The PlayStation Move may not have proven to be as instantly hackable as Microsoft’s Kinect , but it looks like Sony is now trying to change that — it’s just announced its new Move.me server application that promises to let researchers, hobbyists and others use the Move as a controller for a PC, with the PlayStation 3 handling all the work in between. It will be available for download from the PlayStation Network this spring, although you can also try your luck with Sony’s early-product seeding program if you’d like to get it sooner — no PS3 SDK or licensing agreement is required. In other PlayStation news, Sony’s also confirmed that it’s now working on version 1.5 of PlayStation Home , which promises to add real-time multiplayer gaming functionality to the virtual world, along with improved physics and refined graphics. Details on it are otherwise still fairly light, but it’s also slated for a public release sometime this spring. Head on past the break for the official word on both announcements from Sony. Continue reading Sony announces Move.me application for researchers and hobbyists, promises improvements to PlayStation Home Sony announces Move.me application for researchers and hobbyists, promises improvements to PlayStation Home originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
The PlayStation Move may not have proven to be as instantly hackable as Microsoft’s Kinect , but it looks like Sony is now trying to change that — it’s just announced its new Move.me server application that promises to let researchers, hobbyists and others use the Move as a controller for a PC, with the PlayStation 3 handling all the work in between. It will be available for download from the PlayStation Network this spring, although you can also try your luck with Sony’s early-product seeding program if you’d like to get it sooner — no PS3 SDK or licensing agreement is required. In other PlayStation news, Sony’s also confirmed that it’s now working on version 1.5 of PlayStation Home , which promises to add real-time multiplayer gaming functionality to the virtual world, along with improved physics and refined graphics. Details on it are otherwise still fairly light, but it’s also slated for a public release sometime this spring. Head on past the break for the official word on both announcements from Sony. Continue reading Sony announces Move.me application for researchers and hobbyists, promises improvements to PlayStation Home Sony announces Move.me application for researchers and hobbyists, promises improvements to PlayStation Home originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink