When the PlayStation 4 launches this November, the "PlayStation Eye" camera will enable users to sign into the console using just your face. Unlike its Microsoft counterpart, the Kinect, the Eye won't allow much more control of the system. At least not initially. "At the time of launch, first the face recognition is for the purpose of logging in," SVP and Division President of Business Division 1 at Sony Computer Entertainment Masayasu Ito said.
Beyond face recognition for log in -- something that Sony still has not shown to the press or the public -- PS4 users with an "Eye" will also be able to use they're voice "from the game page." Ito said, "Game titles could be called in and then the game could start." But in the future, Ito said the PS4's camera will evolve. There's no voice or gesture command in the UI beyond what's described above, but he foresees more in-game use. "That's as far as it goes, but continuous updates, it can go deeper. Make it with greater depth. With face recognition, we think about how that could be used in the context of the game," he said. He sadly wouldn't go further, but demos like The Playroom -- a game that's included on the PS4 at launch -- offer an example of how the "Eye" will work in games. As for more UI control, we're hopeful that that's part of the "continuous updates" which Ito has promised.
Via Engadget.
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