Time to Kinect with your video games
So Microsoft has created a controller-free gaming and entertainment experience for the Xbox 360 console platform called Kinect . Originally labeled Project Natal, the device is a webcam style add-on peripheral that enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller through a natural user interface using gestures, spoken commands, or presented objects and images. Obviously this is Microsoft's answer to the Wii and PlayStation Move motion control systems. Ole Kjeldsen , Director of Platform and developers at Microsoft Denmark, gave a great presentation on Kinect at the NEXT 2010 event a couple weeks back. The potential for the type of games and applications that can be made from this device have very interesting possibilities. One such game Milo , is highlighted in the video below. So even though Kinect is scheduled to launch worldwide starting with North America in November of this year, I got the chance to play with it during ...