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MarketingGDC 2004 Interview: Richard Marks on the Eye Toy, Cultural Differences, and Hardware InnovationGDC 2004 Interview: Richard Marks on the Eye Toy, Cultural Differences, and Hardware Innovation
Richard Marks now manages the Special Projects group of Sony Computer Entertainment US R&D, and was previously an Avionics major at MIT before getting his PhD at Stanford in the Aerospace Robotics Lab. But he's most well-known as the creator of Sony's innovative Eye Toy USB camera technology, which received the Game Innovation Spotlight Award at the GDC Game Developer's Choice Awards. We tracked him down and quizzed him on the Eye Toy's genesis, Sony's attitude to R&D, and how important hardware saturation is to having a successful peripheral.
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