Sensible Erection | Project Natal Revealed

Friday, 5 June 2009

quote [ Filmmaker Steven Spielberg welcomed everyone to controller-free gaming in LA earlier today. “The next step in interactive entertainment is to make the controller disappear,” ]

New controller system for Xbox launched at E3 this year.
Looks pretty cool to me, even if the vid is somewhat cheesy....

I thought it was some kind of late April fools joke when i saw it at first, but the gizmodo review was quite positive. Hopefully the finished product lives up to expectations.
Assuming m'soft don;t fuck it up of course...

http://gizmodo.com/5277954/testing-project-natal-we-touched-the-intangible

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/e3-2009/5424429/E3-2009-Microsoft-launches-Xbox-360-controller-free-games-system.html

Original Link.
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/Controller-free-gaming.htm

[games] [by one_inch@7:44amGMT] [+10 Interesting]

Comments

Seneki69 said @ 7:54am GMT on 5th Jun
Wait - I need to install a microsoft product to watch a video on a webpage?

fuck that.

one_inch said @ 7:55am GMT on 5th Jun
Que?

MEEJA HOR said @ 8:00am GMT on 5th Jun
Meh?

Seneki69 said @ 8:02am GMT on 5th Jun
Ok well... because it was you, dude, I installed the stupid 'silverlight' video player.

And... yeah ok, I'm impressed. Maybe even enough to possibly consider thinking about getting an xbox...

Fenny said @ 7:59am GMT on 5th Jun
Silverlight, won't touch it.

Fenny said @ 8:01am GMT on 5th Jun
There was some info about it here: http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/75252

one_inch said @ 8:02am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:1 Informative]
Sorry, i had watched it on another computer and didn't realise it needed that. Have changed main link to youtube version.

Seneki69 said @ 8:08am GMT on 5th Jun
and now to try and uninstall some bloatware...

jerv said @ 4:15am GMT on 8th Jun
You are replacing Windoze with Linux?

horseinsheep said @ 2:04pm GMT on 5th Jun
There's a free version, Mono - works for video so far, they're working on the rest. Novell is funding most of it, should work for all .net 1.1 and random 2.0 functions.

sacrelicious said @ 7:57am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:1 Underrated]
and then your mom comes downstairs to tell you dinner is ready and its all "goddamnit, mom, I was about to beat the last level and then my character suddenly walked down invisible stairs! I hate you forever!"

MEEJA HOR said @ 7:59am GMT on 5th Jun
Yeah, I was thinking something like that.
So what if you pet dog or cat walks by, that would mess the sensor up surely?

Todomanna said @ 8:02am GMT on 5th Jun
It can discern various facial features, yes? So I would assume that it would focus on a certain target you set it to, though I haven' read the article and no little to nothing about these kinds of things.

sacrelicious said @ 8:09am GMT on 5th Jun
not only that, it looks like you actually have to know kung fu to play fighting games. now correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the point of fighting games the fact that you don't actually have to know how to fight to play them? if I could actually execute a successful shoryuken in real life wouldn't I be out picking fights on the street, mugging people, beating up cops and fucking the sorts of chicks that are attracted to the dangerous type instead of playing a fucking videogame?

Naruki said @ 8:12am GMT on 5th Jun
Not me. If there's one thing networked video games have taught me, it's that I am at best an average gamer. I would never want to start a game out in the real world with no do overs.

jerv said @ 4:17am GMT on 8th Jun
Considering some of the controller motions and button-chording required for many fighters (Tekken comes to mind immediately!), I would argue that many fighting games are already martial arts in their own right.

Naruki said @ 8:13am GMT on 5th Jun
Yeah, what if your penis fell out? That would totally screw up the sensors.

Well, maybe not your penis...

Persephone13 said @ 12:53pm GMT on 5th Jun
Oh god now you have me thinking about what kind of sex games they could make for this thing. ughhhhhhhhhhh

Transfer said @ 2:00pm GMT on 5th Jun
dude, it was my first thought.

Seneki69 said @ 2:41pm GMT on 5th Jun
well it was my thought first.

Naruki said @ 3:04pm GMT on 5th Jun
I thought your first thought was "hungry!"

