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Microsoft Debuts Full-Body Controller-less Gaming At E3

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-don't-throw-yourself-through-the-tv dept.

quintin3265 writes "At today's Electronic Entertainment Expo press briefing, Microsoft unveiled Project Natal, a technology that eliminates the controller from gaming on the Xbox 360. In one demo, a player used her arms and legs to hit balls in an attempt to destroy a brick wall, and in another game, an employee threw virtual "paint" on a canvas to create a painting, even drawing an elephant using a silhouette feature. An accompanying video also demonstrated automatic login using facial recognition, videoconferencing with other Xbox Live members, and participating in a gameshow against another family through the Internet using speech recognition."

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  1. Oblig. PA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/18/

  2. Re:too much work by Chabo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, then when you feel lazy, feel free to look like a toolbox. ;)

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  3. Full body power glove by BigJClark · · Score: 4, Funny


    The full body power glove. This one isn't doomed to failure. Not at all..

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    1. Re:Full body power glove by Yvanhoe · · Score: 3, Funny

      Not a power glove, still... I won't take anything "full body" from Microsoft. Ever.

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  4. Exercise? by _Shorty-dammit · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I wanted to exercise I wouldn't be playing video games.

  5. Re:too much work by Trouvist · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I'm entirely certain if you had asked him to dance at Prom or Homecoming he would have started hopping up and down moving his legs back and forth to the pace of the song...

  6. Porn? by freedom_india · · Score: 4, Funny

    Forget carnage and hurt.
    Iam thinking about Porn.
    Imagine people playing Porn with Alba or Simpson in VR and in their excitement let their goo fly around!
    Hallelujah!!!

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  7. Re:Activator by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    No kidding. "Full-Body Controller-less Gaming" has already been invented. It's called "sport".

    Or, if you're into FPS, it's called "murderous office rampage."

  8. Re:too much work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    yes i ran miles on that mat as well. and boy were my hands tired from hitting the ground so fast!

  9. Re:Activator by ChromeAeonium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or, if you're into FPS, it's called "murderous office rampage."

    Otherwise referred to as Monday.