Kinect hacked to be PS3 controller
Kinect can now be used as a PlayStation 3 controller, thanks to an unofficial hack for Microsoft's motion-sensing Xbox 360 peripheral.
Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect controller for Xbox 360 can now be used unofficially as a rudimentary PlayStation controller, thanks to a new hack released over the weekend by programmer Shantanu Goel (via PSGroove).
The 'Kinect-PS3' hack processes Kinect input on a PC running Linux then transmits it to a PlayStation 3 via Bluetooth, requiring neither an Xbox 360 nor modifications to the PS3. If you're tech-savvy, you can download and give it a go yourself.
Goel describes Kinect-PS3 as "a proof of concept" that's "pre-alpha quality software currently" and still in need of further development. However, he's released a video demonstrating using Kinect to navigate the PlayStation 3 XMB and play a little Killzone 3.
Microsoft plans to launch an official Kinect SDK for Windows this spring. Sony is bringing its own motion-sensing controller, PlayStation Move, to PC with a toolkit named Move.Me, though curiously this will need to be run through a PS3.
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Comment on Kinect hacked to be PS3 controller, by Alice O'Connor.
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I don't think they can detect it, it's emulating a bluetooth controller.
http://diy-machine.blogspot.com/search/label/Sixaxis%20emulator
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MS is prolly laughing their asses off at this and thinking up headlines along the lines of "MS Takes Control of PS3!" or "PS3 Finally Gets Kinected!". If it sells a few more of their little toys, I'm sure they are down with that too. They make a healthy profit on every one sold so PC, Xbox, PS3, Sega Saturn, it's all good.
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