The following message was posted to: dance-tech Excellent! Let's get these kids up and moving rather than sitting to play with their Playstations. Maybe we can begin to combat the raging increase in child obesity. Children are dying at an unbelieveable rate from starvation and overeating/sedentary lifestyles. Keitha >The following message was posted to: dance-tech > >Hello -- > >Remember about 3 years ago there were several postings to this list >about the Konami dance game pad. About a year later I would find >kids lined up in the Trocadero arcade center in Leicester Square >competing for who could last the longest I guess ... now you can buy >the official Playstation Konami Game Pad to play at home. > >Sony has come out with another game product apparently guaranteed to >get you moving // it's about to be released. This one is used camera >based motion tracking -- and makes you the main character in the >game -- I'm not sure how... > >These extracts are from the press release on the Playstation >website: http://www.us.playstation.com/ > >********************************************** >********************************************** > >BECOME THE STAR OF YOUR OWN PLAYSTATION®2 GAME THIS FALL WITH >EYETOY™, THE ULTIMATE PARTY GAMING EXPERIENCE > >Revolutionary USB Camera With Unique Motion-Tracking Technology >Enables Gamers of all Ages to Be the Main Character in Exciting >Mini-Games > >LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2003 – Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. >announced today the fall 2003 release of EyeToy™ developed >exclusively for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system. The >EyeToy package includes the EyeToy USB Camera and a disc containing >a collection of 12 mini-games. The revolutionary EyeToy USB camera >plugs into one of the two available ports on the front of a >PlayStation 2 system, and uses unique motion-tracking technology to >project the player’s image on screen as the focal point of the >gaming action. EyeToy takes full advantage of the power of >PlayStation 2 and encourages performance, interaction and laughter, >so people of all ages can instantly become the star of their own >game. > >[snip] > >Not available on any other gaming platform, EyeToy includes a >collection of 12 mini-games where players are tasked with physically >performing the moves needed to win the games. By simply plugging the >EyeToy USB Camera into one of the USB ports on the PlayStation 2 >computer entertainment system and placing the EyeToy USB Camera on >top of or below the television, players of all ages literally become >the main character of the game. They must then use their arms, legs, >feet, head and more to participate in the wide variety of >interactive games and show off their hand-eye coordination, skill, >rhythm, speed and style. Using a unique motion-tracking technology, >the EyeToy USB Camera projects the player on screen while their body >movements are instantaneously translated into non-stop gaming action. > >[snip] > >---------------------------------------- >The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. To post a >message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. To unsubscribe, send >email to lists@dancetechnology.org, with the words "unsubscribe dance-tech" in >the message body. >---------------------------------------- -- Keitha Donnelly Manning, Ed.D. Please note the new email address: kmanning@dancetechnology.org ---------------------------------------- The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. To post a message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. To unsubscribe, send email to lists@dancetechnology.org, with the words "unsubscribe dance-tech" in the message body. ----------------------------------------
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