At the E3 2010 trade show, Microsoft announced the new gaming system – Microsoft Kinect. The Xbox Kinect is the official name for the Natal project Microsoft announced last year. Much like the Wii gaming system, the Xbox Kinect encourages real movement – but in contrast to the Wii, the Kinect will focus on full-body movement. The Kinect will release in October or November as an add-on to Xbox 360.
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The operation of the Kinect
The Microsoft Kinect system uses a two-camera system to capture motion. Depth is captured by one camera, when one more takes RGB color photographs and video. Combined, these cameras can re-create full body motion.This user interface system will eliminate the need for a hand-held controller.
The games published to the Kinect
Xbox will offer games bundled with the Kinect, also as on Xbox Live and on discs. LucasArts is even working on a Star Wars game, complete with light sabers. There are six games that the Kinect system is already being demonstrated with. Many gamers are already drooling over the possibility of Halo Reach migrating to Kinect.
Is the Xbox Kinect your only option?
Since the success of the Nintendo Wii, many game console makers have been developing a lot more interactive game systems. However, there are other alternatives to the Microsoft Kinect. Sony's Move system will sell for about half the price of the Kinect. The Nintendo Wii did something that other game console makers had assumed would not be possible – sell games to a very wide audience. Though the Xbox proved very popular when it was first released, it commercially lost over $ 1 billion – - proving that games have to be sold to more than just hard-core game enthusiasts.
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