CNET: You can beileve in Microsoft's Project Natal

About halfway through a closed-door demo I was in this afternoon of Microsoft's just-announced full-body motion-sensitive control system, Project Natal, another reporter told our host that he was skeptical of what he was seeing.

A minute later, after taking the virtual controls himself of the game "Burnout Paradise" and giving Natal a test, the reporter walked back over to where I was standing and when I asked him if he was still skeptical, he gave me a chastened look and said, "It's interesting." In other words, he was won over.

Here's my quick impression: Natal is for real, and it may well change the way people experience video games, as well as anything else that is run through an X360.

Tsunoda said. Wherever you move your hands, your body or your legs, the system captures it and mirrors it on the screen and in whatever game you're playing. "No (other) controller in the world allows you to control your whole body," he said. "Every part of the body is in play."

Another interesting point was the way Natal recognizes people's skeletal structure and analyzes how we move. Tsunoda made the point that Natal will continue to work even if someone walks in front of a player because it knows how the human body works.

So, if a player had his or her arms blocked, but Natal's cameras could still see part of their arm, it can fill in the rest based on algorithms that tell it how that arm should look.

Tsunoda said the technology behind Natal includes an RGB camera, an infrared camea, a multi-array microphone and a depth map. These features allow the system to track a player in 3D space, as well as to capture spoken commands from multiple people, none of whom have to wear a headset

CNET

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I still think PS3 motion sensing was the best as it uses similar technology of proven professional motion capturing techniques.

Precision of Microsoft's natal paint demo was a joke. Nintendo Wii's controller always suffered from precision and delay (hopefully that might be corrected with WM+). The only one that showed impressive tracking speed and precision was the PS3 motion controller.

I don't think this was a compare and contrast article.

[quote="CNET"]

About halfway through a closed-door demo I was in this afternoon of Microsoft's just-announced full-body motion-sensitive control system, Project Natal, another reporter told our host that he was skeptical of what he was seeing.

A minute later, after taking the virtual controls himself of the game "Burnout Paradise" and giving Natal a test, the reporter walked back over to where I was standing and when I asked him if he was still skeptical, he gave me a chastened look and said, "It's interesting." In other words, he was won over.

Here's my quick impression: Natal is for real, and it may well change the way people experience video games, as well as anything else that is run through an X360.

Tsunoda said. Wherever you move your hands, your body or your legs, the system captures it and mirrors it on the screen and in whatever game you're playing. "No (other) controller in the world allows you to control your whole body," he said. "Every part of the body is in play."

Another interesting point was the way Natal recognizes people's skeletal structure and analyzes how we move. Tsunoda made the point that Natal will continue to work even if someone walks in front of a player because it knows how the human body works.

So, if a player had his or her arms blocked, but Natal's cameras could still see part of their arm, it can fill in the rest based on algorithms that tell it how that arm should look.

Tsunoda said the technology behind Natal includes an RGB camera, an infrared camea, a multi-array microphone and a depth map. These features allow the system to track a player in 3D space, as well as to capture spoken commands from multiple people, none of whom have to wear a headset

Mystery_Writer

cnet.com

I still think PS3 motion sensing was the best as it uses similar technology of proven professional motion capturing techniques.

Precision of Microsoft's natal paint demo was a joke. Nintendo Wii's controller always suffered from precision and delay (hopefully that might be corrected with WM+). The only one that showed impressive tracking speed and precision was the PS3 motion controller.

[quote="CNET"]

About halfway through a closed-door demo I was in this afternoon of Microsoft's just-announced full-body motion-sensitive control system, Project Natal, another reporter told our host that he was skeptical of what he was seeing.

A minute later, after taking the virtual controls himself of the game "Burnout Paradise" and giving Natal a test, the reporter walked back over to where I was standing and when I asked him if he was still skeptical, he gave me a chastened look and said, "It's interesting." In other words, he was won over.

Here's my quick impression: Natal is for real, and it may well change the way people experience video games, as well as anything else that is run through an X360.

Tsunoda said. Wherever you move your hands, your body or your legs, the system captures it and mirrors it on the screen and in whatever game you're playing. "No (other) controller in the world allows you to control your whole body," he said. "Every part of the body is in play."

Another interesting point was the way Natal recognizes people's skeletal structure and analyzes how we move. Tsunoda made the point that Natal will continue to work even if someone walks in front of a player because it knows how the human body works.

So, if a player had his or her arms blocked, but Natal's cameras could still see part of their arm, it can fill in the rest based on algorithms that tell it how that arm should look.

