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PSP Engine, Vita Face Recognition and Other Tech Shown Off in Japan

Sony has shown off its upgrade engine that turns humble PSP titles into monster games for PS3 along with some new Vita technologies. The PSP Engine was demonstrated at a game developer tools event in Japan and showed off:

High res rendering
Wireless controller support
3D stereoscopic output
Ad-hoc party gaming
Main/Video memory expansion
Common save data usage

UPDATE: Here's a video of the face recognition tech in action:





The translation of the Famitsu article is sketchy but Vita facial recognition technology was also shown off, demonstrating how it can detect emotional states of players and can use your face's movements when doing avatar-based video chat.

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