So, I may have seemed pretty excited about Project Natal in my last post, and I am. However, I don’t look forward to playing lots of games with it. Let me explain. Continue reading “Microsoft’s Project Natal Pt. 2”
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Microsoft’s Project Natal
At this year’s E3, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft displayed interesting new ways for gamers to interact with their video games—motion control. With this technology, they are trying to expand the video game market by eliminating remote controls.
While all three companies had impressive showings, Microsoft stood out the most with there product codenamed “Project Natal.” Essentially, it is hardware that can be added to Xbox 360’s that allows for voice, facial, and full 1:1 body recognition. Continue reading “Microsoft’s Project Natal”
We Feel Fine
Some say as technology spreads more and more, we move as humans move further and further apart. Instead of calling or meeting in person, we text, instant message, and email. At the same time, however, the world has gotten smaller in a sense we can talk to people and read about events that are happening across the world and spread information in an instant. So while some people may stay indoors more often, they are, in a sense, more aware of the outside world.
One such technology bringing us closer is We Feel Fine. We Feel Fine aims to show despite our differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, location, age and so on, we still have much in common—we all feel and have emotions and go through similar situations. Continue reading “We Feel Fine”