I hope you were able to check out the CES galleries posted by ClassicMoments. Suffice to say, it was fun. The last booth we visited was none other than Sony.

There were several stations set up exclusively for gaming; Gran Turismo 5, some stations for PSP downloads, etc. There wasn’t anything eye-popping, but there was a little demo for the newest PS3 hardware/software: EyePet.

So EyePet is basically one of those games where you own and take care of a virtual pet. Only this time, you’re not gonna be using a stylus to care for it; you’re gonna be using your hands. With the use of the Playstation Eye Camera, you can use your hands to interact with the vitual pet inside the game. This was actually pretty cool.

So for the first portion of the demo, I had to wash the pet. With the use of a special card, I’m able to move the shower head over the pet, and rinse him down. Then at the top right-hand corner of the screen, you can change the shower head to shampoo, and soap him down. By putting my hands together in front of my pet, I was able to scrub him down and wash him. The whole process was pretty cool. But that’s not the coolest part.

The second half of the demo involved drawing. I was told to select from a list of general categories to draw of: planes, robots, etc. I chose a robot. So the lady gave me a blank sheet of paper to draw my robot on. So I did. And then magic happened. I put my drawn robot up to the camera, and with a few angle adjustments, the camera picked it up. Once the camera picked it up, my pet began to draw the same robot, and the robot comes to life! You can use it as a toy to play with the pet. Depending on what drawing you create, you can interact with your pet differently. A robot lets you play with other toys, and even play baseball with your pet, while an airplane lets the pet ride and fly around in it.

So overall experience, it was pretty fun. Looks like the title is still in the testing stage, but in every convention/expo, we see them so we assume that they’re investing lots of time and effort to make this work. Though it was suppose to be released in 2009, looks like it’s been pushed to 2010. We’ll let you know more when the news comes.