Microsoft Kinect (Project Natal)

[THELUKESTIR]

Quote:You are the controller

Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways – no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect (formerly known as “Project Natal”) gets everyone off the couch. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. And the best part is Kinect works with every Xbox 360®

You're Ready to Play

With Kinect, technology evaporates, letting the natural magic in all of us shine through.

Kinect Starts With You

When technology becomes invisible and intuitive something special happens - you and your experience become one. No barriers, no boundaries, no gadgets, no gizmos, no learning curves. With Kinect you are the controller. It's just the magic of you - your movement, your voice, your face, all effortlessly, naturally and beautifully transforming how you play and experience entertainment.

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Quote:Sensor
Colour and depth-sensing lenses
Voice microphone array
Tilt motor for sensor adjustment
Fully compatible with existing Xbox 360 consoles
Field of View
Horizontal field of view: 57 degrees
Vertical field of view: 43 degrees
Physical tilt range: ± 27 degrees
Depth sensor range: 1.2m – 3.5m
Data Streams
320×240 16-bit depth @ 30 frames/sec
640×480 32-bit colour@ 30 frames/sec
16-bit audio @ 16 kHz
Skeletal Tracking System
Tracks up to 6 people, including 2 active players
Tracks 20 joints per active player
Ability to map active players to Live Avatars
Audio System
Live party chat and in-game voice chat (requires Xbox Live Gold Membership)
Echo cancellation system enhances voice input
Speech recognition in multiple

Game trailers for the Kinect:

Dance Central:


Kinectimals:


Kinect Sports:


Kinect Joy Ride:


Your Shape Fitness Evolved:
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Kinect Adventures:


Zumba Fitness:


Sonic Free Riders (Not a trailer:


The only relevant ones seem to be Sonic Free Riders and Kinectamals.... what do you guys think? I'm going to be buying one of these.

[nosound.97]

Looks like fun, but come on Microsoft

Kinect Sports = Wii Sports
Kinect Joy Ride = Mario Kart
Your Shape Fitness Evolved = Wii Fit

Quit it for god's sake >.>

Other than that, it's pretty cool (I'm scared of that pedotiger though)

[THELUKESTIR]

I cant wait to see what Lionhead comes up with for this :O

[dewero]

I'm pretty sure my latin teacher was talking about this for star wars