Let the one-upping begin. Apparently, according to Sony, the technology that will be offered in Microsoft's Natal, is technology already in the PSEye, the PS3 motion capture peripheral.

Develop is reporting that facial recognition software for the PSEye has been developed through experiments by SCEE's Research and Development teams.

Kish Hirani, part of Sony's R&D team, recently stated “We’ve got a wealth of libraries available,” and said he's had a blast testing it.

The facial recognition tech can detect the player's head placement as well as your gender and age. It also recognizes many parts of the face, such as your eyes, eyebrows, glasses, nose, and mouth. What I'm wondering is if it can detect that mountain man beard you haven't touched in weeks?

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