At this week’s E3 exhibition in Los Angeles, Microsoft is showing off a device they’re claiming will both revolutionize video gaming and render obsolete its hitherto requisite accessory—the controller. Dubbed “Project Natal,” the peripheral is an array of microphones, an RGB camera, and a depth sensor, that work in concert to pull off sophisticated face, voice, and gesture recognition that allows full-body movement to translate into intricate on-screen commands. Microsoft is proclaiming the device not just a quantum leap in gaming, but also the next step in making its Xbox the pinnacle of home entertainment, allowing Natal to hook up with online shopping and video content browsing with only the use of one’s hands.
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Im sure its gonna be a big hit in the stores someday. Project Natal is the future of video game entertainment.
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:49 am
I’ve recently had conversations with about 5 different acquaintances that I know about his over the past 12 hours, there’s quite alot of hype also being generated in blogs in forums with various bloggers testing it out at E3.
This a briliant response to Nintendo’s active take on gaming, but cutting out handheld controls all together. Even more interesting is how Microsoft plans to roll these tech advancements across their other products, their surface pc technology perhaps? I hope Microsoft can fast track this one through!
June 4th, 2009 at 9:44 am
If you’re looking forward to Project Natal, be sure to check out http://www.project-natal.com for all the latest news and info.
June 5th, 2009 at 6:14 pm