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360 Motion Sensing Rumours again?

Maattt

New Member
Engadget said:
Here's a wild one. We just got a tip from someone who purports to be in the know on Microsoft's efforts to beat the Wii at its own motion-sensing game, with some of the details lining up with what we were hearing last year along these lines. The word is that Microsoft is building a "sensor bar" of sorts, but instead of detecting the waggles of Wiimote-like controllers, it detects full body movement and sound, sans controllers. There are two sensors on the bar, along with a mic and a camera, and while our tipster has "no idea" how it actually works, it sounds pretty impressive. Here's a quick rundown of capabilities mentioned:

xbox-sensorbar-001.jpg


* Full body and hand gesture control of games / characters.
* In fighting games you kick, punch, duck, dive, jump and so forth with your body.
* It also picks up small hand gestures like pinching, grabbing and scrolling.
* There will also be video conferencing and games with video.
* Trivia game over the internet with live images of each person playing. When a question pops up, they can clap to buzz in.
* You can "move objects on your screen" and the other party can see what you're doing in real time.
* Sensor detects only the person playing, not folks observing on the couch.

We're rather curious as to what those two mystery sensors on the bar are doing, since there's specific mention of a lack of controllers. Perhaps they add depth perception to whatever the camera is picking up on video, but we guess we'll have to wait and find out. Of course, this could all be an elaborate hoax, but for what it's worth the picture appears undoctored, and the story is plausible. Either way, it's only natural for Microsoft to be looking to duplicate -- and expand upon -- the wild success Nintendo has enjoyed with motion-controlled gaming. And if they don't, Sony sure will.

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What do you think.. Good idea?
I prefer the idea of the motion sensing being an add-on rather than having to buy a whole seperate console to do it, so this could be good :)
 

Cryox

Bro.
that would be cool, but the thing that made me think RUMOR was when the article said it could pick small gestures like pinching, grabbing and scrolling.

Sounds like an interesting idea. Although, people walking by and looking through the window would begin to question your maturity when they see you jumping up and down in the living room and punching the crap out of the air around you.
 

eldiablov

Contributor
They'd have to get a lot of good developers to jump on the bandwagon and develop for this otherwise I wouldn't even consider buying it.
 

pcstalljr

teen! hide your daughters
oki doo, lets start off by saying. ummmmm fake. haha ok now that thats out of the way. the technology for such readings do not currently exist for the average home. it does exist. but it is extremely expansive.

* It also picks up small hand gestures like pinching, grabbing and scrolling.
* Sensor detects only the person playing, not folks observing on the couch.

that. Sonys cameras cant even do. so if there planing on doing that. i have no idea what there using for hardware thats cost effective.
 
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