Natal Technology a Gift To the Disabled, Amputees

SlappingOysters writes "Natal could be capable of a lot more than was originally thought. Gameplayer has some information about how the technology will function in multiplayer, and goes on to reveal how it is intelligent enough to give full-bodied virtual movement to disabled gamers. The site had previously revealed that the Natal dev kits have been with developers for a couple of months, suggesting that the device may not be as far off as has been suggested by some media outlets."

Comments

Re:Why MS Is So Desperately Hyping This Stuff

[Anonymous Coward]

its funny you didn't mention sonys same "gimmick" motion control they hyped at E3! Your comment is an epic fail on all levels fanboy! Oh and last I checked PS3 was STILL in 3rd place. Which is funny because you guys all claimed the PS3 would over take the 360 in months, not years, even with the head start. Oh and the article you are commenting on states that the dev kits have been out for months, with several games already implementing it... so its not that far off. but again, congrats on the fail!

Re:Possibly, but unlikely

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Look, I'm not dissing color blind folks, I'm just saying, unless they tell you they're daltonians, you'd be hard-pressed to know. Sure they have trouble finding tasteful shirts or (in the case of my friend) judging the color of a steel part when tempering it, but it's not like they bump into things, need a white cane or buy books in braille. It's not disabling, it's inconvenient. Everybody has problems like that at some point in their lives.