Sony’s Mike Hocking has revealed that Sony already has working demos of “holographic” technology at its studios. Yes kids, it’s The Future. Almost.
Providing further clarity to a statement in a recent Develop interview, in which Hocking said Sony has “techniques like holographics for the PS3 that I think will be very interesting for the future 3D games,” Hocking explains he was referring to 3D and head tracking working together, not space-age stand-out holograms.
“Hocking is not referring to support for some far-off generation of holographic TV available years after the PS3 is superseded by its replacement,” reports tech guru Digital Foundry, after a natter with the Sony man.
“He is talking about … a meeting of stereoscopic 3D with head-tracking that follows the position and orientation of your face, and renders the view accordingly,” adds the report. “Hocking’s team already has working demos of this technology,” it goes on to reveal.
Gran Turismo 5 has 3D and head tracking via the PS Eye, but it only (inaccurately) tracks the position of your head rather than the direction you look in. As DF ponders, we hope this ‘holographic’ stuff makes it into one of the many updates Kazunori Yamauchi has promised for the game.
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