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puffy on 09 June 2009

Hughtendo posted this on IGN. Quite a humourous find. Haven't seen it posted on here so brace yourselves...

http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/Project-Natal-Hands-Feet-Arms-Legs-Torso-Heads-On-Impressions.html

Above impressions show that N'Gai Croal was not able to use Natal.
Quote:
"When game consultant and former Newsweek writer N'Gai Croal gave Paradise a test drive, however, the game had trouble reading his steering actions. The footwork (gas and brakes) worked fine, but Croal couldn't steer his car at all."

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p75x879k24k36185/

Above shows a journal which reports that near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is less effective on black skin as "melanin clearly interferes with the quality of the reflected NIRS signal".

As I understand, Natal uses near-infrared.

Originally Posted by Hughtendo:

Please tell me someone on the Natal team has thought of this, or this could be the most epic failure in the history of video games.

Original link.

http://boards.ign.com/xbox_360_general_board/b8266/181186938/p1/?37  Got this from neogaf, thought you guys would like to know :P

Edit: fixed the links



 

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DaveD on 09 June 2009

Really now... XD



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Torillian on 09 June 2009

You'd think they would have atleast one black tester when they were making it. Not even that they meant to, but statistically it just seems likely. I'm sure there's a solution of some kind though.



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Rainbird on 09 June 2009

Wow... unless they fix that, that could indeed be the most epic failure in videogame history



WyldRage on 09 June 2009

Check your links, they're truncated.



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HideoK on 09 June 2009

Oh wow, that's terrible news for Natal.



Torillian on 09 June 2009

wait wait though, this doesn't sound right, didn't they show off celebrities using Natal, and a number of them were black. They appeared to have no issue.



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Vetteman94 on 09 June 2009

That is funny, but I imagine they still have time to fix it, unless they are just too far in the development stage and would have to start over again. If they have to start over that would be a pretty big fail, but if they dont fix it, it would be an epic fail.



NJ5 on 09 June 2009

Now the worms start crawling out of the sink...

 



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JEDE3 on 09 June 2009
Torillian said:
You'd think they would have atleast one black tester when they were making it. Not even that they meant to, but statistically it just seems likely. I'm sure there's a solution of some kind though.


where white gloves.

I was at an airport a couple years back and I went to the restroom. I was a punk kid so I picked up the "help phone" that was located by the door and I was like "I can't wash my hands! The sink won't turn on!" I didn't even try to wash my hands I was just trying to be a punk and the operator was like "Are you wearing a black shirt" and ironically... I was. Her solution was to get a piece of paper towel and hold in front of my shirt. And it worked.