Cheap PS3 Track IR next year?

[InfiniteStates]

I've lifted these quotes from another thread and started this one so as not to take the other off topic, but...

Originally Posted by MACADEMIC

...I'm particularly impressed with the Track IR - would free up the right stick on the pad and be so much more intuitive. I just wonder, isn't there a thing called Eye TV for PS that has that kind of functionality, couldn't that be adapted by the developers to sense head movement? I'd get one right away!

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if possible we should put this on our developers wish list asap.

MACADEMIC

Originally Posted by Houndstone Hawk

Re: MACADEMIC's post. Hey, like the way you're thinking. Great idea but I'm very sure it wouldn't work. TRACK IR is an extremely sophisticated little gizmo & uses infrared light to track your head movements in much the same way as ultra-expensive targeting systems. Track IR5 is weighing in at something like £130. On the other hand, the Playstation Eye is little more than a glorified webcam. It would've been great if it could be enhanced with games like BoP in providing motion data but I have doubts as to its limitations.

But Sony have this in development, which I'm sure could be packaged in such a way to provide TrackIR functionality. Maybe in time for the BoP sequel (Although I doubt it).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiX-26VL4bM