Some advice for any Xbox 360 owners thinking ahead to the launch of Microsoft's Project Natal later this year: You might want to see if you'll need to reconfigure your living room. After all, the motion-sensing control system is no sit-on-the-couch experience. You'll need some space to move your body and swing your arms without banging into the coffee table.
To be precise, you'll want to clear an area extending at least 4 meters (a little more than 13 feet) away from the television. That's the back edge of the space to be taken into account by the Natal sensors. In terms of width and height, the field of vision naturally expands as it moves from the Natal device to that back edge, ending up a little more than 4 meters wide and 2.7 meters high (about 8 feet, 10 inches).
Source: http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/notes_on_project_natal.html
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If you want to read more go to the link, i didnt feel like posting a wall that might discourage others to not read it lol.
This was my concern with Natal as i thought about this since the PS Eye on PS2, since the videos of Natal demos were all in large open rooms. However im confused as i thought i read somewhere else that the technology in Natal will be able to scan the room allowing players to be as close to the camera without needing alot of room. I hope MS themselves can confirm all this for good. IF a lot of open space is required i feel that Natal will fail as not every household has the space required to utilize it (dont even bother bringing it to Japan). I'm like 3 feet away from my TV in my bedroom and 6 feet away from my TV in my living room.
Thoughts?
