Japan's next-gen of Erotic gaming is surprisingly ambitious

[3tt0]

When it comes to adult games (or really just any form of sexual content), J-land does it like no other. H-game developer Teatime (which is under the same branch of company as Illusion, the folks behind the highly controversial title "Rapelay") had put up a rather interesting article about the technology involved in their new title, "Tech48".

Teatime states that Tech 48 will be the first adult PC game (and quite possibly the first game in general) to simultaneously deliver both face recognition, and head-tracking technology. T-Cam, a camera designed exclusively for the game, will interactively serve as both your eyes and "your girl"'s eyes. The interesting thing about the device is that the in-game camera angle changes according to where you're physically at. A video demo of the device is available below so check it out. If you want to see how the head-tracking system works right away, jump to 1:27. It's worth a look.

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I have to say I'm actually quite impressed (aside from the atrocious anime-voice, that is). Though personally, I would like to see it used in other genre such as FPS and sport games. It also seems like something Nintendo would do as the next step. Teatime writes:

これまで、ゲーム中の女の子は、プレイヤー(主人公)が実際には見えているわけではなく、脚本の中で演じて いるにすぎませんでした。 Tech48(T-CAM・眼)によって、ゲーム中の女の子(キャラクター)は、全世界のゲーム市場で初めて視覚情報を得る事 ができるようになりました。物を見てから行動する…
"Until now, girls in video games couldn't actually see the player and their actions were pre-determined according to the script. Tech 48's T-cam will be the very first (in the gaming industry) technology to allow characters to perceive visual information, and act according to things in the physical environment."

and of course since it's Japan, they had to suggest what you can appropriately expect from an eroge:

[source: HandOfWin.Ning.com]

[ghost]

This is not new technology. There are a range of controllers using motion detectio, fatial recognition (AND brain waves) in correlation with FPS games (Specificly HL2/source games during teh review I was reading.) The problem comes down to the fact people do a lot with there face that you DONT want the controller to pick up. A novel concept but god damned hard to impliment in FPS where twitch reflexes are so important. Imagine your girlfriend walks in semi naked while yopur trying to gun down an opponant mid round. Sure you might be able to glance at her sweet body and keep playing with a mouse and keyboard but with a facial recognition device your in game performance is pretty much going to drop. What if you were recieveing sexual gratification while maxing out some grinding in one of those new MMOFPS'es. Facial recognition just limits your freedom.....

OK Im not sure where this post is going... Im sure you can all draw your own conclusions.

[admin]

プレオーダー only reply i have

[Six]

lol at you ghost naked girl when i'm gaming doesn't phase me. i think you need to step up your game son.

[FergZ]

GMes with Erotic themes in them dont really appeal at all to me, if ur gonna play a game, u ply a game. If u want... U know (lol), you do.... You know. Lol.
Good Luck to them.

[Mr. Anderson]

Wow this is really impressing! I don't care about game genre, the technology is stunning, yet so simple!

[Niall38]

Japanese gaming at its finest

[ghost]

lol at you ghost naked girl when i'm gaming doesn't phase me. i think you need to step up your game son.

I disagree. When i'm playing an FPS I find I tend to take more in than when Im playing something perhaps RTS. I reduce My field of vision to the screen and I limit my awareness to my speakers/headphones.
The problem is when a naked girl wishes to be noticed she will introduce herself into that field of conscious awareness.
But more importantly if you are suggesting I lift my game I will reply with this, the fact I have a naked girl trying to get my attention while I'm playing my computer is a sign my game has been lifted well above yours.

[haelikoth]

whats the next step up? a control system like the wii so your hand motions will be reflected in the game XD

@ghost
why in the world would you continue to your game if a hot naked chick walks into your room? if that happens, im gonna grind but not in-game

[reimaru]

the perverts are going high tech now