Followed quickly by "aaaaaah! Giant boob!"

wyckedfae said @ 4:33pm GMT on 5th Jun [Score:1 Funny]
Mine was, "Who the fuck just hit me?!"

jerv said @ 4:18am GMT on 8th Jun
I am sure that they are already being written in Japan.

one_inch said @ 8:02am GMT on 5th Jun
I told you not to disturb me when i'm cleaning my room.

CapnSilver said @ 8:03am GMT on 5th Jun
This is two days old from e3. I don't care anymore.

CapnSilver said @ 8:05am GMT on 5th Jun
That is, about e3 things.

one_inch said @ 8:07am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:5 Funny]
well la di da mr fucking fancypants

Naruki said @ 8:15am GMT on 5th Jun
Let's market those pants ASAP! We'll make a fortune from nerd dollars.

Can't get a girlfriend? Buy our Fucking Fancypants! With that and porn, you'll never need a real girlfriend!

Fenny said @ 8:17am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:1 Hot Pr0n]
Wouldn't they just look like cycling shorts with a 10 inch jelly dong stuff down the front?

Naruki said @ 12:23pm GMT on 5th Jun
On that note, where can I get a pair?

wyckedfae said @ 4:35pm GMT on 5th Jun [Score:2 Underrated]
Run Fast! Run Fancy!

KingPellinore said @ 1:59pm GMT on 5th Jun

CapnSilver said @ 2:41pm GMT on 5th Jun
I am sorry, I am feeling all kinds of stress at the end of semester.

Fenny said @ 8:04am GMT on 5th Jun
Mhmm, one step closer to interactive cybersex? I know, my thoughts always go there.

Naruki said @ 8:15am GMT on 5th Jun
Bend over and you won't have to wait!

Seneki69 said @ 8:07am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:1 Interesting]
Imagine this, combined with THIS

Bodnoirbabe said @ 8:08am GMT on 5th Jun
Yeah...see those people in the ad? See how fit they are? Not your average gamer. Average gamer will get tired of moving around to play, if they're not put off by it in the first place.

Fenny said @ 8:10am GMT on 5th Jun
So it's less Wii and more Shii-t?

foobar said @ 8:21am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:3 Funny]

My bet is it just won't work.

Stratafyre said @ 9:14am GMT on 5th Jun
Because the Wii fit wasn't sold out for months, and DDR was never successful. You know how many fat people I've seen playing DDR? Way too many.

MEEJA HOR said @ 8:20am GMT on 5th Jun
Fuck off Spielberg you twat.

andyou said @ 9:16am GMT on 5th Jun

Stratafyre said @ 11:07am GMT on 5th Jun
All I could think was Mass Effect 3, and having the option to punch every single person you can talk with in the face.

balzac said @ 11:43pm GMT on 5th Jun
A game like mass effect would be very successful with this system, I think.
Firing an imaginary rifle from a standing or crounched position would be pretty fun with visual stimulio

However, doing kung fu in your living room sounds like the wiimote+plasma TV fiasco all over again.

jerv said @ 4:20am GMT on 8th Jun
I was thinking that about Sims...

lilmookieesquire said @ 1:19pm GMT on 5th Jun
Aside from the shitty water reflection thing, it might has well have been a TV program.

Transfer said @ 1:50pm GMT on 5th Jun

Last line in this video.
"This is true technology that Science Fiction has not even written about."

Bulllllshit! Go read Diamond Age. Actually farther back than that, Fahrenheit 451. This is the interactive experience authors have been writing about for 60 years... now make a good game with it you tards.

randomaction said @ 6:22pm GMT on 5th Jun
IIRC Fahrenheit 451's TV wall wasn't truly interactive, there were programmed pauses and the viewer had lines to read out during them.

lilmookieesquire said @ 9:40pm GMT on 5th Jun
Holodeck anyone?

yevelse said @ 9:18am GMT on 5th Jun [Score:5 Funny]
The future is here

Rumpspringa said @ 9:48am GMT on 5th Jun
What will be real interesting is the possibilities for a new kind of porn.

spaceghost said @ 10:27am GMT on 5th Jun
I dunno I guess I'm the only one who thinks this looks dumb.
How is steering nothing more real that a controller thats a steering wheel.

It's just the power glove all over again.

sacrelicious said @ 10:30am GMT on 5th Jun
because in real cars there is no steering wheel.

I should point out that I failed the driving test twelve times.

bathoz said @ 10:45am GMT on 5th Jun
The ability to make different types of games, I guess.

wyckedfae said @ 4:42pm GMT on 5th Jun
Innovation? OH PLEASE.

