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Looking back at Microsoft’s E3 Keynote…

Looking back at Microsoft’s E3 Keynote…

At this very moment, I’m dancing around my house like a four-year-old girl who just got the latest Barbie for Christmas. Why, you ask?
The news out of Microsoft’s Electronic Entertainment Expo presentation
(or E3, as the cool kids call it)just makes me giddy.
Luckily for you, I won’t bore you with the non-essentials– I’ll just move [...]

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Natal joins the circus: Microsoft unveils Kinect

Natal joins the circus: Microsoft unveils Kinect

Microsoft has revealed that the final name for its Project Natal will be Kinect.

At an electrifying (by all accounts) event put on by none other than Cirque du Soleil, where reporters donned ponchos and no electronic devices of any kind were allowed, Microsoft took the wraps off the final device… Microsoft Kinect. 
After an Italian ad [...]

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Microsoft Announces October Release Date For Project Natal [Update]

Microsoft Announces October Release Date For Project Natal [Update]

Project Natal, Microsoft’s latest endeavor in the video-game world, is a motion-sensing add-on to Microsoft’s current Xbox 360 Platform; it gives users an interactive gaming experience through motion-sensing technology. The controller-free environment of Project Natal is a step up from the current motion sensing devices, like Nintendo’s Wiimote and Sony’s Move controller.
Since Natal’s announcement back [...]

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1/10 Of A Second Lag For Natal

1/10 Of A Second Lag For Natal

Although Natal is supposed to be one of the biggest inventions of 2010 (ranking higher than the AIDS vaccine and teleportation according to TIME), there is one major deficiency that has caught the eye of nearly every person who got a hands-on with the device.  Project Natal experiences a very distinct  lag  in which your [...]

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