Full Body Motion Control for the Xbox with “Project Natal”

As we previously reported on May 25th, at the E3 Expo, Microsoft unveiled “Project Natal” which is a whole new way to interact with your Xbox 360. Like Nintendo’s Wii, Natal lets you control a game using motion, but unlike the Wii – very unlike it, in fact –  you don’t hold any sort of controllers or sensors in order to do so.

Instead, the bar that sits above or below your TV has a camera, sensors, and a microphone within its casing. In other words, it can see you and your movements. It even does facial and voice recognition and lets you swipe through screens by moving your hands (how “Minority Report” is that!).

Watch video below!!!

Source: Channel 10

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Controller-free Xbox coming?

According to sources, Microsoft will unveil a new technology at the E3 video game conference in Los Angeles (June 2-4 2009) that will allow players to control a game’s action by using only their gestures.

The new technology system uses 3D camera / Infrared light technology to monitor the players’ movements in all three directions without using motion-sensitive controls – such as those used by Nintendo Wii. This technology is more advanced than Sony’s EyeToy which detects players’ movements in two dimensions.

A source close to the Microsoft project said: “By taking away the controls altogether the game becomes so easy to operate that even your grandmother can master it.”

Sources: 1. The Daily Telegraph, 2. The Times