An Xbox 360 Peripheral Rundown

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has been talked about its future plans at GameFest in Seattle, and revealed that its Xbox 360 Live Vision camera will ship next month with a free game, TotemBall, which uses gestural technology to control an on-screen avatar, much like Sony's EyeToy games. In addition, the camera will also be used for facemapping technology in Activision's World Series Of Poker game." Gamespot is reporting on other, equally interesting peripherals for the Xbox 360, many of which have come up in recent rumormongering. They discuss the price point for the HD-DVD drive (probably about $200), support for 1080p (likely), a new media jukebox for the console (quite possible), and the likelihood that Microsoft will release a new controller designed specifically for FPSes (would make sense).

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[SuperKendall]

The 1080p referenced is in regards to movies, not games - mentioned by the HD-DVD player.

In theory Microsoft cannot support 1080p since the copy protection used by both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is AACS, which mandates a maximum resolution of 1080i when using component outputs (this is not the same as the ICT flag restriction). Since the 360 has no HDMI out, it would seem they might have ot redefine the standard a bit to support this (which the PS3 would benefit from as well).