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DiemetriX
10-10-2005, 10:59 AM
From ps3focus.com

The power of the Cell processor was demonstrated with a "digital mirror" at the CEATEC 2005 conference held in Japan.
The booth of joint Cell developers, Sony, Toshiba and IBM featured a real-time "digital mirror" simulator powered by the cell processor. A model was seated in front of the simulator that was then able to display a 3D model of the person that matched the movements and facial expressions (!) of the person in real-time.

Sony also screened a video demonstrating that these techniques could be applied to simulate the full range of human movement. The Cell's remarkable streaming capabilities were also on display, streaming 48 MPEG 2 videos simultaneously. The PS3 will benefit from the high-powered video output ability of the Cell: the processor is able to transmit 3 digital high-definition (HD) channels and 1 analog channel simultaneously.



Wow.. thats cool.
mike-zim
10-10-2005, 11:09 AM
that is cool but what are the practical applications for it?
DiemetriX
10-10-2005, 11:13 AM
that is cool but what are the practical applications for it?

http://www.xb360info.com/Toshiba-Cell-Demo.avi <- see and be amazed
Dr Kong
10-10-2005, 11:33 AM
Impressive. More revolutionary then the Revolution, perhaps?
Syxoed
10-10-2005, 11:38 AM
I love it, and for that I hate my self.
Damn it, Steal it Nintendo, do a Sony.
Domstercool
10-10-2005, 12:26 PM
That is pretty sweet, i wonder if you can dedress people
Syxoed
10-10-2005, 12:43 PM
It would be cool to see how you'd look with diffrent hairstyles.
Ryan
10-10-2005, 01:33 PM
(sounds) Pointless?
Syxoed
10-10-2005, 01:39 PM
No actually not, they could use it to put peoples faces into games, well that is pointless, but it will sell. Eye toy sold, and this is way more cool.
Domstercool
10-10-2005, 02:51 PM
Yeah it's a much more advanced Eyetoy, very crazy. I'd like to hear more info on it.
Konfucius
10-10-2005, 02:59 PM
Wow, that is truly impressive, I didn't think the Cell Chip was capable of such things - I mean I expected him to be pretty strong but that...
harribo
10-10-2005, 03:12 PM
Damn I was hoping to watch 50 mpeg 2 videos simultaneously!
mario114
10-10-2005, 06:00 PM
No actually not, they could use it to put peoples faces into games, well that is pointless, but it will sell. Eye toy sold, and this is way more cool.

Ninty allready did this but cancled it thinking it may cuase americains to go mad and shoot there friends in reall life, it was planned for perfect dark.
taiq
11-10-2005, 04:33 AM
This is highly arousing. This does have practical applications, you can use it to make models of characters, objects, guns, etc and put them directly into the game, saving a lot of time and money making the graphics - which is what we need. Less money = less risk = more quirky and crazy games.
RATM_4_EVA
11-10-2005, 04:43 AM
yeah thats good and all...but the cost... :hmm:
BeerMonkey
11-10-2005, 01:12 PM
cool but the novelity would soon rare off and get bored of it
DiemetriX
11-10-2005, 01:34 PM
With this i can become a woman.. and tuch my self... not that i would be a good looking woman :/.. but still..
Domstercool
11-10-2005, 02:18 PM
What a dirty young man you are. :P
y2cplan
12-10-2005, 08:20 AM
Impressive!

But i really doubt Sony will use it with any of there future games TBH.