Whats the Deal With Xbox 360 Project Natal?
Following hot on the heels of the Wii’s motion sensing technology, Microsoft are hoping to take this one better with their Xbox 360 Project Natal. Announced at last year’s E3 conference, this add-on accessory for the Xbox 360 is said to allow completely controller-free play with games, sensing movement and interpreting that as commands within the game. Xbox 360 Project Natal is said to be released around the end of 2010, and Microsoft are hoping that the machine will become an integral part of all existing Xbox consoles. They also state that this revolutionary technology will lengthen the shelf-life of the 360 considerably, and thatit is, for all intents and purposes, a next-gen accessory. The accessory includes a depth sensor coupled with an RGB camera, which gives Project Natal a 360 degree arc of recognition. The sensing is so accurate that even minute facial expressions can be picked up and converted on-screen. The depth of recognition can also be extended or reduced as the player
