Sony Working on its own Kinect
By Dr. Evelyn Reed | January 01, 0001 | 7 min read
A patent filed in late 2011, but which has only been published this month, reveals that Sony is working on its own version of Kinect, Microsoft’s popular motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360 (and now PC). https://kotaku.com/kinect-coming-to-windows-on-february-1-and-costs-250-5874646 Of course, the argument could be made that Kinect was Microsoft’s own version of Sony’s EyeToy (indeed, this new patent directly rummy golds references 2003 trademarks Sony owns), a 
camera released almost a decade ago on the PlayStation 2 (and updated for the PlayStation 3), but it’s too nice a day here rummy mars to get bogged down in that quagmire.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The patent is for a “USER-DRIVEN THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE GAMING ENVIRONMENT”, which would involve plugging a 
camera into a rummy master PlayStation and using it to read both a player’s movements and their positioning in a 3D space.
It was filed by none other than Richard Marks, the main man behind Sony’s PlayStation Move peripheral. 
Now, as with any other patent, remember this doesn’t mean Sony will be releasing a 3D camera for the PS3 (or a future console). It just means the company is thinking about it. USER-DRIVEN THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE GAMING ENVIRONMENT [USPTO, via PSLS]