As it’s a bit quiet I thought I would have a nose round LinkedIn and see if there’s any juicy jobs postings. Turns out there is, regardez la liste des emplois.
Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Research and Development department has a summer internship opportunity available. This intern will work within the Acoustic Analysis Group and the team is looking for motivated and enthusiastic students who will contribute to the voice recognition system and technologies for the PlayStation platforms.
As the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita do not have a ‘voice recognition system’ then it’s a pretty safe assumption this can only be for a future PlayStation product.
The job listing was posted on March 29, 2012.
Also lurking around on LinkedIn is a job listing for Zindagi Games, the chaps behind Medieval Moves and Sports Champions.
They describe themselves as ‘A 2nd Party Video Game Studio working on PS3 and next generation home console’ so it looks like they are on board the good ship Orbis as well.
IAmJacksMedullaOblongata
Orbis, dance for me …. slowly.
RudeAwakening
Haha! Brilliant. Say that in your best Arnie voice!
deadwelsh
Me – Orbis, order me a pizza
Orbis – Sorry, PSN is down til Friday
bmg_123
I doubt a Playstation product would be THAT clear…it would be more like: Sorry, error 2ou3dfbuwegh wcuywe f
KeRaSh
Orbis, paint me like one of your french girls…
ehm…
Wouldn’t it be possible that something like this pops up on the Vita or the PS3? The Vita has a built-in mic and the rest could be delivered through software, right? The same goes for the PS3 with the Singstar Mics… Not saying it will happen. I just mean it could be possible…
Forrest_01
The PSEye also has a mic & lets not forget headsets too.
Although it does mention next gen in the Zindagi Games description.
KeRaSh
My bad. Had a very short weekend. :P
Forrest_01
DOn’t worry, i was actually completely with you (which is why i wrote the bit about the PSEye & the headset) until i thought to just have a glance over it again.
Forrest_01
Additionally i’m sure there is probably some way they can do it on PS3 actually, but I think it would probably be a very piecemeal approach to things – I’m guessing they are just trying to rival connect in the next gen & probably go one step further if they can.
bunimomike
Me – Orbis? Play {insert franchise here}
Orbis – No probs, Mike. Here we go.
Me – Orbis? I’m bored. Play me the soundtrack to Journey.
Orbis – My pleasure, Mike. Here we go.
Me – Orbis? Help me cure all manner of diseases by loading up the latest [email protected]
Orbis – Your finest request yet. You are an example to mankind.
Me – Orbis? Let’s go buy some games from the PSN Store and hope that they’ll download faster than Michael Jackson’s cadaver after it’s been staple-gunned to the surface of the Sun (what with the gravity being so strong that it’d take a NASA Shuttle launch to lift a seven year old boy from it’s surface*).
Orbis – Ah.
*Michael Jackson went to the Sun to see the boy. See? I had it all planned out. :P
nemesisND1derboy
You’re not a well man, are you?
bunimomike
I have cancer of the humour.
Dan Lee
Me: Orbis, enter voice chat with PSN friends
Orbis: They’re dead, Dan.
Me: Who is?
Orbis: Your PSN friends, Dan.
Me: What, Peter?
Orbis: Everybody’s dead, Dan.
Me: What, Al?
Orbis: Everybody’s dead Dan.
Me: What, Aran?
Orbis: They’re all dead, everybody’s dead Dan.
Me: Tuffcub isn’t, is he?
Orbis: Everybody is dead, Dan.
Me: Not Jim?
Orbis: Gorden Bennet, yes Jim, everybody, everybody’s dead Dan.
Me: Joe?
Orbis: He’s dead Dan, everybody’s dead, everybody is dead Dan.
Me: Wait, are you trying to tell me everybody’s dead?
Orbis: *slightly under breath* PSN IS UNDER MAINTENANCE, CAN’T LOG ON!
bunimomike
*golf claps* Ha :-)
I’m going to ask Adam to replace every line (except the first one) with “You have no friends”.
Dan Lee
But I can edit too, so Ill change it back :oD
YOURMUMANDME
Dan: So whats all of this white powder then?
Orbis: That is catering officer Olaf Peterson
Tuffcub
Me: Hello Orbis
Orbis: Would you like some toast?
Me: Look, I don’t want any toast, and he doesn’t want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. No toast.
Orbis: How about a muffin?
Me: Or muffins. We don’t like muffins around here. We want no muffins, no toast, no teacakes, no buns, baps, baguettes or bagels, no croissants, no crumpets, no pancakes, no potato cakes and no hot-cross buns and definitely no smegging flapjacks!
Orbis: Aah, so you’re a waffle man.
Tuffcub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec
YOURMUMANDME
Orbis: I toast, therefore I am.
Fecking despise that toaster!
bmg_123
PsVita: The world is in play
Ps4: Your chirpy breakfast companion!
Loxstokk
Orbis = Queeg 500
YOURMUMANDME
Me: Ahh, time for bed *stands up and approaches PS4*
Orbis What do you think you’re doing Dave?
Me: Uhhhhhhh
bunimomike
Me: *grinding for the 350th blast shard to get the inFamous 3 platinum* Stupid bloody console with your stupid bloody games.
Orbis: That’s not very nice, Mike. I’m merely a…
Me: Ah, piss off, Orbis.
Orbis: You do realise I’ve been filming and uploading all your special moments with the Playstation Eye™, don’t you? Including that game of “hide the Move controller” you had when your flat-mate went out for the afternoon.
Me: I’m on YouPorn, aren’t I?
Orbis: Yep.
TheDemocrodile
i laughed rather hard at that one.
Grey_Ghost13
Me: Kinect Play
Orbis…..
Me: Kinect Play
Orbis…..
Me: KINECT PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Orbis…
Me: Oh yeah, Orbis Play
Orbis: Feck off you called me Kinect!!!
Me: Sorry Orbis, pretty please play.
Orbis: No ….. wipes HDD!
nemesisND1derboy
A romantic night with the lady friend turns raunchy….
Orbis: get some!
Me: whoah, whoah, whoah. What the hell?
Orbis: oh, don’t mind me. Carry on.
Me: orbis, shut down.
Orbis: awwwww.
….Orbis: can I join in?
bunimomike
Me: Orbis… mind your bloody business!
Orbis: That’s not the same girl as last week, is it?
nemesisND1derboy
Orbis: meanwhile, in the Big Brother house…
cam the man
Could be the first speech recognition software that actually works, but probably not.