Project Natal

[Clippy]

MS have released a new video regarding this forthcoming technology.

I wonder how accurate it will be in the real world.

As an example, if I was playing a real world came of tennis, I co-ordinate the hitting of a ball but there are times when I miss-hit or miss the ball completely.

Will Natal be able to cover such scenarios.

For example, when I miss the ball by fractions of cm's?

Regardless of if it can, you'll still look like a knobber jumping around the living room.

[NickFitz]

The MS Office Labs Future 2019 video (link is to the full five-minute+ version on YouTube) is utterly awesome - I saw it at a conference last year.

I'm hoping to see everything MS project for 2019 implemented on the iSlate later this month

[AtW]

What if someone walks behind you whilst you play?

[thunderlizard]

What if someone walks behind you whilst you play?

That would be project post-Natal.

[voodooflux]

These's an interesting insight into some of the technology behind Project Natal over at Newscientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/...ontroller.html

[d000hg]

A LOT of the stuff in the video is cunningly contrived to make it appear more amazing than it is really. Not that should be a shock, they're hardly going to point out the bugs, but worth noting.

[NickFitz]

A LOT of the stuff in the video is cunningly contrived to make it appear more amazing than it is really. Not that should be a shock, they're hardly going to point out the bugs, but worth noting.

So? Windows 95 was a crock of tulip in 1994, as was Windows 2000 in 1998. Not that that should be a shock, they're hardly going to point out the bugs that still exist in alpha test versions in a video designed to show what the finished product is intended be like, but worth noting

It takes quite a bit to get me to post a comment defending Microsoft, but the clunking banality of your comment achieved it

[Wilmslow]

I was at a conference when Natal was going to be demo'd by MS. They only offered us a slick video, some demo!

I now know why.

I was speaking to a IT director of a games company that had seen a real demo. Natal was asked to draw a cat. Cue the devs in the background drawing a very bad cat.

The IT director now wants to hane back the Natal technology.

Slick demo videos, but, the technology is nowhere near as there as ms would like to think, but, maybe one day.....

[voodooflux]

It takes quite a bit to get me to post a comment defending Microsoft...

We've noticed

[voodooflux]

Slick demo videos, but, the technology is nowhere near as there as ms would like to think, but, maybe one day.....

I recall being surprised at the extent of the postive feedback from the gaming press at E3 last year after they were allowed to get their paws on the system. I'm hoping to get the opportunity to take part in some play testing over the next few months - one developer in particular is on the lookout for people of various "dimensions" to assist with testing.

Given that EA believe they've reach the limits of what is possible with the 360, with gamers expecting more and more from the latest titles, it's going to be a challenge to balance that against Natal using 10 to 15 per cent of the Xbox's computing resources.