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Freeverse ToySight game title goes 'GM'

updated 05:40 am EST, Wed December 3, 2003

ToySight goes \'GM\'


Freeverse Software today announced , the first camera-controlled entertainment software for the Mac, has reached 'Golden Master' status and will be available for the holiday shopping season. ToySight features a dozen interactive games and toys for one or two players: "Instead of using a joystick, mouse, or keyboard, players maneuver themselves in front of an iSight or other firewire camera to control the action. The players are superimposed transparently onto the game screen, and must use arm and hand motions to play the games." The $35 game title requires Mac OS X and a FireWire-based videocam (e.g. Apple's iSight).


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    Billy is on TV...err..um

    ..I mean, Billy is on the Mac!

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    I wonder if it's the sam

    camera system I saw on a PS2 recently... It was kinda fun, boxing with your face in the scene - and I got a good workout while playing video games : )

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    Re: I wonder

    It uses the iSight, but I wonder if Sony's camera would work (expecially since it's much cheaper).

    Regardless, I agree. The eyeToy on the PS2 is a lot of fun, and very tiring. I'm sure ToySight will be as well. You will get a good workout from playing these games. My friend has an iSight, so I'll be persuading him to get this game.

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    re: I wonder

    ToySight uses a different scanning system to the eyeToy and it requires a Firewire video camera (webcam or camcorder) to work. Unfortunately the eyeToy one is only USB, so isn't able to cope with the data rate/resolution.

    As far as a workout is concerned, our record time to complete the Owl & The Pussycat arm flapping platform adventure game in ToySight is about an hour. That's a lot of exercise for me ;)

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