Project Natal

[Benito Mussolini]

This thing looks absolutely awesome. A shame it's made for Xbox... But it still looks awesome.

Here's a little video that shows how awesome it is:
"This wasn't acted"

Now here's a video that shows how much it wants to be like the Wii:
"Yay! Familiy fun!"

And this is why it'll probably beat the Wii's wiimote:

Nintendo's latest gadget -the Wii Balance Board, and the WiiFit game- has been out for a whole year (in the US... even more in Japan). WiiFit became the fifth best selling videogame in history (check link for source...WIKI!). With 18.22 million copies sold as of March 31 2009 (same source), what game that uses the Wii Balance Board has been released?

Let's see...
At least, Nintendo can save its own ass with Punch-Out!!. They're also lucky that the French are there to help a bit with some crazy rabbids.

Now, obviously, Microsoft's marketing will be way ahead. It was Peter Molyneux in them videos up here.
The man behind Fable and Black & White (who is the tenth best game creator, according to the GameTrailers website) will be working on that new gadget from Microsoft.
Better than those Electronic Arts didiots and their game that is almost the exact same thing as WiiFit...

[CaffeinePowered]

Now, obviously, Microsoft's marketing will be way ahead. It was Peter Molyneux in them videos up here.
The man behind Fable and Black & White (who is the tenth best game creator, according to the GameTrailers website) will be working on that new gadget from Microsoft.
Better than those Electronic Arts didiots and their game that is almost the exact same thing as WiiFit...

Oh...great...him....we'll get promised the world and delivered an inferior product then. At least we know what to expect.

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

That better not have been scripted.  I'm not so worried about games being made with this, but that the technology itself is kinda bogus.

[ZargonX]

I had some thoughts about this last week

/selfpimp

[HeK]

[Versus]

"Dan Hsu on Bitmod noticed that when game consultant and former Newsweek writer N'Gai Croal gave Paradise a test drive, however, the game had trouble reading his steering actions. While it could read his feet, which were covered in shoes, Project Natal would not let him steer the car.

However there was no problem when another driver was at the wheel. True, Croal does have dreadlocks but if that was a problem someone with long hair would also send Natal into a spin. Apparently it might be a problem with the near-infrared spectroscopy, which has a problem detecting darker skinned individuals."

"The NIRS device failed to register tissue saturation values at some point in nine of seventeen volunteers. It seems that when it is used in hospitals patients with a dark pigmented skin, NIRS StO2 measurements should be interpreted with caution, as melanin clearly interferes with the quality of the reflected NIRS signal.

It could mean that black people have to play with their Xbox with gloves and a paper bag on their heads."

[KarthXLR]

This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me.

[backfire]

I don't have an Xbox 360, therefore I'm jealous.

Anyways, found this on Joystiq. On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, someone from Microsoft came to show off their 3D Breakout game along with a quick port of Burnout Paradise. I gotta say, even though you can see the tracking glitch every now and again, I'm pretty impressed. Hopefully this thing doesn't cost a fortune or be showered with crappy half-though mini-games or low budget titles.

Hulu - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Project Natal Demo

[Versus]

This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[Squishy3]

The thing with Natal is if they already have it working with Burnout Paradise I can't wait to see what they'll be doing with stuff that be built around Natal specifically, or things that they'll get working with Natal.

[backfire]

The thing with Natal is if they already have it working with Burnout Paradise I can't wait to see what they'll be doing with stuff that be built around Natal specifically, or things that they'll get working with Natal.

Came across this article on IGN. The thing with Mass Effect could be pretty cool if they implemented it correctly.

[Squishy3]

Also the fact you can scan your face into your 360 profile if you have multiple ones and it'll scan you whenever you turn on the 360 and log into the according profile is pretty cool. Hands-free dashboard navigation is awesome too.

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.

[Benito Mussolini]

[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3068.msg89699#msg89699 date=1244773255]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.
[/quote]
You say that because you're fat, and the camera thinks your lumps of fat are your limbs.

You're not actually fat, aren't you? I didn't want to insult you ♥.

[Trace]

I'll reserve judgement till I actually get a chance to try it....

As should all of you

[Squishy3]

[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3068.msg89699#msg89699 date=1244773255]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.
[/quote]FUCK YOU EYE OF JUDGEMENT IS AWESOME!!

[backfire]

[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3068.msg89699#msg89699 date=1244773255]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.
[/quote]
You know this thing has 2 cameras? It tracks you based on depth, not contrast.

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89716#msg89716 date=1244779682]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3068.msg89699#msg89699 date=1244773255]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.
[/quote]
You know this thing has 2 cameras? It tracks you based on depth, not contrast.
[/quote]
Actually, I didn't know that. But I still stand by what I said. I don't trust this thing.


Besides, it's not like I can buy it, don't have/want a 360.

[backfire]

[quote author=backfire link=topic=3068.msg89729#msg89729 date=1244787428]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89716#msg89716 date=1244779682]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3068.msg89699#msg89699 date=1244773255]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.
[/quote]
You know this thing has 2 cameras? It tracks you based on depth, not contrast.
[/quote]
Actually, I didn't know that. But I still stand by what I said. I don't trust this thing.


Besides, it's not like I can buy it, don't have/want a 360.
[/quote]
Okay, I'll just wait until the time comes when I can have heart-to-heart conversations with a virtual 12-year-old spawn of Molyneux.

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89730#msg89730 date=1244787764]
[quote author=backfire link=topic=3068.msg89729#msg89729 date=1244787428]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89716#msg89716 date=1244779682]
[quote author=Versus-pwny- link=topic=3068.msg89699#msg89699 date=1244773255]
[quote author=Karth is SPY link=topic=3068.msg89674#msg89674 date=1244758446]
This looks like an atrocious waste of money to me, also i have a ps3

[/quote]
Trust me, any camera based system is not trustworthy, not PSEye (god what a piece of trash), not natal, not ANYTHING.
[/quote]
You know this thing has 2 cameras? It tracks you based on depth, not contrast.
[/quote]
Actually, I didn't know that. But I still stand by what I said. I don't trust this thing.


Besides, it's not like I can buy it, don't have/want a 360.
[/quote]
Okay, I'll just wait until the time comes when I can have heart-to-heart conversations with a virtual 12-year-old spawn of Molyneux.
[/quote]
So you'd be talking to a wall?


But seriously, talking to this kid = boredom. Sure, it looks cool, but can you imagine how boring it would be?