Project Natal
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Project Natal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0
Microsoft Corp on Monday offered a glimpse into a future where the Xbox 360 console is the centerpiece of any living room, and games, social interaction and communications are controlled with the wave of a hand.
At a star-studded event at the annual E3 video game conference that drew appearances by Paul McCartney and Steven Spielberg, the company unveiled "Project Natal," which uses a camera to track a user's movements via full skeletal mapping. It also recognizes voices and vocal commands.
The technology obviates the need for a controller or remote device to enable a player for instance to drive a car in a game, interact with a character on screen or show pictures and information to other Xbox 360 users over the Internet.
"You are the controller," Shane Kim, Microsoft's vice president of strategy and business development for videogames, said in an interview in Los Angeles.
"That's a very powerful piece of technology -- full body gesture tracking, not just two hands."
On Monday, Microsoft also said it planned to boost its Xbox 360 gaming console by integrating music-streaming service last.fm, Web social network Facebook and microblogging site Twitter into its Xbox Live online community.
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Re: Project Natal
I was hearing rumors about this saying things like the camera has trouble with darker skin colours. Apparently Microsoft is using infrared, which is known to have problems with darker skin colours or something.
I watched a video on youtube of a bunch of famous black guys playing burnout, and the game where you have to block the balls with your body. It seemed to be fine, but the odd time they would miss the ball for no reason, or in burnout, their car would just steer completely left or right.
I watched a video on youtube of a bunch of famous black guys playing burnout, and the game where you have to block the balls with your body. It seemed to be fine, but the odd time they would miss the ball for no reason, or in burnout, their car would just steer completely left or right.
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Re: Project Natal
Do you think the new console will be modifiable? Will it be encrypted from now on you think?
Re: Project Natal
It's not a new system, they're just re-releasing the same xbox with a new toy.
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Re: Project Natal
Plus the drive they will likely release in it has already shown up... (The new Lite-on)