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jmvdesign · 07-16-2009, 12:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_txF7iETX0

Taken from Engadget.com:

"Yes, it's real. Now you'll be able to change a tire... virtually. At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we'd been hearing about. Apparently the small, black device -- codenamed "Natal" -- will allow for an astoundingly wide range of actions by utilizing a group of sensors (the box itself sits beneath your TV), and the accessory will be capable of juggling multiple users during a single session. The demo Microsoft showed off included a skateboarding game (replete with a young man "air" ollie-ing), and a family playing a racing game (the dad was changing a tire, the daughter driving).

The add-on will offer features such as auto sign-in for players to Xbox Live (based on complex facial recognition), and sports extremely detailed body tracking which will be able to follow the individual movements of separate limbs. During the press event, the company demoed a painting app, which lets you use your entire body to handle virtual painting supplies, allowing you to do things like throw buckets of paint onto a canvas. Another title was shown off which featured a woman interacting with a young boy on the screen -- one of the company's creepier demos in recent memory. Unfortunately for us, Microsoft says the device won't be released during 2009. We're working on snagging some face time (literally!) with a demo unit, so stay tuned... E3 is off to a wild start!"

More info: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/

impactX · 07-16-2009, 05:45 PM

The development is real; but the videos shown in the link seem staged.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jHovMM2FV0
1:12

urrh · 07-16-2009, 06:18 PM

lol
good catch

jbsali · 07-16-2009, 07:04 PM

i wont suprise me if this turns into a playstation eyetoy or a virtualboy... in other words, a POS and they release a few games for it that i've never heard of and they completely suck ass.

If they release games like left 4 dead, call of duty, need for speed with features for natal.. i'm totally down for that shit! but it will never happen...

Presto · 07-16-2009, 07:18 PM

Now my finger guns can be put to practical use!

asian_XL · 07-17-2009, 03:37 AM

I hate wii

TekDragon · 07-17-2009, 02:59 PM

Preemo · 07-18-2009, 10:43 PM

I wouldn't shit on this at all. I went to a conference where Microsoft was showing off Natal to developers and I was very skeptical. They did a live demonstration where they randomly chose people from the crowd to try out Natal. I was one of the lucky few.

I can tell you guys that this technology will change the way we play games. Hands down. I was very VERY skeptical at how accurate it would be, and to my surprise, it is DAMN accurate. No blue screen needed at all!! The character moved in every way that I did. Too bad I can't breakdance.

For them to come this far and it's still in dev? It's quite impressive. I wish they could focus their efforts on the Windows OS. But that is another story altogether. :s

Cman333 · 09-15-2010, 12:52 PM

http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/kinect/

Looks like it's coming out soon. I was like preemo and thought this was gonna be bug ridden. But after I tried it, it's actually very accurate. I was impressed. I tried the ping pong game and the DDR style game. Wow, this will blow the socks off the Wii. No need for balance board or remotes. You use your hand to control the interface. Slide your hand left to right to move through the menu. Was really neat. You can even do multiplayer. Amazing how gaming technology has progressed.