Natal not 360 Exclusive..comming to PC

Microsoft's Bill Gates has pretty much confirmed that Xbox's Project Natal tech is heading to PC. In an interview with CNET, the Windows man said the peripheral is not just for games, but for "media consumption as a whole." He states that both the Xbox and Windows divisions have latched on to the technology.

Beyond the home media applications, Gates also mentions using it in the office. He doesn't say Office use, but lower case "office." Looks like the era of Minorty Report is upon us. Now all we need are three people who look like shaved cats to lie in tubs of goo all day and we'll be set for the future.

Great just what I needed, in the future I'm going to have to flail my arms around to get my work done?

OH BOY!!! So THIS is MS's support of the PC platform! AAllxxjjnn

BAM! cant say i really care. KB/M till i die.

Once upon a time, Bill Gates also said that Halo 3 would launch when the PS3 launched. :P

Please just dont try to spin this and say that Natal isnt a 360 exclusive cause it is. Nonstop-Madness

Please just dont try to spin this and say that Natal isnt a 360 exclusive cause it is. Nonstop-Madness

The PC already have touch screen capability so I think it would just be a fitting progression to use this Natal technology as an application.

Once upon a time, Bill Gates also said that Halo 3 would launch when the PS3 launched. :P

Teufelhuhn

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/15/news_6124592.html

haha i remember that.

Wow can't wait to move my hand to scroll through lists of movies, while my laughing family praises MS... lol.

Seriously though, I'm not buying it if it does come to PC. I prefer my mouse and keyboard, thank you very much.

Wow can't wait to move my hand to scroll through lists of movies, while my laughing family praises MS... lol.

Seriously though, I'm not buying it if it does come to PC. I prefer my mouse and keyboard, thank you very much.

psn8214

[QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]Please just dont try to spin this and say that Natal isnt a 360 exclusive cause it is. HarlockJC

Microsoft's Bill Gates has pretty much confirmed that Xbox's Project Natal tech is heading to PC. In an interview with CNET, the Windows man said the peripheral is not just for games, but for "media consumption as a whole." He states that both the Xbox and Windows divisions have latched on to the technology.

Beyond the home media applications, Gates also mentions using it in the office. He doesn't say Office use, but lower case "office." Looks like the era of Minorty Report is upon us. Now all we need are three people who look like shaved cats to lie in tubs of goo all day and we'll be set for the future.

wv06

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="Nonstop-Madness"]Please just dont try to spin this and say that Natal isnt a 360 exclusive cause it is. Nonstop-Madness

You forgot to mention he wants it for the television too.

LULZ MICROSCAM U LOSE EXCLUSIVES TO DA TELEVISION!

/typical system wars poster

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

Wow can't wait to move my hand to scroll through lists of movies, while my laughing family praises MS... lol.

Seriously though, I'm not buying it if it does come to PC. I prefer my mouse and keyboard, thank you very much.

HarlockJC

The keyboard will be replaced one day. Change will happen it just a matter of when don't be afraid of it.

i really can't see what could replace the keyboard. short of mind control, everything else would be impractical or just plain suck. i couldn't be bothered doing simple things like a message on gamespot through voice control and a touch interface will just be a keyboard without physical buttons.

The keyboard has shown to be both practical and universally easy to use. it has so many possibilities that other technologies that we currently have can't achieve.

it will be replaced but i'll probably be dead by time they come up with something better than a keyboard to replace it. i think mind control is the best way to go right now, it's just how it will be done.

this makes my sig even more funnier haha

Natal is still exclusive, bill gates didnt talk about games, he talked about using it for meetings and such

I still consider it exclusive if it's also on PC, but thats just me.

That's like saying Resistance isn't exclusive cause it's also on PSP, or LBP because it's also coming to PSP

Wow, completely uninterested.

This is going to fail on PC.

I still consider it exclusive if it's also on PC, but thats just me.

That's like saying Resistance isn't exclusive cause it's also on PSP, or LBP because it's also coming to PSP

gregbmil

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

Wow can't wait to move my hand to scroll through lists of movies, while my laughing family praises MS... lol.

Seriously though, I'm not buying it if it does come to PC. I prefer my mouse and keyboard, thank you very much.

Mckenna1845

The keyboard will be replaced one day. Change will happen it just a matter of when don't be afraid of it.

i really can't see what could replace the keyboard. short of mind control, everything else would be impractical or just plain suck. i couldn't be bothered doing simple things like a message on gamespot through voice control and a touch interface will just be a keyboard without physical buttons.

The keyboard has shown to be both practical and universally easy to use. it has so many possibilities that other technologies that we currently have can't achieve.

it will be replaced but i'll probably be dead by time they come up with something better than a keyboard to replace it. i think mind control is the best way to go right now, it's just how it will be done.

OH BOY!!! So THIS is MS's support of the PC platform! AAllxxjjnn

Xbox and Windows are not in direct competititon with each other!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft reaps massive benefits from this as it is console exclusive plus on an environment they command- Windows.

Project Natal is going to be huge in scope. Microsoft are shifting SKUs because of it, and will market it like no one's business.

Natals functions can have many applications.

For presentations, movies, simple user interface and commands when away from the keyboard.

I use the internet over a projector and wacthing movies via Media center extender this would be incredible when watching movies, when I'm away others can control the movie.

Those of us who have big screens can really benefit from this.

Those people who say "flailing arms around" don't understand that it just takes small movements to be effective if they paid attention to the burnout steerng demonstrations.

I suspect some Hermits will be torn by this.

