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News: E3: MS unveils hands-free Project Natal

 
Pretty much X720. A bit Minority Report. Microsoft games boss Don Mattrick has shown off Project Natal, a camera-based no-controller control scheme that combines "an RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone and custom processor running proprietary software all in one device". There’s no word on a date, but Mattrick said it would work with every single Xbox 360 when it launches, which saves on them making a new console (for now anyway). It’s “a revolutionary new way to play where the only experience you need is life experience”, according to Mattrick. Read more... (link)

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