Friday, August 7, 2009

Exclusive look at Project Natal

Project Natal made a big splash at the E3 conference in June, but since then, Microsoft has kept the project--which uses face, voice, and gesture recognition technologies--under lock and key. Somehow, CNET's Ina Fried figured out the magic password and was allowed to get up close and personal with Natal, and she even returned with a video of her experience. Check out the link to see the way people will soon be playing games and possibly even controlling their computers.
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August 7, 2009
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Exclusive look at Project Natal
Project Natal made a big splash at the E3 conference in June, but since then, Microsoft has kept the project--which uses face, voice, and gesture recognition technologies--under lock and key. Somehow, CNET's Ina Fried figured out the magic password and was allowed to get up close and personal with Natal, and she even returned with a video of her experience. Check out the link to see the way people will soon be playing games and possibly even controlling their computers. Read more

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