requires a Eye Toy and tons of paper and a healthy share of markers. The Eye Toy doesn't do anything really more then take a picture. The plus side (in case one is looking for it) is that an Eye Toy can take a much higher res picture than a 360 Vision camera. Now if you can hook it up to read image files, that would be more efficient. This is only negated by the fact it really doesn't matter to much since your doing Line art; I digress. Once in image form, a decent tracing algorithm will do the rest. I can't wait to see how people will start using this kinda mechanic that things like Crayon Physics pioneered. I really wish those guys would get more recognition. I wish these guys would have mentioned them :( Oh well... to each his own :(

okenny :)

@Wolf_Dog: I'm impressed Kotaku... 23 comments before a penis joke!

beckerist

Drawn to life 2: Marker Adventures!

ELUNO

@Wold_Dog: You know what I mean mang.  PS3 = just a blu ray player to me until MGS4 comes out (assuming it remains exclusive).

brandonf

Wow.  That's actually pretty cool.

Spartan1308

wow WOW Kotaku just got awesome with it's commenting capabilities... more users?
 
anyway, one of the coolest things ive ever seen. If littlebigplanet stole this tech, oh dear god...

LittlestLamshi

@Kj719: LOL. I did too! I hope they release a game like this...I remember the video on the Playstation.Blog and now I'm really interested.

CONFUSEDgam3r

gotta say that this is pretty cool. probably would become boring after about an hour, but the concept is very cool.

kneehighspy

You know, as awesome as the "draw your own tank" thing is, the camouflage block-tank was easily the most awesome part of the whole video.

Spiffyness

Instead of focusing to the six axis they should focus to the PSEye, this demo is Crazy!

Gambare

i do find the creative aspect of this game, and especially the creative potential of this technology to be quite exciting.

i also, reading the comments, heard people suggesting how cool it would be if the Eye could be used to create and import textures for the game LittleBigPlanet, and you know what.. i would have to agree. that would make texture-creation REALLY easy for the average person.. i really hope it is implemented!

joelface

Need.... for.... 360.... please?

For_the_lulz

@Leanid: I could say the same thing, but in favor of the PS3. No matter how much Sony innovates its never as "cool" as well Nintendo innovates or when Apple innovates. Its still stupid Sony.

asTer0id

@Wolf_Dog: I can just imagine when someone traces their penis on a paper, all giddy and happy... then the game has to upscale it because his d**k was too small. :(

Voteforme2020

@Age: halarious!!!

limitt

If they make this happen I'm springing for a camera and buying this!

Rude phallic drawings be damned!

crashlanding

@Irenicus-the one and only: lol... 15 seconds max? :)

magic_envelope

That 'Drawn To Life' on the DS would be an awesome fit for this tech. Actually drawing the character with a pen rather than the DS stylus.

MikDaSpik

oh wow... its about friggin' time they scripted a "quick mask" feature.. then again, it only works on high contrast (ie.. black on white/red on blue/etc.)

seriously tho, if they implement this masking feature onto with games like LittleBigPlanet (draw something, mask it out, paste it on an object), then I AM SOLD. Othewise, i'll take the 2 minutes to mask the JPG in photoshop, import via flash drive.

Galvatron

brilliant!

Friend

I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something fishy about this demo.
But seriously, that's exactly the kind of thing that appeals to me. The PS3 has been quietly creeping into my wishlist list lately.

bonecows

i just innovated on my cat.

yzzlthtz

I need a Playstation Eye. -_-

Saint Anima: Kotaku's Poetic Massacre

Forget penis tanks, think of the power of a double-barreled boobies tank!

MrPants

@Fnor: You act as though if motion sensing has never been around before either. I won't say its a gimmick since it works really nice and opens many new doors. But it is by NO means new. Same with the movies and video downloads. That is not new, its been around for quite a while. Not on consoles of course, but still isn't something new. And according to you something like this has been done before?

Phoenix Wright

That was awesome. Consider it bought :D

NitrousO

Ohh! I was just "innovating" this idea in the shower this morning (in contrast to most, I do more thinking in the shower, rather than on the toilet). They totally beat me to it!

JohnnytheFuture

Yeah, I've been following these guys progress.
Looks like a great game to play with friends...

But really, the first thing that popped into mind was, of course, the sex jokes. Penis tank? Tit turret? What's it gonna be?

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@Leanid: Being a reductionist is possibly why you're not getting it. You might as well say "what's so fun about pushing buttons and sitting on your couch?" ;)
 
Besides... no one really calls some Wii games "casual shit" because the wiimote... they call them that because that's what they are in the sum of their parts. Most people still believe there is a lot of potential for the wiimote an other such devices... the problem is that a lot of shovelware merchants aren't innovating along with it.
 
