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...used to think I was the only one who had trouble memorizing all the buttons on video-game controllers and figuring out which one to push when. Now I know better. How else to explain the success of EyeToy games for PlayStation 2? EyeToy games replace the handheld game pad with a video camera that translates your body movements into onscreen action. Since the first EyeToy game went on sale last year, Sony has sold more than 4 million units worldwide (including 1 million in the U.S.). To put that number into context, it is about as many units sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Beyond the Thumb | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

Previous E3 expos have introduced video games controlled by your feet (Dance Dance Revolution) and your voice (Karaoke Revolution). Now get ready for AntiGrav, the game you play wearing fluorescent gloves. Via the EyeToy, a mini-camera that plugs into PlayStation 2, AntiGrav (due this fall from Harmonix) senses your glove movements and uses them to control a futuristic hoverboarder--ducking, doing tricks and grabbing bonus points. Previous EyeToy games used your camera image onscreen, which meant you had to stand in direct light. But since AntiGrav needs to see only those gloves, you can play in just the glow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Glove At First Sight | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

Tired of pressing the buttons on your game controller until your thumbs turn numb? Sony's new EyeToy: Groove is the first dance video game that uses a digital camera to track your movements and rate your rhythm. The EyeToy camera, right, attaches to your PlayStation 2's USB port and eliminates the need to use a game pad to control the game. Instead, you activate onscreen buttons with the wave of your hand. Choose from 23 songs (from Madonna's Music to Jessica Simpson's Forbidden Fruit), then follow cues onscreen that indicate where and when to move your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: A Video Game That's A Real Dancing Machine | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

PlayStation 2 EyeToy Cast your video image onscreen, and it appears that you are really moving objects in the games. Try the window-washing challenge, one of 12 games that come with this gizmo. playstation.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Gear 2003: Fun & Games | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...with a swift kick to the stomach. Kazaaam! He comes back at me from the right, so I retaliate with a masterful chop to the chin. Pow! This fight sequence is playing out on my TV screen, but it's really me in the picture. Thanks to EyeToy, Sony's latest advance on the computer game, anyone can be an action hero. Launched in the U.K. last week and due across Europe this summer, EyeToy is a PlayStation 2 add-on that uses a motion-tracking camera to transfer a player's own image into one of 12 available games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 7/6/2003 | See Source »

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