Tsunoda said the technology behind Natal includes an RGB camera, an infrared camea, a multi-array microphone and a depth map. These features allow the system to track a player in 3D space, as well as to capture spoken commands from multiple people, none of whom have to wear a headset

cnet.com

I still think PS3 motion sensing was the best as it uses similar technology of proven professional motion capturing techniques.

Precision of Microsoft's natal paint demo was a joke. Nintendo Wii's controller always suffered from precision and delay (hopefully that might be corrected with WM+). The only one that showed impressive tracking speed and precision was the PS3 motion controller.

I thought the ps3 motion controller was pretty damn impressive for a concept desgin. lol to be honest they probably put it on the show for the last minute cause of microsoft's natal. But like the guy said in the ps3 conference....for some games it would not feel right without the use of some buttons.... I couldn't imagine playing a motion control game with no buttons....see my sig for example....ReaperV7

Less fat kids and confidence in ones self. I see it as a good thing.

The thing is, could you imagine playing a FPS with that thing?

It's too early to tell how good natal will be. These early publications are just hyping it up for the most part.

I thought the ps3 motion controller was pretty damn impressive for a concept desgin. lol to be honest they probably put it on the show for the last minute cause of microsoft's natal. But like the guy said in the ps3 conference....for some games it would not feel right without the use of some buttons.... I couldn't imagine playing a motion control game with no buttons....see my sig for example....ReaperV7

looks at sig

ok your right

[QUOTE="ReaperV7"]I thought the ps3 motion controller was pretty damn impressive for a concept desgin. lol to be honest they probably put it on the show for the last minute cause of microsoft's natal. But like the guy said in the ps3 conference....for some games it would not feel right without the use of some buttons.... I couldn't imagine playing a motion control game with no buttons....see my sig for example....BioShockOwnz

Less fat kids and confidence in ones self. I see it as a good thing.

[QUOTE="Mystery_Writer"]

[quote="CNET"]

About halfway through a closed-door demo I was in this afternoon of Microsoft's just-announced full-body motion-sensitive control system, Project Natal, another reporter told our host that he was skeptical of what he was seeing.

A minute later, after taking the virtual controls himself of the game "Burnout Paradise" and giving Natal a test, the reporter walked back over to where I was standing and when I asked him if he was still skeptical, he gave me a chastened look and said, "It's interesting." In other words, he was won over.

Here's my quick impression: Natal is for real, and it may well change the way people experience video games, as well as anything else that is run through an X360.

Tsunoda said. Wherever you move your hands, your body or your legs, the system captures it and mirrors it on the screen and in whatever game you're playing. "No (other) controller in the world allows you to control your whole body," he said. "Every part of the body is in play."

Another interesting point was the way Natal recognizes people's skeletal structure and analyzes how we move. Tsunoda made the point that Natal will continue to work even if someone walks in front of a player because it knows how the human body works.

So, if a player had his or her arms blocked, but Natal's cameras could still see part of their arm, it can fill in the rest based on algorithms that tell it how that arm should look.

Tsunoda said the technology behind Natal includes an RGB camera, an infrared camea, a multi-array microphone and a depth map. These features allow the system to track a player in 3D space, as well as to capture spoken commands from multiple people, none of whom have to wear a headset

Phazevariance

cnet.com

I still think PS3 motion sensing was the best as it uses similar technology of proven professional motion capturing techniques.

Precision of Microsoft's natal paint demo was a joke. Nintendo Wii's controller always suffered from precision and delay (hopefully that might be corrected with WM+). The only one that showed impressive tracking speed and precision was the PS3 motion controller.

Hmm what else oh that amazing trailer the showed with all the niffty things you can do. Awesomemore things the PS eye could already do wow talk about innovation. Lets see you can already scan things using the PS eye and I wonder if MS saw this trailer and thought well that looks fun. http://www.toxicjunction.com/get.asp?i=V1267 And don't get me started on Milo I don't want to be mean to the little kid. Natal is at its most basic two PS eyes one follows the motion of you lower body while the other follows the top. If they really wanted to to true 3d sensing they should have had a system of camera's place around you like a surround sound system.

[QUOTE="ReaperV7"]I thought the ps3 motion controller was pretty damn impressive for a concept desgin. lol to be honest they probably put it on the show for the last minute cause of microsoft's natal. But like the guy said in the ps3 conference....for some games it would not feel right without the use of some buttons.... I couldn't imagine playing a motion control game with no buttons....see my sig for example....BioShockOwnz

Less fat kids and confidence in ones self. I see it as a good thing.

wow, i just watched the video of Natal..and i am really impresed !!