The Xbox Kinect - Microsoft's New Motion Controlled Gaming System

Avid gaming lovers who have read about "Project Natal" have possibly heard that it was recently re-christened to now be referred to as Xbox Kinect

. All the game lovers playing Xbox will enjoy an advanced level of gaming, thanks to the new innovation from Microsoft. This gaming console will work with a innovative 3D camera as well as gesture recognition software that will transport avid gamers in to an innovative gaming world, by mimicking their physical actions in the genuine world, that will then transport straight in to the game. Now, gaming will require not only your fingers and eyes, but your entire body's movement and groove. This information was introduced when the Xbox Kinect made its introduction in Los Angeles in front of an invitation-only individuals.

The unveiling of the new product was a spectacular event and Microsoft has commissioned the services of Cirque du Soleil, the world famous circus troupe. The celebration was attended by VIP's, the press as well as numerous Hollywood celebrities and was held last June 13, 2010, Sunday. Cirque du Soleil's performance lasted a mere 45 minutes but the circus troupe spent months of planning and hundreds of hours of practicing to perfect the program. 76 music artists and bands, acrobats, clowns as well as dancers were sent in for the celebration. Xbox also features other various highlights like large projection screens which is almost of the length of a huge football field along with its grand logo of 40 foot. The event coordinators equally built an elephant that was 25 feet high. This is where they housed more projectors.

The event was held inside the Galen Centre. A small man made forest was created in the area as well where hypnotic as well as incredible drumbeats started. All the guests present for the event were offered incredible features that included highly advanced living rooms with rotating base and sharp shinny meteorites striking the Earth's surface as well as Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect presented an enticing puppet show especially for all who were there for the event .

Microsoft will not say much more about the unit, that is thought to be a clever marketing move with the intention that fans of the Xbox 360 as well as other video games consoles will be left seeking more. What they did tell the public was that the Xbox Kinect is purely a device that will simply plug into an Xbox. This is excellent information for those people who are already quite pleased with the range of games that they possess for the old Xbox, as well as do not truly prefer to purchase a completely new system simply to be able to try out this new one.

Microsoft's headline came at a quite good time since Sony equally introduced the release of a new motion tracking controlling console for the successful Sony Playstation 3. Now these two consoles were in direct competition with each other which was further suffering from the high competition from Nintendo Wii console in the market. The Xbox 360 connect is unique amongst the three devices in that it doesn't require a control or any other peripheral besides the camera to track motion. Thus, it implies that motion controlled games played on other consoles were quite different from the Xbox 360 Kinect games.

Although a specific price was not provided, analysts estimate that the Xbox Kinect will be released within the price range of around 50$-200$ Operatives from gaming companies have equally documented that an approximate number of fifteen games will be accessible upon the release of the game come this November.

If you feel that Xbox Kinect is just like any other gaming console and it is simply not worth investing in this gaming console, the you are probably wrong as world's popular video game manufacturers are soon introducing various gaming accessories that will help the player to play Xbox Kinect with great enthusiasm as these are really fascinating for the player .

No additional particulars were revealed, since it appears like everybody is confirmed to keep it hush-hush. If you are really excited to know more about this amazing gaming console, then you should wait till November 2010 till it is introduced in public.

by: Jamie Hanson

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