E3 is one of the best gaming conventions that there is out there. Happening once a year in Los Angeles, it attracts thousands of gaming programmers and nerds alike.
This year, Microsoft may have launched a new ground breaking technology that may push other video game consoles off the shelves. The new Microsoft Xbox Kinect – formally known as Project Natal.
For several days leading up to the press event, Twitter’s stream was filled with E3 announcements and hashtags for a new device for what we all thought was #ProjectNatal.
Come time for the official press announcement, Microsoft announces that the product itself is called Kinect. A new revoluntionary device that will connect to you to your Xbox360.
Kinect scans your whole body and senses your every move to play a game without using a physical controller. Kinect will let you play the game without any barriers, no controllers, just the way you were meant to. You physically become part of the game.
The press event was filled with Cirque du Soleil performances that allowed you to be on the floor with the performers and hands on with the interaction.
Kinect is due to be available in stores during the holiday season of 2010.
*photos taken by Krystyl or provided by Microsoft Xbox
