what is the Microsoft Project Natal Release Date ?
The future 360: Project Natal takes shot at Wii by Scott Stein We love the smell of Natal in the morning. After a bunch of (mostly) expected games, Microsoft’s E3 press conference finally revealed something of greater interest and scope: Project Natal, the code name for the company’s well-rumored motion-sensing bar. Taking a direct shot at Wii users who “sit on the sofa using some kind of preset waggle commands,” Natal is controller-free, using what looks like a TV-mounted camera/microphone bar to sense motion, sound, and even 3D movement, suggesting that the technology involved is far beyond that of products like Sony’s PlayStation Eye. Project Natal is going to work with all current, past, and future versions of the Xbox 360, according to the press event. While the wide-open excitement of the initiative was refreshing, the fact that Natal has no official name, price, or release date was disappointing. In fact, it was called a concept for the future. As if the legitimacy of Microsoft’
The world watched closely as Microsoft finally demonstrated their response to Nintendo’s motion controller revolution: Project Natal. There’s no controller involved with Project Natal — and there’s no release date yet, either. Microsoft did not announce a release date at their E3 press conference for a reason, I was told. Moments after the conference concluded, I spoke with Microsoft gaming executive and corporate VP John Schappert. He played coy about Project Natal’s release date, and when asked directly if we’d see the hardware on shelves this year, he paused. “What we wanted to do was — it’s important technology that we’ve been working on some time and we’re not ready to announce the release date or other specifics on that other than what we’re going to be bringing to market is controller free gaming and we’ve got some tech specs announced — such as depth camera, RGB camera, array microphone [and there’s] custom silicon inside there,” he said. “Our goal is to bring that out and s
Microsoft Project Natal Release Date Yesterday we discussed a little about Microsoft Xbox 360 and its Project Natal, which was announced yesterday at E3 2009 press conference. The software giant has not yet announced a released date. This new system is Microsoft’s answer to Nintendo’s motion controller revolution, and I have to say that Microsoft will not have the edge once the Project Natal is released. After the conference had concluded, G4 had a little conversation with John Schappert, Microsoft’s gaming executive and corporate VP. He was not giving anything away, and if he knew the release date, he was keeping it very close to his chest.
