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Wednesday 19 September 2012

Sony Announces PlayStation Wonderbook

By Shaine Murray


Sony has announced its brand new PS Wonderbook Augmented Reality platform at E3. The folding, book-like gadget is surely an Augmented Reality pad that functions together with the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Eye and also PlayStation Move motion controller to give superimposed computer graphics above the picture from the Wonderbook and consumer within the Tv. Targeted for an educational instrument for youngsters, the device will kick off with J.K. Rowling's Book of Spells.

The rule behind the Wonderbook will be acquainted to Nintendo 3DS masters who've experienced with the AR Cards sent using the device. The 3DS's created in digicam select up the image published within the card, and then gauge from its recognizable dimension as well as point of view the relative place of the gaming system and user. The 3DS superimposes computer photos into the card when watched the 3DS's display, almost as if the display have been a window.

The Book of Spells game proven for the gadget utilized PlayStation Move controls as being a makeshift magic wand that to toss spells in the Harry Potter world. Evaluating through the demo, this appears a rather much less widely setup for AR than the 3DS, becoming that the consumer is expected to seem at a Television the entire time - the PlayStation Wonderbook device itself is almost a vital evil. One wonders, getting the size of the big hardback children's book, if the device truly requires to become really so big.

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 demo of God of War: Ascension additionally amazed though Assassin's Creed 3 spin-off Liberation was a welcome announcement for PlayStation Vita, featuring a lady playable central figure within a collection first. PlayStation 3 and also Vita cross-compatibility was demo'd in the same of Sony's solution to Super Smash Bros, PlayStation AllStars: Battle Royale (just a single of the many games on show in frightening need of the colectomy) with consumers to the E3 stage playing a multi player match up from both a PlayStation 3, Vitas along with PS4.




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