All the stories tagged with: motion control
Microsoft’s secretly been updating Kinect’s accuracy
06/29/2011, We knew something felt different at E3 when we bopped around swinging our arms and legs in various Kinect game demos, but we couldn’t quite pinpoint it. Sure enough, Microsoft’s Xbox senior product manager David Dennis has let it be [...]
House of the Dead: Overkill coming to PS3 with Move support
05/27/2011, Did you purchase a PlayStation Move only to start worrying after the initial launch that there weren’t going to be any hardcore games coming out? Sega’s giving PlayStation Move a big boost with House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended [...]
iSec is a Kinect clone for Chinese gamers
05/06/2011, Make way for the iSec, formerly known as the eBox, still a clone of Kinect and still made by Lenovo. What is an iSec? A “Sec” is short for “Sports Entertainment Center” which strongly suggests the console will be sold [...]
Sony: Nintendo 3DS is for kids, Xbox 360′s DVDs not enough
04/08/2011, It’s just another day in the world and Sony is once again shooting its beak off. This time in an interview with Fortune, Sony Computer Entertainment of America president Jack Tretton sounds off on what he thinks about the PlayStation [...]
Kinect turns Google’s Gmail Motion April Fools joke into reality
04/02/2011, Yesterday, Gmail users woke up to see Google’s exciting new Gmail Motion web mail. In Google’s demo video, it showed a webcam that could recognize body motions and hand gestures to trigger actions in Gmail. In my opinion, it sounded [...]
Kinect Used to Teach Kids in South Africa
03/25/2011, Microsoft’s Kinect is taking the world by storm. Not only have 10 million Kinect’s been sold, but its also gained a slew of unofficial hacks that move it beyond a gaming peripheral. Take for example, Microsoft’s new trial at the [...]
Rumor: Forza 4 for Xbox 360 Will Have Kinect Support and Awesome Graphics
03/24/2011, Since the launch of Kinect for the Xbox 360 back in November, there’s been a lack of “hardcore” games that take advantage of the sensor’s motion tracking controls. Games like Kinectimals and Kinect Sports are fun, but they’re not for [...]
Motion control set to evolve with new developments
11/09/2010, The Nintendo Wii was a hallmark when it comes to motion control for video games, but four years down the road, it is starting to feel the heat from other more accurate competitors such as the PlayStation Move and the [...]
Sportpong – game while you sweat
02/08/2010, 3 vs 2 Rorschach kids… from Sportpong on Vimeo. The Wii might have helped couch potatoes burn slightly more calories than PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers, but it certainly is no substitute for an actual workout in the gym. Sportpong [...]
Fujitsu Air Commander, a Wiimote for PC
09/04/2009, [IFA 2009] Fujitsu has the Air Commander, which is similar to the Nintendo Wii controller, but for PCs. They claim that it is compatible with all PC games, although most PC games aren’t designed to be controlled that way. Now, [...]
Project Natal would be great for Media Center
07/16/2009, Bill gates recently said that Microsoft’s motion detection scheme called Project Natal would eventually come to Windows. As it was demonstrated at E3, the system worked very well. Conceptually, the system could also be used with Windows. It’s great, but [...]
Microsoft Motion Controlling System
05/03/2009, Microsoft is rumored to have come up with a new motion controlling system that is touted to go head-to-head against the Nintendo Wii. It will work differently though, as the Xbox version will detect the body’s movements while interpreting them [...]
