Project Natal

At this years E3, Microsoft revealed its new product that will finally be able to compete with the Nintendo Wii. Currently code named "Project Natal" that emphasizes, full body motion sensing capability, voice recognition, and also facial recognition. After watching the demo video, I was just stunned. My first reaction was probably what everyone has been wondering, "How the hell does this work?" The technology for motion sensing has certainly been around in games, but I think there will be a lot of skepticism on whether Project Natal can perform with the precision that it is currently boasting about. Certainly if they are able to succeed, it will be a crushing blow to the Wii. The WiiMote has already been proved to be innovative and intuitive enough to attract a large range of users (children, adults, seniors), but will be able to compete with the intuitiveness of using your own body to control your actions on the screen? I would think not, but then again if you let too much variability with how users use the motion sensing ability, it could hinder the technology. All we can do is wait and see what Microsoft will come up with as they continue to push to "dominate the world."