xbox 360: project natal
If you have not seen the media launch video of Project Natal — there is no harm to view them again (and again). Project Natal is a totally new method of gaming using the existing xbox360 console; with NO controllers required. Yes, no controller is needed; instead xbox360 will be able to use your whole body, its movement with depth; and also responds to the voice commands. Of course, xbox360 will also recognize your face!
The video demo is below — this is really a revolution in gaming experience, a little bit creepy to.
How does it work?
Project Natal uses a set of quite advanced sensor to deliver this experience. Project Natal combines an RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone, and a custom processor that runs some proprietary software. Combined, you’ve got a sensor that tracks body movement, individual voices, and recognizes faces. The camera provides the required three basic color components to xbox360 to enable full body tracking and of course, that, face recognition.
The depth sensor is really an infrared projector combined with a CMOS sensor — this enables xbox360 to see the living room in 3D!
The launch date is not available yet — but there are a lot of game developers already working on this. There is one called Milo where it enables realistic interaction between Milo and human! Creepy.. but really amazing that we have now this type of technology that we can do in our own living room.
See for yourself.
We want this! Arghhh……….
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This is really creepy! Games based on motions were started by Wii, yet now that Natal is in — this is probabaly a death to Wii. Sony has also announced its entry into this — calls PS Move.
Wahhhahahaha.. cant wait.
Project Natal is now known as Kinect, see http://www.xbox.com/en-US/kinect
Cant wait for Xmas 2010 where MS is making this finally available!