Kinect is watching you watching me watching you.
The fact that, after spending over an hour talking up their new camera-based, hands-free motion controller for the Xbox 360, Kinect, Microsoft failured to address the question of price is not only conspicuous, it’s damning. Perhaps no one would have noticed had the software demonstrated for Kinect been [...]
Kotaku is today reporting that Time Magazine has named Project Natal one of the 50 Best Inventions Of 2009. Of course, as an unreleased engineering prototype only demonstrated at invitation only industry events, in some cases using faked demos, we’ll just have to take Time’s word on that.
Can’t wait to see their special 50 Sexiest Men [...]
From Joystiq: Hearsay: Sony motion controller opens door for Wii-to-PS3 ports.
This is a prime example of borderline moronic reporting. For a couple of reasons. First, back when the PSMC was first shown at E3, one of the leading motion control middleware providers for the Wii announced support for the device. That means Wii developers can take all [...]
Sony R&D prepares to strike a disobedient PS3
In the following story today on Kotaku, Peter Moore: EA Sports Tennis To Use Natal, Sony Motion Control – Grand slam tennis – Kotaku, staff writer Michael McWhertor is covering some pretty basic news. EA decided to hold off on the newest version of their tennis franchise for PS3 [...]
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