Sunday, September 23, 2012

Sony PlayStation Wonderbook Hands-On

By Shaine Murray


Sony has unveiled its brand new PS Wonderbook Augmented Reality platform at E3. The folding, book-like device is definitely an Augmented Reality pad that performs together with the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Eye as well as PlayStation Move motion controller to provide superimposed computer graphics more than the picture of your Wonderbook and consumer on the Tv. Targeted for an informative instrument for youngsters, the gadget will launch with J.K. Rowling's Book of Spells.

The theory behind the Wonderbook will likely be acquainted to Nintendo 3DS users that have contested with all the AR Cards delivered with all the device. The 3DS's developed in digicam choose up the picture branded within the card, and so compute from its apparent size and then perspective the relative position of the games system and consumer. The 3DS superimposes computer photos on the card when regarded the 3DS's display, nearly as if the screen had been a window.

The Book of Spells game showed for the gadget utilised PlayStation Move controls like a makeshift magic wand which to toss spells from your Harry Potter world. Judging by the demo, this appears a rather significantly less widely setup for AR versus 3DS, being the consumer is required to search at a Television the whole time - the PlayStation Wonderbook device itself is almost a necessary evil. One wonders, being the dimension of the big hardback children's book, when the gadget truly requirements to be very so substantial.

Sony was on preferably safer ground unveiling Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls, successfully an unofficial sequel to 2010's Heavy Rain featuring a mocapped Ellen Page as Jodie Holmes, a sort of young blend of Richard Kimble (fantastic desired fugitive) and John Edward (generally revered medium). Quantic Dream, chances are you'll recall, were also accountable for your Kara PlayStation 3 tech demo we viewed in March. Ellen Page, or simply at least a striking if unofficial digital likeness of her, also cropped up in Naughty Dog's The Last of Us (consider Uncharted plus zombies).

A tryout of God of War: Ascension in addition impressed while Assassin's Creed 3 spin-off Liberation was a welcome headline for PlayStation Vita, having a women playable protagonist in a string first. PlayStation 3 and also Vita cross-compatibility was demo'd in similar of Sony's solution to Super Smash Bros, PlayStation AllStars: Battle Royale (just one of the numerous games on present in ominous need of a colectomy) with consumers about the E3 stage a multi-player match up from both a PlayStation 3, Vitas along with PS4.




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