Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Gearing Up: Project Natal for Xbox 360


This might not look like much but this is a serious problem for Nintendo in my humble opinion. Microsoft dropped a pretty significant bombshell today and I can't help but wonder if Nintendo is rethinking their Wii strategy at this very moment. Codenamed Project Natal, the device is a camera that captures motion data in real time and recognizes both faces and voices. Rather than picking up a controller the camera tracks your whole body whether you're kicking a soccer ball, painting a canvas, or simply navigating through a list of movies without ever pressing a button or wiggling a controller. Like I said at the top, this is a problem for Nintendo and everyone who bought the Wii.

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