Today, Sony announced some very fun news regarding both their Playstation 3 console as well as their Playstation move peripheral. For those unaware of the Playstation Move, think Wii for Playstation only with stronger accuracy and glowing orbs. For those unaware of a Wii (all 3 of you, though I highly doubt you're on the internet, let alone reading this blog), you hold a wireless connected peripheral or controller, whether by using Bluetooth (PS Move) or InfraRed (Wii) and the actions of that controller are then translated to the screen using sensors or a camera.
What Sony announced today is that they're allowing research centers, colleges and students have programming software for the Playstation Move to create content for educational and rehabilitative purposes. I'll post a link to Sony's official announcement, but in the classroom, those possibilities include but are not limited to virtual experiments in the science classroom where students are able to interact with chemicals or objects they couldn't safely do in a regular school setting. There could also be project based geometry classes where students use this technology to create architecture or structures using theories and principles used in Geometry. There's also all of the great ideas demonstrated in the video at the Playstation Blog website.
I hope this idea takes off and we get a lot of fun new uses (and excuses) for bringing gaming into the classroom.
Sony Playstation's Official Release Statement: Playstation Move.Me Available today
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