xbox 360
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Microsoft Files For Body Scan Patent
This will either be a godsend or a creepy nightmare. Microsoft recently filed for a patent that would allow the Kinect to scan your body size and proportions to guess your age. The idea is it’ll determine whether you’re of Skinemax age.
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The Splitfish FragFX Shark Is A Mouse Controller For The Xbox 360
When I look at the Splitfish FragFX Shark controller, I don’t even know what to think. There’s a mouse with Xbox buttons on the side, a nunchuk-esque ‘thingy’ that looks like a controller chopped in half and it’s all supposed to come together to give a PC feel to games on the 360.
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Did Apple Just Patent Xbox Kinect?
Apple was just awarded a whole mess of patents by the USPTO. But one stands out in particular: a 3D display and imaging system. Wave your hands and the system picks up your movement. Sort of like the Xbox Kinect. Or, uh, exactly like the Xbox Kinect.
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Secret Sauce Linking Xbox 360 Games And Windows Phone Is A QR Code
At a Seattle event, Microsoft demonstrated a way for Xbox 360 games like Kinectimals to share information with a Windows Phone handset. The connection uses a QR code that can be scanned both by the handset and the Kinect.