Xbox 360's Project Natal to blow Wii out the water?
Microsoft got E3 off to a flyer yesterday, unveiling Project Natal
Forget the Wiimote for a minute, this is much bigger. Microsoft unveiled a new technology called Project Natal last night at E3 – the games conference – and it looks set to blow the Nintendo Wii out the water!
So what is Project Natal? Well, it allows you to take control of games using your entire body! No controller needed – your body is the controller. You simply walk up to the console and start playing.
Project Natal, unveiled by the likes of Dom Mattrick, Peter Molyneux and beardy director Stephen Spielberg, is being touted as the future of gaming. Sitting under the TV and containing cameras and microphones, the device will be able to see you, hear you and even recognise movements in 3D. It’s even clever enough to follow you around the room and tell the difference between people and objects, such as your sofa or coffee table.
The other good news is that you won’t need a new Xbox to use Natal. This will work with your current machine. When it’ll arrive in our homes is another matter, but we can’t wait to turn our bodies into awesome games controllers!
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Anonymous04 August 2009
I so want that i hope it works with all 360 games
Report as inappropriateGameMaster02 September 2009
im afraid it wont work with all games. very few in fact. i have been looking at natal since it's been announced and it looks like only a few games will be available with this technology when it comes out. But thankfully most, if not all, developers are getting dev kits as we speak. So all of your favourite game developers will probably include natal technology in their games. Hope this helped GAMEMASTER
Report as inappropriateAnonymous11 October 2009
so hopefully we might see an assassins creed 3 and prototype 2 on the natal if there is ever a ac3 and prototype 2
Report as inappropriateArchangel-INC02 November 2009
So has there been any word when the gadget show team are gonna send some lucky person to investigate Natal for the show ? I don't really know how they could of skimmed over this for so long I mean it is the future of gaming.
Report as inappropriatekamz12311 November 2009
i want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when is it comin out waahooooo!!!!!!!!
Report as inappropriates990405520 November 2009
Is it just me, or has anyone else almost forgotten about the Playstation Eye?
Report as inappropriateAnonymous23 January 2010
the playstation eye is as no way as good as project natal This new play station wand thing you have to have a controller. Project natal is compleatly control free and its got voice recoinisation, face reconisation and you are the controller
Report as inappropriateJoe Weeks21 April 2010
Yeah, sony with their playstation eye must be out of their minds to think of even competing with Project Natal! They still haven't worked out that you need to get past the controller! The playstation eye is a mere copycat of the Nintendo Wii, Natal is much more than both of them, it is a breakthrough that will change gaming forever!
Report as inappropriateadil01 June 2010
i read the comments but i think the wii has more of a variety of games but definately the natal is better.
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