Indications of future direction (November and December 2008)
Two late 2008 new books can be considered as indicators of future possibilities. Learning OpenCV and Programming the CELL Processor may portent future direction with the PS3. Now that Fixstars also has included OpenCV with its distribution of YDL 6.1, most parts are in place.
Rumors of Sony developing a robotic mechanism with vision capacity for sale with PS3 next holiday season may develop.