Microsoft Project Natal

The Xbox ups the Wii’s ante

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Nintendo brought us the notion of playing games by waving a controller, but Microsoft showed off something even better this year: gaming with no controller at all. A prototype system dubbed Project Natal lets Xbox 360 games respond to anything from full-body lunges to subtle hand gestures, voice input and even facial expressions. Unlike the Wii, you don’t hold anything. Your movements and voice control the game.

The hardware component of the Natal system, which sits above or below the TV, includes a color video camera, an infrared emitter and sensor that give it depth perception, a mic that figures out where you are, and a microprocessor to crunch all that data. The software component is the true breakthrough, though, digesting data in real time from 48 points on the body plus audio input and delivering perfectly smooth game control. There are still lots of questions about Project Natal, including price and delivery dates, but Microsoft has clearly shown that for innovative gameplay, it has all the right moves.

http://www.popsci.com/bown/2009/product/microsoft-project-natal

Pop Science like themselves some xbox! They also put it in the top 10 inventions of the year. Hopefully it will live up to the hype its been getting. I for one think it will so, BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!!

Well deserved, i must admit MS have created something quite frankly spooky and far ahead of its time, well done MS. *claps*

Now MS has to capitalize on this buzz with some good software.

And here will probaby start the problems...

Fable III
Milo
Riccochet
Paint Party
2 / 3 Rare games

there you go.

People said the exact same thing when the first Xbox launched. MS has not enough studios for the software etc. Every now and then somebody comes up with the same argument even for the X360.

A year before release? Seems a bit premature to give something an award for home entertainment when no one has it in their homes yet.

Look at #2 Dolby Lab Pro Logic IIz. I mean really 9 speakers is overkill. Good surround sound has more  to do with the source than the amount of speakers. I guess they didn't have anything else to be #1.

this goes to all tne consoles to...
they say wii has no games
they say xbox360 has no games                                                                                                                                                                

they say ps3 has no games...

I hope you know what people am I referring  to... also congrats for the xbox360 for being 1st...

Nice!  Natal should be a pretty sweet!