oversoul53 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 so as you all know, I listen to the PlayStation Blogcast, and at the end of every episode they share user submitted tips and tricks for PS3/PSP/PS Vita. in yesterday's episode I heard the most interesting thing ever and felt the need to share it. so this guy, he's a business man right? He travels a lot. He's takes his Vita with him, and he found out how to use remote play from anywhere in the world (it is possible ---> Remote play outside your home via the Internet | PlayStation®Vita User's Guide) and what he did was basically used his PS3 as a sort of security camera, and here's how... before leaving home, he plugged his ps eye cam into his PS3, then while out and about he would periodically launch remote play on his Vita and on his PS3's XMB he would go to Start new Chat > Video/Voice Chat and then lo and behold a live feed of his living room would appear on his Vita screen. But this wasn't enough for him, no, he took it one step further and attached his eye cam to a rotating fan so that it would pan across the room back and forth. said it gave him "peace of mind" while he was away on business. This is the most interesting use of a PlayStation feature I have ever heard of. I'm not sure if this man is genius or paranoid. what you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesico Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 That is pretty amazing actually. I wouldn't call him paranoid. He's not the only person with a surveillance at home, but he might be one of the more creative ones that has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjc0961 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 He's an idiot. If he's worried about security, he should get a real security system. The PS Eye thing only works if he's watching it 24/7, it's not recording anything to be able to use as evidence in court if needed, and it can't alert authorities on its own. So basically, he's just seeing if anyone is in his living room at the exact time he turns on remote play, and the rest of the time it's unguarded. Thus, idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmm_fin Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Isn't it THE very point of the remote play to play over internet, outside your house, from anywhere in the world? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry94_ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 He's an idiot. If he's worried about security, he should get a real security system. The PS Eye thing only works if he's watching it 24/7, it's not recording anything to be able to use as evidence in court if needed, and it can't alert authorities on its own. So basically, he's just seeing if anyone is in his living room at the exact time he turns on remote play, and the rest of the time it's unguarded. Thus, idiot. He said it was for "Piece of mind", just so he could check. Not catch burglars. I think that's pretty creative what he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oversoul53 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 He's an idiot. If he's worried about security, he should get a real security system. The PS Eye thing only works if he's watching it 24/7, it's not recording anything to be able to use as evidence in court if needed, and it can't alert authorities on its own. So basically, he's just seeing if anyone is in his living room at the exact time he turns on remote play, and the rest of the time it's unguarded. Thus, idiot. He said it was for "Piece of mind", just so he could check. Not catch burglars. I think that's pretty creative what he did. yeah the way he put it was that he was just checking periodically to make sure there wasn't like a broken window or something. Of course he didn't expect it to be 100% security. Just a little extra security on the side to ease his worries is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNukes Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Definitely a paranoid bastard, unless he lives in the ghetto which I highly doubt then this is pointless. Also the chances of him checking at the same time as hes being robbed are pretty slim. Good idea tho I give him that. Pretty sure Ive heard of someone else doing this to keep an eye on their pets when they are away. Edited February 24, 2012 by TheNukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeliana Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Debate about the gentleman's level of paranoia aside, I do think that's a clever idea, though I wouldn't want to leave my PS3 on for days/weeks at a time while I'm out on a business trip. If anything, I'd be more concerned about the console melting than I would be about burglars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip2myluu55 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 First thing comes to my mind is cheaters XD Catch your boyfriend/girlfriend cheating on you on the couch?? lol Anyway since you can access your eye toy via internet away from home, can you remote play games away from home? Cuz I was under impression you had to be within a certain distance of the ps3 to remote play? Also I know not all games work via remote play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirwanM Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thats pretty amazing. Why not use equipment you have already got instead of buying CCTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Very creative. Isn't the eye plugged in though which would cause a problem with the fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge19 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Debate about the gentleman's level of paranoia aside, I do think that's a clever idea, though I wouldn't want to leave my PS3 on for days/weeks at a time while I'm out on a business trip. If anything, I'd be more concerned about the console melting than I would be about burglars. Remote play allows you to turn your console on and off remotely, from anywhere that you have wifi. I did it the other day while at work, scared the hell out of my wife who was sitting at the computer when the PS3 just beeped on. So no need to leave the console on. Remote play handles that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesico Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Debate about the gentleman's level of paranoia aside, I do think that's a clever idea, though I wouldn't want to leave my PS3 on for days/weeks at a time while I'm out on a business trip. If anything, I'd be more concerned about the console melting than I would be about burglars. The PS3 doesn't need to be on, just needs to be connected to the power outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry94_ Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) The PS3 doesn't need to be on, just needs to be connected to the power outlet. wow really? That's awesome. I didn't think it would be connected to the wifi in standby. Edited February 24, 2012 by Harry94_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge19 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 wow really? That's awesome. I didn't think it would be connected to the wifi in standby. There is a setting where you have to turn {Remote Start} to "ON" on your PS3, so I think that has something to do with enabling some sort of tiny wifi connection while the system sleeps so that when you activate remote play, it pops the system on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaero Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 You all overlooked one major usefulness out of this. If the man goes to check his home and it won't connect, he can safely assume that someone broke in and stole his ps3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge19 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 You all overlooked one major usefulness out of this. If the man goes to check his home and it won't connect, he can safely assume that someone broke in and stole his ps3! Of course that's a security feature we all have (if you have a Vita) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringolug Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 good idea but PS3 power consumption is high (especially those old PS3 models) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjfan97 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Couldn't he just have taken a picture of his living room or drawn his living room? That would've been more creative than this. This is just plain paranoia like mjc has stated plus it is a waste of electricity and I'm sure attaching your PS Eye camera to a rotating fan is dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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