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Sony Demos Natal-Like Control System

An anonymous reader writes "It's not just Microsoft investigating full body, markerless motion capture. Sony has enlisted the help of Swiss firm Atracsys to develop similar technology. Sony has openly discussed the technology with New Scientist, and has... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Sat, Nov 07 2009

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