The future game controller is not plastic, it’s you |
E3 is the electronic expo (see the official E3 Expo website) where gaming and electronic goodies galore get showed off. Sometimes they are just promises more than guarantees, but this demo impressed Loren – and me too. It’s Project Natal for Xbox 360 and shows off you as the game controller of the future. If you aren’t seeing the YouTube video below embedded, then click on over and check this out.
If this thing works as well as demoed – and that remains to be played (not just seen) – then wow! Can you imagine what this will do to the game controller marketplace? And batteries!
Nintendo has already proven that games which get you physical can be very popular. This Project Natal looks like the Wii without the Wiimote.
Look, even Steven Spielberg is excited:
"This is a pivotal moment that will carry with it a wave of change, the ripples of which will reach far beyond video games"
Ian Paul at PC World wants to know five things about Project Natal:
- When will it be available?
- Will it work as advertised?
- How much will it cost?
- How complex can the games get?
- Will Natal be backwards compatible with existing games?
All very good questions. Wouldn’t it be awesome if this technology would be available this upcoming holiday season? I don’t know, but if I had to guess, I’d say it looks more like 2010 or 2011. Which of course gives Nintendo and Sony enough time to come up with their own controller-less game interface.
In the IRC we were just talking about how the adult market could seize upon something like this. Laugh if you like, but I’m serious here. None of the major game systems have an approved mature titles library, but that is a huge financial opportunity to whomever dares open the door. You can get XXX content on your cable, satellite, VUDU and online, but not your game system? Why not?
I suggested years ago here that Microsoft should embrace the adult marketplace rather than shun it. I think Sony is the most likely of the three to offer a mature gaming area based on present day company philosophies, but times can change. We’ll see.
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Holy cow. That seems like it has to be made up! It’s insane. I would definitely be interested in that when it comes out though. Sign me up. And good point about the adult titles for video games systems. It’s not something that I’d ever be into, but it seems silly that all the video games companies are shunning that. Since when do video game manufactures have moral boundaries?
Comment by anonymous — June 2, 2009 @ 1:40 pm PST
It looks incredible but highly unlikely to work as shown.
I suppose we’ll see, but one thing that turns me off when it comes to Wii games is that most games are somewhat repetitive and swinging the remote wildly for an hour or more gets old very quickly.
I’ll be interested to see it in a tech demo like what Sony did today with their motion control.
Comment by Wayne — June 2, 2009 @ 7:39 pm PST
Although I would love to try one of these games consoles I cant see the technology being perfected within the next two years to bring them into mass production. If there was voice recognition software like that for the pc at the moment people would jump on the chance to own it, but the best thing available is dragon which doest come close to the ability of the advertised concept console. Will certainly be interesting to see what the competition comes up with as an alternative.
Comment by Khaled Quadrant — June 4, 2009 @ 3:04 am PST
Wow! This really seems unbelievable. It’s like what you see in science fiction movies. If this does come out I might actually consider getting an XBOX 360. Last gaming system I bought was a playstation 1 so I’m so out of the loop.
Comment by Johnnyrs — June 4, 2009 @ 2:40 pm PST
This is so incredible. I really think this is the future for gaming/entertainment technology. I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes and hoping that we’ll see other applications, ie body control for music.
Comment by Mouli Cohen — June 17, 2009 @ 6:46 am PST
That is kind of amazing. Do you know how the controller works? There has to be something to distinguish between all the people in the room who is in control.
Other problem…could be totally addictive. Awesome but scary.
Doug
Comment by Doug — June 30, 2009 @ 7:41 am PST
I was totally astonished! Is this really plausible? Johnnyrs will be right in saying that it is like science fiction!
Comment by madeira taffy — July 2, 2009 @ 9:59 pm PST
super super cool!!
I don’t know so much about the adult marketplace stuff. Although I’m sure there would be plenty of money to be made, it’s just the thought of even giving those weirdos another tool is just….wrong. lol
Comment by Janine — July 30, 2009 @ 4:45 pm PST