I don't think the folks around here are "circle jerking" themselves through some delusion that this is the second coming of deep, emotionally drawing experiences... but at least its something different. Suppose that we imagine that there's more to it than just doodling a tank... maybe drawing maps too. Maybe someone can involve a bit of strategy to what you draw as well. At least this has us thinking and imagining.
 
It's the same reason that a lot of people are excited by Little Big Planet... because "play" can be "creative", but video games have tended not to be overall. It's a nice break from the usual destructive play.
 
 
@Fnor: Perhaps you missed all the criticism leveled against Sony for their own motion sensitive controller? I'd like to refer you back to the entirey of 2006. ;)
 
I'd also refer you to my above response... perhaps it is the "create" element than has imaginations captured due to the lack of similar experiences outside SimCity or painting a decal on a car/plane/mech.

dv8godd

...And now I have to buy the Eye of Judgment.

Fallible

That is really cool. Endless possibilities.

WolfGod

Fantastic.

doubtful

Really impressive, if enough of this cool little apps come out I'll have to buy a PSEYE.

tehFluffz

It's weird seeing the way people view actions by different companies. Nintendo announced it was making motion sensitivity the cornerstone of its new console strategy, and was awash in cries of gimmickry.

Microsoft managed to create a coherent online platform that was generalized enough to handle all of its games and support things like demos and movies, and people act like it's a foregone conclusion, despite them being the only company in the industry to do it properly.

Sony lets you draw tanks and fight them with a peripheral camera and... that's innovation? I won't deny that this looks quite fun, but compared to the major accomplishments that the industry has seen in recent history, this doesn't seem like a massive accomplishment. Especially since this concept has been around since Magic Pengel for the PS2 (and probably before).

Fnor

Sweetness! I think I might have to pick up the PS Eye at some point now...

TheFaze

I don't get it, this is about as innovative as the wiimote and wii balance board. Yet the Wii stuff gets called casual shit, but we're circle-jerking to a webcam? Instead of a fancy gyrometer(?) or a fancy scale, we have a fancy webcam.

Leanid

<-- (very impressed)

That is extremely cool.

@fuchikoma: Very nice physics demo. Thanks for the link! Makes me wonder if they could inplement something like that in Little Big Planet.

Highlander Wolf

Awesome! I hope it doesn't get ignored and not reviewed at ALL like Tori-Emaki and Mesmerize.

Kai_

@onemanfilmcrew: Yeah... this is the only thing that people are excited about on the PS3... nice try.
 
But even if it was, in answer to your query: As opposed to yet another brown/grey FPS with anonymous hero in suit of excruciatingly heavy armor fighting alien bugs to save the galaxy from oppression/destruction or another iteration of Madden... yes. At least it's something we all haven't already played 20 times.
 
Some people's personal imaginations aren't quite so limited. I'd rather have a unique tech demo to break the industry monotony than constantly get the same old plotless, plodding shit over and over without an option to deviate.

dv8godd

DO WANT!!!

Taco Bell™

Vagina Tank?
Scissor Tank?
Balls as Wheels?
A female head?
the options are endless!!!

Ninja_Dood

Awesomeness!

Candlejack

Purchased!

SuperMekman

@onemanfilmcrew: No, Combat had planes too.

Ess

@Wolf_Dog: unfortunately i was thinking the same thing

JackTretton

Can they just release the tech demo for us to goof around with?

rezak

Nice... I was just watching their physics collage demo the other day

+ Watch video

Here's "Sketch Lander" another tech demo

+ Watch video

fuchikoma

I love seeing stuff like this. It's good to see a team that isn't working on an Unreal Engine Brown/Grey FPS. I think we all know what people will be drawing though...

ThisCharmingMan

Thats fucking amazing, so damn amazing. Damn, when Little big planet and this and other stuff comes out I will buy a PS3 again, I won't hesitate for a sec, and the PSeye is really good, I liked it a lot, just needs more games like eye play and this.

@magic_envelope: You are fun for 10seconds, max, just saying.

Irenicus-the one and only

Wow that's pretty impressive. Who said Nintendo were the only innovators eh? :) Well done Sony. If I could draw I'd totally pick this up heh.
Still, maybe they could release a program on PS3 that would enable you to animate what the Eye see's. It'll be a good way to make animated cartoons and stuff :D

manicfoot

That...is awesome.

Sony's really innovating with their eye toy. Meanwhile in MS camp it's completely useless peripheral. Get on it MS.