We gamers only like our derivative sequels.

Fenny said @ 10:49am GMT on 5th Jun
You save on hardware?

Stratafyre said @ 11:04am GMT on 5th Jun
My theory is that it will still have certain peripherals, like a driving wheel and maybe an assault rifle for first person shooters. So, basically, exactly the same as a lot of games currently.

karakth said @ 7:18pm GMT on 5th Jun
And how does it see you pull the trigger, exactly?

kang said @ 9:22pm GMT on 5th Jun
And the driving wheel peripheral still won't have a gear shifter or even a thumbstick on it. Technology is overrated.

Nihil said @ 12:10pm GMT on 5th Jun
A tangible benefit will be that it's going to be harder to play for 8-10 hours straight when you're jumping and punching around rather than sitting down with a keyboard/mouse/gamepad.

randomaction said @ 11:36pm GMT on 5th Jun
..just put on your clown shoes and giant foam hands, no need to leave the couch..

CerealKiller said @ 3:08pm GMT on 5th Jun
I am skeptical but it looks cool.

scoiattolino said @ 3:08pm GMT on 5th Jun
+1 chuck norris

the belt said @ 3:11pm GMT on 5th Jun
"The only experience you need is life experience" which you'll get a lot of while jumping around in your living room. (I kid, I kid, I own a 360)

Also, am I the only one who immediately thought of the "natal fold" when I read this? You know, the crease where your buttcheeks meet your hamstrings?

balzac said @ 4:03pm GMT on 5th Jun
I'm skeptical to the nth degree. I don't think this will work nearly as well as they claim... And I bet that milo kid is about as smart as the robots from "Starship Titanic."

Probably half of his responses are "I'm sorry, what did you just say?"

All of this looks pre-rendered, so there's no actual demonstration.

LoC said @ 4:42pm GMT on 5th Jun
Yeah, IGN had a hands-on and they said it had a long way to go, most of the time he'd stare at the guy blankly and then get bored and go play with his shoes or something.

karakth said @ 7:19pm GMT on 5th Jun
Sounds a lot like many kids I know.

kichijoii said @ 9:20pm GMT on 5th Jun
This stuff is for the next generation. Anyone who grew up with games now will demand something physical between us and the game, a real connection we can hold in our hands. I don't think I'll ever pass considering this a novelty at best.

And no one wants to hump air.

kang said @ 9:27pm GMT on 5th Jun
Wait! How many push-ups CAN Chuck Norris do??!

CapnSilver said @ 4:55am GMT on 6th Jun
all of them

NinjasAreMammalsToo said @ 9:28pm GMT on 6th Jun
It's a trick question, he pushes down the Earth.

balzac said @ 11:51pm GMT on 5th Jun
If it works, though, I would like to see a lot of user driven content.

I feel like it's designed to increase immersion and assist imaginative play, but I wouldn't want to see it remove creativity from the process.

I don't see a lot of halo clones coming out for it. Maybe First person combat flight sims in the vein of Freespace or Crimson Skies (original not that entertaining but disappointing xbox version) will make a comeback?

balzac said @ 11:53pm GMT on 5th Jun
I'm also afraid we'll see the generation of shovelware we've been getting for the Wii lately.

"PLAY DARTS 3: DART HARDER!"
"PLAY CATCH!"
"LITERALLY SHOVEL DIRT!"
top sellers for the xbox 360, 2011.

superargo said @ 3:16am GMT on 6th Jun
Big fucken deal.

This is how the White Ranger controlled the Tiger Zord like fifteen years ago.

Context said @ 7:43pm GMT on 6th Jun
On Live there's a demonstration with working tech demo games. I was surprised at how fluid and responsive the technology was. There seemed to be a very short delay, about a quarter of a second, from the movement of the player and the movement on screen. It doesn't sound like much, but when you've got a horde of zombies bearing down on you and you're out of ammo, a quarter of a second is an eternity.

We'll see how it plays out. Ever since Street Fighter, I've thought this technology would be a shitload of fun... but I've always wondered how one walks forward more than 5 feet.

cardinal said @ 10:04am GMT on 9th Jun
From the people who brought you SongSmith...

anagramophone said @ 2:43am GMT on 13th Jun
what, no mime jokes?