Project Natal -------> Kinect

Khrymson

Hrm, weird name though unique.  Is this some kind of lets be weird like Nintendo and have a weird name for our new hardware too.  Reminds me too much of the construction toys K'Nex.   Now I'm just waiting for Sony to follow suit since thats what they do best, but they should name their new controller 'Odlid'.

 

 

Source:  USA Today

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo game convention beginning today, both Sony and Microsoft will reveal new details about their motion control systems, due later this year.

Microsoft got a head start Sunday night by incorporating its game system and footage from new titles into a performance by Cirque Du Soleil at the University of Southern California. The performance troupe, which spent four months developing "a customized experience," took its inspiration for the event from Kinect, the official name of what had been known as Project Natal under development.

 

•Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.



•Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel — pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost — and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.



•Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis. To serve a volleyball, you mimic the real motion; in soccer, you can kick the ball or do a header.



•Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.



•Dance Central, in development by MTV Games, brings a So You Think You Can Dance experience home.



•Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favorites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney.