At a fancy pre-E3 kickoff event, Microsoft officially unveiled Project Natal as Kinect with the help of Cirque Du Soleil. They not only renamed their controller free motion control system but they also revealed a catalog of titles that will launch with Kinect. The aptly named Video Chat feature was also shown off tonight that allows you …
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“October 2010”: Microsoft Apparently Spills the Beans on Project NATAL Release Date
Via GamerTag Radio comes word that Project Natal should be hitting store shelves in October. During an interview with a Saudi TV station, Microsoft Saudi Entertainment & Devices Marketing Manager Syed Bilal Tariq says Saudi Arabia will be getting NATAL the same time as the rest of the world and pegs that launch to October 2010. He also …
PrimeSense Powering Microsoft’s Project Natal
So it was revealed just now that Israeli-based PrimeSense is powering the 3D sensing and recognition technologies behind Microsoft’s Project Natal.
The PrimeSensor is comprised of three main components: PrimeSense’s PS1080 SoC, CMOS image sensor and an IR light source. So how do those three components make Project Natal work? Glad …
Episode 17: Project Natal Test-Drive, Changes at DC, Shutter Island Expectations
Peter Ha talks about his experience testing out Xbox’s Project Natal and what the latest management changes at DC comics mean for the brand while, Steven James Snyder previews what to look for in Shutter Island, out in theaters today.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with Techland contributors and …
In Which We Demo Project Natal
It’s safe to say that Project Natal needs no introduction but if you’ve been living under a rock or are unfamiliar with Xbox then think of Natal as Microsoft’s answer to the Wii. It was announced at last year’s E3 and little has changed since other than a release date – “in time for the holidays” – and the demo was …
Project Natal Slated For Holiday 2010 Launch
Robbie Bach has just announced that Project Natal will be available this coming holiday season. An exact date has not been disclosed, though. No word on pricing or configurations. However, MS wants to reiterate the fact that Natal will work with any Xbox 360.
To date, Microsoft has sold more than 39 million Xbox 360 consoles and over …
Thoughts About Microsoft’s Project Natal, E3, Halo, etc.
How ’bout that Microsoft keynote yesterday? That stuff was old-school console-wars stuff. Like, my stuff is better than your stuff, I’m gonna win the show, etc. I felt a rush of nostalgia at their naked aggression.
Seriously I wrote a thing about Project Natal, Microsoft’s freaky motion-sensing peripheral, which I went to Seattle last …
Nataly Dawn On Her New Album How I Knew Her and Why Kickstarter Fans Can Be Fickle
Musician Nataly Dawn talks about her new album’s Kickstarter inception, how she still went into debt to make it and why she’s frustrated with musician Amanda Palmer’s Kickstarter critics.
Splicing Species, Genres and Sex Organs: Vincenzo Natali on His Mutant Thriller
Prepare to hear a whole lot more about an unlikely, haunting movie called Splice – a gloriously disturbing, hypnotically unsettling art film that somehow managed to land Warner Bros. as distributor.
Directed by Vincenzo Natali (Cube), the movie remains so committed to a singular unsettling vision that it’s hard to believe …
6 Things Not to Expect from Sony’s PlayStation Event
I’ve already scribbled down a few lessons I hope Sony’s learned since the PS3′s debut in November 2006, so here’s another list — this time of things I’m not expecting from the event.
Launch Day Swag #2: Pimp Our Halo: Reach Coverage and Win the Legendary Edition
Today’s the big day that multiplayer fanatics and fans of the Halo-verse have been waiting for, when they can finally get their hands on the last Halo game produced by Bungie. We at Techland have been covering the game in-depth for months now and are placing the best of our coverage in one handy place for you guys to enjoy:
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Milo Is Real, Has His Head in the Digital Cloud: Peter Molyneux’s TED Talk
Fable III will be out in a few short weeks. Peter Molyneux’s been barnstorming for the game for the last few weeks and I had the chance to chat to him about the next chapter of the action-RPG series. But the man responsible for the upcoming threequel also answered my questions about the missing-in-action Milo project that got folks …