Some fanboys will simply hate it because its Microsoft, but at the same time laud it as another reason PC's are really adantageous over the Xbox360.

a device like this with motion technology, voice recognition is here to stay. Fanboys can nitpick all they want, but this is progressive and does not mean it will replace keyboards but simply is an another extension to interactivity. Naysayers may not see the benefits but those of us who can and the pc users who are not fanboys will see it.

Microsoft will improve on it, make sure it work very well and will push it, and support it with the proper software on PCs and games on the Xbox360.

I'm hedging my bets this will be successful.

Don't care for this, looks pretty lame in its current state. And yeah, this not MS Support to PC Gaming but more to PC to boost their windows business by adding a gimmicknaval

It's current state is prototype.

So what if it Natal helps boosts Windows. It's an extra added functionality. That's actually a good thing.

Now we have many ways to interact and use our computers and Game consoles.

you think it's a gimmick.

People thought the Wii is a Gimmick,

people thought touch was a gimmick

people 20 years ago thought Video games were just a gimmick come and go.

I'm all over this since day one, I bet a majority of users and gamers outside fanboy lands will love this.

What I am really gunning for is the motion control menu system that is as fluid as in the moive Minority report.

Have feedback and voice recognition with my Xbox360 and PC. Like HAAL....well not like HAAL but feel like my PC and Xbox360 is alive and do my commands if I say so or gesture to it.

That's too cool.

Are cows really trying to get ownage over..TECH? Are you kidding me? Grasp more :roll:DeadMagazines

Why are people like "I won't use it!!!" it's always nice to have different options, i think for interface this could be rather good (not just gaming, i mean mainly other stuff) BoloTheGreat

simply because they are being fanboys.

Cows I can understand being averse to this, but some Hermits???

What else isn't a 360 exclusive? The subname "360?" lol wow...That's like saying Blu Ray isn't exclusive to the PS3.

Anywho, I really want to try Natal out.

you know stuff like this might actualy be usefull for things like powerpoint presentations etc, imagine office 2012 with intergrated natal support, you can flip back and forth betwen the slides, zoom then in etc etc do all kind of crazy stuff by just moving your hands

[QUOTE="DeadMagazines"]Are cows really trying to get ownage over..TECH? Are you kidding me? Grasp more :roll:Nonstop-Madness

don't underestimate stupidity here, especially from fanboys.

This is the sort of technology I was hoping for. I had this feeling it will go beyond just functions in games but other things as well like work, movies.

I hope that voice recognition software system will be integrated well with Windows too.

example:

Though there is a function sort of like this already on Vista this can be way better and practical.

I can wake up in the morning

"computer. play news"

PC opens up media center and starts playing news, while I make my breakfast before I go to work.

"channel 7, 12 ....please"

or I can point and change channels or move icons while I am all the way in the kitchen.

what naysayers here don't undestand is this really bring Natal into the limelight. Consumers will see this, recognise it's ease of use, is on a platform with a gigantic userbase. Has business and entertainment uses and practicality and will also be easily recognised on the Xbox360.

you know stuff like this might actualy be usefull for things like powerpoint presentations etc, imagine office 2012 with intergrated natal support, you can flip back and forth betwen the slides, zoom then in etc etc do all kind of crazy stuff by just moving your hands

Enosh88

But doesnt that technology already exist on the PC?

[QUOTE="naval"]Don't care for this, looks pretty lame in its current state. And yeah, this not MS Support to PC Gaming but more to PC to boost their windows business by adding a gimmickAdmiralBison

It's current state is prototype.

So what if it Natal helps boosts Windows. It's an extra added functionality. That's actually a good thing.

Now we have many ways to interact and use our computers and Game consoles.

you think it's a gimmick.

People thought the Wii is a Gimmick,

people thought touch was a gimmick

people 20 years ago thought Video games were just a gimmick come and go.

I'm all over this since day one, I bet a majority of users and gamers outside fanboy lands will love this.

What I am really gunning for is the motion control menu system that is as fluid as in the moive Minority report.

Have feedback and voice recognition with my Xbox360 and PC. Like HAAL....well not like HAAL but feel like my PC and Xbox360 is alive and do my commands if I say so or gesture to it.

That's too cool.

What else isn't a 360 exclusive? The subname "360?" lol wow...That's like saying Blu Ray isn't exclusive to the PS3.

Anywho, I really want to try Natal out.

sargentbotk

What else isn't a 360 exclusive? The subname "360?" lol wow...That's like saying Blu Ray isn't exclusive to the PS3.

Anywho, I really want to try Natal out.

sargentbotk

I think this notion that PC and Xbox360 are in competition with one another needs to be taken out of peoples heads.

When you look at it the Xbox360 and PCs have a lot in common, or specifically Xbox360 and Windows PCs have a lot in common.

just because it will come out on PC that it will not hamper the Xbox360 actually what it will do is get a lot of PC users to recognise that it can be played and used on the Xbox360.

see what I mean? You want to try Natal out now and it's peaked your interest.

Now imagine those millions of people there who are not blatant fanboys will think when they see Project Natal.

I am all over this more then ever now.

[QUOTE="Enosh88"]

you know stuff like this might actualy be usefull for things like powerpoint presentations etc, imagine office 2012 with intergrated natal support, you can flip back and forth betwen the slides, zoom then in etc etc do all kind of crazy stuff by just moving your hands

shutdown_202

But doesnt that technology already exist on the PC?

the problem is support, MS office being build around natal will feature a lot more usefull things conected with it. You can conect all kinds of stuff to the PC, the main issue is finding a program or game that actualy supports it

Are cows really trying to get ownage over..TECH? Are you kidding me? Grasp more :roll:DeadMagazines