At the announcement of their new superfast Jet phone, Samsung used used Project Natal-esque holographic gestures for effect. The Jet seems cool, but we just want to hear more about the holographic gimmickry!
In case early rumours, Ballmer’s indications, and Microsoft’s subsequent non-denial didn’t turn you into a believer, Digitimes has called upon their army of component supply industry muckrakers to tell us again that Project Natal will land in H2, 2010. [Digitimes]
The all-but-forgotten PlayStation Eye, not one to be outshined by its prototype, unnamed motion-sensing PlayStation controller brother, will soon support facial recognition.
Is this Sony playing catch-up to Microsoft’s Project Natal? It may be developing a system that lets you control the PS3 with real world objects, like coffee mugs, glasses, bongs, and books.
We couldn’t get a word out of Sony regarding their motion controller other than it tracked light in 3D space and would not unseat the Dual Shock as the primary PS3 controller. But Sony recently told developers a bit more.
At the Executive’s Club of Chicago, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer let fly in a speech that a “new Xbox 360″ would be hitting store shelves in 2010.
From TeamXbox, the same site that may or may not have broken news on a PSP-like Microsoft handheld, comes a marked rumour about the next Xbox.
1Up ran a story yesterday that Microsoft is planning to release an updated Xbox console this fall that will focus on Project Natal’s motion-sensing technology. We’re not sure we believe it.
Canned videos and secondhand accounts can only tell us so much about Project Natal; it’s really the kind of product you want to see for yourself. Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunado went on Jimmy Fallon last night to give us a look.
Kudo Tsunoda, the man behind Microsoft’s “Project Natal”, will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight. When he demos it on the show, you think he’ll look as ridiculous awesome as these dudes? [MTV]
