Sounds like Microsoft likes to claim they invented gestures control. Of course not, what they showed was a copycat implementation of stuff designed by other companies.

Why would one need Natal for that?

And no. Such stuff won't replace remote controls, it's just an optional extra.

Change channel with a flick of my hand?? NOOOOO!11! how am I now going to watch p0rn without changing channel right in the middle of "it"???

Gimme a break. That's how these sites work. If you can't take it leave it.

Wii is a fad, wii is for kids, PS3\sony is doomed ha ha ha and anit-whatever-console has been going around this site for ages.

Every console gets its knocks from haters and those just voicing an opinion.

When it's the other consoles getting thumped that's fine and it's all good I suppose. You have no issues then as you jump in and help with the beating.

Hypocrites.

Some people take this stuff to religious levels.

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This reminds me of back in the early 90s when MS and whoever else claimed that by his time (the present) keyboards and mice would be a thing of the past. Voice recognition software and whatever else would rule the homes and offices of the world. Right.

I can see this technology being being very useful for the "big brother" future with it's face recognition" software.

Governments are probably already looking into that. A CCTV in everyones house, awesome.

Another point, I don't think TV manufactuers will use natal, they will just create (or purchase) something similar avoiding the patents.

Is it the future? Maybe...or not.

hmm...

Point. set. match.

This is exactly what I was going to say, much like how I knew that milo demo was faked to seem more real than it is, many of these technologies aren't even perfected enough to do what you want them to do every single time and you'll get an error from time to time, factor in the ability to accidently do the jesture or say the code word and it's hard to get around those flaws to make something like this standard.

How about a wide 360 degree hand wave motion? I can probably count the times I've accidently moved one hand in a large circular motion in front of my tv in the past 10 years on 1 hand. No one is pretending that this could be rolled out tomorrow but the basic technology is there and can only be developed further. Look how quickly touch screen technology took off when it finally hit the market. As for the occasional accidental gestures, sure they may still happen but it's not as though I've never  paused/changed channel by accidently stepping on/touching/sitting on the remote.

Ever have to press the power button until it finally works? Or press one and it enters a five? Yeah that's pretty much the basic flaws in the technology and have been for years since it hit the market. Having to say the same word over and over until it finally does it or one guesture is seen as another and is entered in as such.

Not saying this sort of thing can't be worked out, but the practicality is less than desireable and the technology has many flaws.

I expect Natal will help sell million of XBox 360 consoles. PS3 will be left way behind the XBox 360 in console sales with the launch of Natal.
Natal = console seller.

@ Maxwell

I've played the Brain Training game on the DS so I know how frustrating those flaws can be! Despite those flaws it's still massively popular though. I would largely agree with your last statement at this time but I don't think many people expect this technology to be rolled out for this kind of application for a good 10 years or so (at a wild guess) and I do think it is very promising (although in terms of gaming I'm still some what sceptical).