Pitch For Cancelled PS Vita EyePet Leaks Online
A pitch for a cancelled EyePet game on the PS Vita has been leaked online.
For the zoomers out there who grew up on the PS3, seeing the word EyePet has likely just given you a powerful wave of nostalgia. EyePet used the PlayStation Camera and an AR card to let you interact with the titular creature, letting you wash it, feed it, play games with it, and customise it. It wasn't a huge hit, but it saw some sequels and iterations with stronger hardware over the years.
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It looks like an EyePet game for the PS Vita was planned at one point. As pointed out by the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, a presentation for EyePet on the Vita has been posted on an internet archive. The files include a full presentation, as well as concept art and notes to go alongside it.
The Vita version of EyePet seemed to just be titled "EyePet", with the idea being that you could play with the pet wherever you were thanks to the AR capabilities of the Vita. The pitch calls it "the next stage in Augmented Reality technology", and says that it uses Simultaneous Location And Mapping (or SLAM) technology.
Some of the features of the Vita version of EyePet would have included being able to stroke it using the touch screen, draw toys for it that come to life, and talk to it using the built-in microphone. Players could also apparently whistle to get the EyePet to jump from the PS3 to the Vita, implying there was some kind of crossover between the two.
More new features include social media compatibility to let you download clothes and items, and the EyePet being able to tell the difference between being happy and sad thanks to the PS Vita's camera. It's starting to get a little
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