EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: projectnatal
[Update] You can watch many of the trailers and in-game videos shown during Microsoft’s press conference in a collection of videos over here. [Update]
Microsoft kicked off E3 2010 in the traditional way today with its annual press conference, revealing all kinds of exciting new games, applications and hardware.
For El33tonline’s full report on the happenings and showings at the publisher’s event, head on down below:
During Microsoft’s E3 2010 press conference, the company announced that Kinect (previously known as Project Natal) will release on November 4th in the US, with more than 15 launch titles to go along with it.
Check El33online’s full report on Microsoft’s press conference at E3 2010.
Following the announcement that Microsoft’s controller-free, motion-sensing gaming device, Project Natal, has now officially been renamed Kinect, a number of new games and applications have been revealed that will be available for use with the technology when it’s released later this year.
[Update 2] You can find details on the first set of games revealed for Kinect, including that Star Wars game, over here. [End of Update 2]
[Update 1] Added video containing footage of Star Wars Kinect [End of Update 1]
Microsoft has recently gone and revealed that it’s motion-sensing, controller-free gaming device for Xbox 360, Project Natal, is now officially known as Kinect, and with the announcement a few videos have been released showing off footage from some games you can expect to play with the technology.
Included are ‘lifestyle,’ ‘experience’ videos as well as a video from USA Today detailing the device a little bit more:
[Update 2] You can find details on the first set of games revealed for Kinect, including that Star Wars game, over here. [End of Update 2]
[Update 1] Get a look at some in-game footage and videos showing off Kinect in action, including a short look at Star Wars Kinect, over here. [End Update 1]
During Microsoft’s interpretive Cirque du Soleil performance on Sunday afternoon, the official name of the company’s motion-sensing, controller-free gaming device, Project Natal, was unveiled for the first time ever.
EA has released an excellent looking launch trailer for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, which became available for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and iPhone across the US yesterday.
The next iteration of the publisher’s popular golfing sim includes the prestigious Ryder Cup golf tournament in-game and support for Sony’s PS3 motion controller and Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus. However, support for Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal motion detection device for the Xbox 360 hasn’t been announced for the game yet.
A Microsoft executive in Saudi Arabia has confirmed on national television (which was captured in a clip that you can watch below) that the company’s upcoming Project Natal motion recognition technology will see an October release this year.
The exec in question, Marketing Manager of E&D at Microsoft Saudi, Syed Bilal Tariq, told KSA2 on Saudi TV:
As we get closer to this year’s E3 event, where Microsoft has promised to more fully reveal and demonstrate its Project Natal motion-sensing and voice recognition technology, the competition is heating up between two different schools of thought with regards to motion-based interaction for videogames: device-based, or hands-free.
Sony’s PlayStation Move and Nintendo’s Wii are both device-based, while Microsoft’s Project Natal technology is completely hands-free, able to sense and recognise the movements of every part of your body in 3D space. How is this possible? In part, thanks to hardware and specifications provided by Israeli company technology company, PrimeSense.
According to Sony’s R&D manager, Dr. Richard Marks, while researching different and new methods of motion control for videogame interaction, the team at Sony pursued technology similar to Microsoft’s ‘hands-free’ Project Natal, but ultimately ended up going down the path that lead to the current iteration of the PlayStation Move (which uses a physical hand-held device) as it allowed the publisher’s game teams to deliver more “robust” experiences.
Speaking on the Engadget Show, Dr. Marks said:
At this year’s E3 event in Los Angeles, running from June 15th until June 17th, Microsoft plans to fully reveal the publisher’s Project Natal motion-sensing and voice recognition technology to the world.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion and voice recognition technology, Project Natal, hasn’t even had a firm release date attached to it yet, and has had only slightly flattering celebrity previews to date, but according to a conversation between Microsoft’s Hsiao-Wuen Hon and the Sydney Morning Herald, the second iteration of the technology is already in the works.
In the article, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, who is the managing director at Microsoft Research Asia, was in the process of defending Microsoft’s presence in the marketplace as not only an industry mainstay, but an innovation leader as well, which creates and invents products in equal measure and thinks about the future of those products well into the future, as Hon says:
How sure is Lionhead boss and director of the Fable series of games, Peter Molyneux, that Fable III will include support for Microsoft’s motion sensing technology, Project Natal?
Molyneux is so sure that Lionhead’s upcoming RPG epic will support the tech, that he’s forgotten how to spell, as according to a recent Twitter tweet, he says:
Fable III got a new showing at the Game Developers Conference this year, and with it, a new set of screenshots were released by Microsoft and developers Lionhead to reveal one of the sections from the game – what looks to be an abandoned mine haunted by ghostly soldiers. Isn’t that always the way?
Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux, as usual, spilled a few more beans about the project, including the reveal that non other than British comedian and actor John Cleese will play the role of your in-game butler, in addition to the news that, in some form or another, Fable III will include support for the social messaging system, Twitter, as Molyneux says:
EA has today announced a solid release date for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (which will feature the prestigious Ryder Cup golf tournament in-game) while also revealing that the game will support Sony’s PS3 motion controller, in addition to the Wii MotionPlus for the Wii version.
In Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, players will be able to compete in The Ryder Cup by selecting a team from either the US or European squads and take part in a variety of competition formats to eventually (and hopefully) win the biennial event in-game.
Players will also be able to participate in a 24-person team-match online via Xbox 360 or PS3 and strategise with one another over Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network.
After a bit of a Twitter slip by UK celebrity Jonathon Ross, who may or may not have accidentally revealed the release month for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion-sensing technology Project Natal, Microsoft are telling news outlets that they have nothing to announce regarding a solid release date for the device.
In a statement to VG247, a Microsoft representative said:
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