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Microsoft Reveals Project Natal
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg welcomed everyone to controller-free gaming in LA earlier today. “The next step in interactive entertainment is to make the controller disappear,” said the visionary director and producer. “With ‘Project Natal,’ we’ll see games that bring everyone together through technology that actually recognises us”. But what is ‘Project Natal’? We’ll be glad to tell you. Project Natal is the codename for a revolutionary new way to play games and enjoy entertainment on your Xbox 360. In short: no controller required! When this baby launches you can play sports, sing and dance, fight and whatever else captures the imagination of the ...
Project Natal in detail
You’ve read the news and hopefully seen it in action, now here are the facts you’ll need to explain Project Natal to all your pals. Quiet at the back! Fact #1: ‘Project Natal” is the code name for a revolutionary new way to play on your Xbox 360. Natal is pronounced “nuh-tall”. Okay that was two facts rolled into one. Fact #2: ‘Project Natal’ represents controller-free gaming and entertainment. It won’t just be the greatest videogames to benefit from so much freedom. Read facts #3-12 to find out why… Fact #3: Project Natal lets you kick a ball, make funny shadows and such ...
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Microsoft’s Project Natal Is Officially Named "Kinect" [Microsoftkinect]
Well, the leaks were right. At tonight’s E3 kick-off party, Microsoft officially pulled the curtain off Kinect, formerly known as Project Natal. Kinect! Like “connect” and “kinetic” and “Kin.” Among the first games to be shown off: Kinect Star Wars. More »
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Microsoft Plans to Sell 5 Million Project Natal Units in 2010
It was just today that we brought you a report from DigiTimes, that said according to sources, Microsoft wouldn’t be kicking mass production of Project Natal up to full gear until 2011. They’ll start shipping in August, sure, as the expected launch date is some time in October, but that original report suggested that a [...]
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Project Natal shipping to Microsoft in August but no mass production until 2011?
Microsoft is promising to take the wraps off of their Project Natal motion gaming system for Xbox 360 at E3, but until then we’ve only rumors and leaks to tide us over. Latest is from the shadowy Taiwanese sources whispering to DigiTimes, who reckon that while Foxconn and Flextronics – Microsoft’s hardware producing partners – [...]
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Microsoft’s Project Natal is the Future We Didn’t Ask For
Chris Lewis, the VP of interactive entertainment business at Microsoft, recently compared Natal to technology you would see in movies that take place in the future. The specific quote was “We’ve all seen similar things in films set in the future.” He’s absolutely right. Natal boasts fancy technology and an impressive “wow” factor, but is [...]
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It’s Like Project Natal For Your HTC Evo 4G [Android]
Soon, you’ll be able to control Android phones with a front facing camera through hand gestures. Brush left and right to move through photos, wave up and down to scroll through web pages, it’s a non-touchscreen from the future. More »
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How not to sell me on Natal
This is a video of Parade Magazine’s A.J. Jacobs playing Natal with his family. It shows a game we haven’t seen before in which you are rafting down a river, attempting to avoid rocks while flailing around like a madman in real life. It also makes me not want to play Natal.
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Playing Natal Is Similar To Drunken Dancing
Parade Magazine’s A.J. Jacobs recently got hands-on experience with Microsoft’s Project Natal, and while he called the experience simultaneously tiring and fun, the accompanying video of Jacobs’s experience is the real story here.
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Report: Joy Ride Not Canceled, Retooled as Natal Game
Looks like the Xbox 360 kart racer Joy Ride hasn’t been canceled after all.
Instead, Computer and Video Games is reporting that it has been retooled as a Natal launch title. It may also end up being a boxed retail game.
“The hope for us is that it will be a boxed release - we’re still in [...]
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Natal ‘River Rush’ gameplay glimpsed, first wild gesticulation-related violence reported
In a surprising expose on the seedy underbelly of pre-release gaming demos for the whole family, Parade Magazine’s own A.J. Jacobs reports on a bit of fun gone awry. Mr. Jacobs details the horrific scene: “We next tried an obstacle course where you have to dart under trees and jump over logs. I was really [...]
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360’s Brunswick Pro Bowling Getting Project Natal Support
It seems there’s an unwritten rule that you can’t release a new method of motion controls without an accompanying bowling game, and Crave Games is making sure Microsoft isn’t in violation. The developer has confirmed (via MTV Multiplayer) that their upcoming version of Brunswick Pro Bowling for the Xbox 360 will support Project Natal, making [...]
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