Tuxy79

give me.

mentalboy11

Wonder what it would take to make Sony release this tech demo for those of us that have the PlayStation Eye and want to play around with it.

ocalot

Jesus, that's AMAZING.

Bernard McGraw

Total want! Did not know you could draw anything, thought it had to be like a tank. Very cool.

Maleficence

PS Eye is relatively inexpensive and has a few entertaining apps at this point, but something like this Tank War demo really takes it up another notch ~

Coffee Ninja

This is the whole reason to buy a PS3 right now. Just awesome.

Would be even more awesome if you could use your psp to do even more cool stuff, even just loading tanks and terrains and playing on the go. Or I dunno like, the round's stats and things like that.

LaughingCrow

@CheckersMcGavern: It would be quite excellent if you could save and trade tanks.

I'd like to see a RTS like this where you can draw your own units.

jayntampa

For lack of a better phrase, that's pretty fucking awesome.

Heliophage

WOOT WOOT NSFW FISH WINS

I love the innovation line...camo tank > fish tank

Seiven

A good artist could make some really impressive (and quite elaborate) tanks.

CheckersMcGavern

@Sugoi: The second a decent season 2 shot of him exists, I'm switching...

And I've had this avi on other sites since the opening existed in the first place...

ah well.

Back on topic...
"Your penis tank shoots blanks!"

Age

@onemanfilmcrew:

Be gone omadawn, lest ye speech prove ye a fool!!!

globones

I can't believe I'm saying this, but that makes me want to buy a shitty shitty PS3.

Diamondblade

If you're interested in eye toy games you should look into "webcam" games. There have been a lot of these popping up since flash was able to access webcams.

I used to ignore them, but I recently got a laptop with a webcam right above the screen and these games are actually kind of interesting.

brent_w

Sharpie sales climb!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

@Age: Is there some reason you stolerate my precious Itsuki-sensei avatar?

Sugoi

It's games like this that I really enjoy because it looks so simple on the outside, but there was a ton of work that went into it on the backend. The sheer amount of creativity that can be drawn out of this game (pun!) is really great and could have a lot of different applications besides just the basic gameplay.

Also, nice job adding a new "feature" for the game at the end of the video. Time to sign an NDA before it's too late.

OneLetter

so this game as it looks makes some people want to buy a PS3?.

I must have stayed under my rock for way to long. Although the tech has potential to be fun and cool it's not a system buyer for me.

Also note the ps3 has the potential to cure cancer using its processor power in a grid but forget that we prefer to draw killer cocks and play multi player orgies with them.

Some woman please step in i feel i need a shower with all these ridiculous comments.

gnudna

looks like it might be fun for around 10 minutes max...

just being honest :)

magic_envelope

That is innovation!

Chewbenator

@Robotube: Haha I was just about to type something similar to that.

brello

Isn't this similar in concept to Drawn to Life only with tanks, and costing a few hundred dollars/sterling more?

BTFzor_Freestyle

@onemanfilmcrew: Yeah, and homeowners spend $300,000 to go to the bathroom.

Robotube

also cocks!

wooooops... wrong blog..

little_dragon

@onemanfilmcrew: Oversimplify much?

jayntampa

That's really cool! Man, if a game like this came out I'd be running out of white paper all day!

Shadowmist

Doesn't look too cool.

rKarhu

@brandonf:

I don't think you can play this game on a blu-ray player, i think it'll only work on a PS3, i'm guessing it'll be a downloadable game so make sure you buy a PS3 if you wanna play this game...(stares at you)...

Wolf_Dog

Let's see, $500 for a PS3, plus another $75 for the PS Eye, and the game that has everyone excited about getting a PS3 is a hand drawn version of Combat.

onemanfilmcrew

Did anyone else mention the possibility of penis tanks? The idea just occurred to me, totally independently. I don't think anyone else mentioned it, so I thought I would be the first to bring it up.

Penis.

PapaBear434

Hopefully they make more and better features because this really seems like a gimmick for what looks like quite a god piece of equipment for the playstation eye. I mean its alright, but ultimately its not dissimilar to the tanks game on wii play and could probably be recreated on the DS.....but I guess this is just a demo so kudos for what Sony have done so far.

Brokenlynx

@brent_w: Its fairly possible, draw to life was almost the same...

TOCATL

Please please please please put this on PSN.

FanDam

@Wolf_Dog: If the game is released that shape is going to be the numero 1 XD...

TOCATL

They should make this into a DS game.

brent_w

That actually looks like a really fun game. Like you said, it's been done, but this still just looks like it would be tons of fun to play around with. Look forward to trying it if I get a chance.

