Project Natal From Microsoft

Maaf... tak berkesempatan nak bercerita dengan idea sendiri. Buat masa ni. Silalah baca artikel-artikel dari laman webyang lain:

Wikipedia:

Project Natal (pronounced "na-tall"(IPA: [naˈtal])) is the code name for a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform. Based on an add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, Project Natal enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through gestures, spoken commands, or presented objects and images. The project is aimed at broadening the Xbox 360's audience beyond its typically hardcore base. Project Natal was first announced on June 1 at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Microsoft said that over 1000 development kits began shipping to game developers that same day. Microsoft has not revealed any price or release date projections for Project Natal, stating only that it will not be released in 2009. Several observers expect the control system to be released in late 2010.

Youtube:

This video really amazed me and me wonder, the future in my head when I was a kid, is really coming in a near future. Surely Microsoft has surpassed Sony in console gaming. Please watch the video until it's done. (Even though it can be made with acting, but it seems Microsoft want to show what the add-on features can do)

Engadget:

Yes, it's real. Now you'll be able to change a tire... virtually. At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we'd been hearing about. Apparently the small, black device -- codenamed "Natal" -- will allow for an astoundingly wide range of actions by utilizing a group of sensors (the box itself sits beneath your TV), and the accessory will be capable of juggling multiple users during a single session. The demo Microsoft showed off included a skateboarding game (replete with a young man "air" ollie-ing), and a family playing a racing game (the dad was changing a tire, the daughter driving).

The add-on will offer features such as auto sign-in for players to Xbox Live (based on complex facial recognition), and sports extremely detailed body tracking which will be able to follow the individual movements of separate limbs. During the press event, the company demoed a painting app, which lets you use your entire body to handle virtual painting supplies, allowing you to do things like throw buckets of paint onto a canvas. Another title was shown off which featured a woman interacting with a young boy on the screen -- one of the company's creepier demos in recent memory. Unfortunately for us, Microsoft says the device won't be released during 2009. We're working on snagging some face time (literally!) with a demo unit, so stay tuned... E3 is off to a wild start!

Dari saya sendiri:

Wow, tak sabar rasanya. Tapi nampaknya keperluan utama untuk menikmati ini semua adalah TV LCD besar. Tapi saya ingin mengikut cakap abang saya "Tunggu kerjalah dulu". Ya, nampaknya apabila alat ini sudah berada di pasaran, ianya akan seiring dengan waktu saya bekerja nanti. InsyaAllah. Nampaknya, kepada Sony PS3, Goodbye, jumpa lagi kalau teringin untuk bermain Metal Gear Solid 4.

ENGINEERING: A DESIGNER KNOWS HE HAS ACHIEVED PERFECTION NOT WHEN THERE IS NOTHING TO LEFT TO ADD, BUT WHEN THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO TAKE AWAY -Antoine De Saint Exupéry-