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Project Natal Renamed 'Kinect'

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-had-those-when-i-was-a-kid dept.

tekgoblin writes "Many people gathered for the opening of E3 to see Project Natal. When they entered they were told that the new name of Natal is Kinect. Kinect is going to be the new way to play. It is going to be completely controller-free. You can browse your dashboard with the wave of your hand."

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  1. Re:I'd rather hear about a next gen console by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I was a PC gamer, I had to upgrade a lot more often than every 5 years. My credit card company can attest to it ;-)

    --
    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  2. Accuracy by accessbob · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So this thing still has just one location for its camera? I don't want to be picky, but you can quite easily get side-ways on to the camera (think the tennis game of the Wii). Hw accurate is the mechanism at picking up hand movements partly, possibly, fully obscured by the body? QAlso, how accurate is it at measuring angluar rotation and wrist movement. Dancing and jumping around games are going to be fine (I guess), but anything that requires close observation of hand and arm movement is going to be a bit limited. Compared to "wand" technology, a single camera is going to be a bit limited in what can be achieved.

  3. Re:Hmm.. by arth1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    i appreciate the pun for the name kinect (connect and kinetic merged) but i feel its a rather daft game however the controllerless gaming prospect is intriguing, id class it as 1 step closer to fully imersive virtual reality gaming

    No, it has nothing to do with virtual reality. It has to do with reality. You physically swing your arm, not virtually. If you were to take that approach more steps, you'd eventually end up with real life. And the real life dangers too.

    Yes, I look forward to virtual reality. Where I get freed from the limitations of my physiology, not subjected to them.

    And no, it won't be the first time Microsoft has flopped with hand waving interfaces. Remember the three times touch screens were introduced (and re-introduced) as the best thing since sliced bread? And the gorilla arm syndrome?

  4. Microsoft has outdone themselves by Verunks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the first device that see your movements in the future!

    http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/06/6db9eddafa5ee84849d020538f1008d5/original.gif

    http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/06/07757512fe01652a77d524cf51795baf/original.gif