VileMethoD

Just when you thought the Eye of Judgment and Singstar were enough justification to purchase an eye and this comes in? Wow, this is just way too awesome...

rzac30

Nice, this looks like fun. I'll definitely grab it when I eventually get my blu ray player.

brandonf

Love where they are going with thins. Keep it up!

-EDGE-

Nice tech demo, now make it into a game.

Kyle81

Must have Eye Toy......

I wonder how many penis tanks this is going to spawn though?

supershavin

My wallet is begging me not to pick up a PS3...

u4ia

@Morberis: Yeah if LBP has a option to capture shapes/textures on the PS Eye like this I will get one to mess around with for sure.

You could cut up magazines etc and make a super pop culture level featuring Lindsay Lohan's zombie headless body... forget photoshop, all you need i scissors and markers :)

Astrofox

jaw dropping

Rabid_Fanboy

"Umm ... a fish please."

That was an absolutely brilliant choice; I want to applaud you for the quick thinking. This looks like fun ... I love the stuff Sony is doing with the camera. As long as it involves pointing it at things other than my face, I'm good to go!

jayntampa

that last part was awesome in it's own way...I can imagine multiplayer psuedo-raids.

*GET BACK, THAT'S NOT A WALL!*
*boom*

Age

I'm intrigued. Not sure if it's worth the purchase of a PS Eye though...

Nereos

It really works! This may have just become an instabuy, for sheer abuse potential.

PaddyStardust

lol at three hit penis combo

tsukihimeblood

"See, *now* it looks like a real fish-tank."

Now that's an entertaining presentation.

Stormwaltz

Any hope this will be available for download from the PSN on todays Thursday update?

/I can dream

avdavidw

its only a matter of time till someone busts out a penis tank

tsukihimeblood

Now that is cool. But I can imagine a lot of penis tanks driving around.

gwangi

PENIS TANKS FTW!!!!

Wolf_Dog

Looks sweet! This would be really great for Sony to bring out on the PS Eye soon. Also I thought the ideas for making games with the Wii were great but with this there could even be more.

Mind you I love my Wii but the PS Eye really opens ideas for different games and they would be cool to see.

BlackIceJoe

Kotaku Fish commencing fire NAO!

Truly epic. It almost makes me want to get the PS Eye, but I can't draw to save my life.

Maybe I'll just scan a head of Rosie O' Donnell. It'll eat most of the tanks, and scare the others away.

Tyber_Zann

I wonder if Little Big Planet will feature a capability like this, or if they'll support it in the future.

Either way though if this isn't to expensive I'm going to have to pick it up.

Morberis

First thing to make me want a PS3.

Hrolf

Get this made already...

Kinburn

fish tank ftw!!!!!!

Crazyeyez15

FISH TANK!!!!!!! :-D

Raziel3333

That was pretty impressive Sony.

NaryaMithrandir

wicked awesome
*sold*
and i dont even own a ps3 x]

Naif

Ahh the beloved fish.

brello

sold

Sparx

Don't mess with the pointing fish.

I hope we see this relesed some time soon although online multiplayer won't be very fun, I don't really want to have to fight endless swarms of crudely drawn penises.

Eothein

This has too many levels of awesomeness to comphrehend.

Jnas

"You just innovated!"

"That is innovation!"

Sugoi

I really hope they make this into a real game.

drywaller79

Imagine amap with all rectangular bars and players with ractangular bars as tanks!! Paranoia will ensue. Its like if the ghosts in Pac-man could camouflage as dots :O

Wolf_Dog

that is wicked!!

TheApprentice

Wow wow wow... I love this kind of geeky tech :)

Astrofox

Finally a good diversion for the dreaded Kotaku pointing fish .

The Dark Defender

Wow, that is stupid cool!

ConfuciusMax

Holy crap. With a little more fleshing out (additional games and such) I might just have to buy a camera for this-!

Car2oon

That fish tank looks awesome!

Fish tank...I just got the joke :o)

Kj719

Can't wait for hands on fooling around. Is it just me or could this tech and the upcoming littlebigplanet be the PS3's saving grace (not counting FFXIII and MGS4)? User defined creative tools could be the way forwards.

JonnyPark

If anyone missed this, check it out. More footage of this from last year.

[blog.us.playstation.com]

Sean2-D2

Those are Next-Gen graphics! Concept is cool, and the demo is very cool on a quirky level, but I can't think of a WHOLE lot that can be done with it that utilizes the hardware of the PS3.

Samejgink