Controller-less Xbox

[Smitty]

This was introduced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference at University of Southern California's Galen Center today. From the Associated Press:

Microsoft introduced a prototype camera Monday that can be used as a controller for the Xbox 360. Codenamed "Project Natal," the camera eliminates the need for a handheld input device -- instead, the gizmo can track a player's full body movement, recognize their face and voice, scan images of real items and respond to both physical and vocal commands.

Project Natal

[bstnsportsfan3]

honestly...im to fat to be doing all that,,and plus its xbox so it will crash alot...ill stick to my ps3 any day. plus how would you play Call of Duty or halo or something like that? pull out a gun? lol

[Smitty]

And how long will it take for some kid to kick-in the television screen?

[meangreendork]

Project Natal is a really slick gadget. Tracks distance and motion of a human being, and gets voice commands too. Microsoft did a good job with this one.

Sony didn't disappoint either - they introduced another motion controller that links to the Playstation Eye. I was watching Sony and Nintendo's conferences this morning and the Sony motion controller add-on just outclassed the WiiMote. The controller and camera are accurate enough to mimic handwriting accurately, they can detect angles of the controller's tilt, and in relation to the camera itself. I actually liked how the demo team used the controller/camera combination to control the demonstration in first-person shooter mode and in a real-time strategy mode. Very impressive, just as much as Natal.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/02/playstat...launching-2010/

[BeanCounterGrad'03]

honestly...im to fat to be doing all that,,and plus its xbox so it will crash alot...ill stick to my ps3 any day. plus how would you play Call of Duty or halo or something like that? pull out a gun? lol

Plus the added value of having a blu ray player. Xbox took a hit after HD-DVD went the way of beta-max.