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Avid gaming fans who have discovered about "Project Natal" have perhaps noticed that it was recently re-christened to now be identified as Xbox Kinect. This is a new development from Microsoft that will introduce a whole new level of gaming for all Xbox users. This gaming system will work with a innovative 3D camera and even gesture recognition software that will transport game enthusiasts in to a modern gaming world, by mimicking their physical behaviour in the true world, which will then transport directly into the game. The best part of this innovation is that you have to use your entire body movements along with your fingers and eyes. This details was presented when the Xbox Kinect made its introduction in Los Angeles in front of an invitation-only audience.
By personalising the services of the well-known circus group, Cirque du Soleil services, Microsoft introduced this incredibly new product with an amazing extravagance. The event was attended by VIP's, the press and even many 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 musicians, acrobats, clowns plus dancers were made in for the event. Other highlights include huge projection screens spanning the length of an entire football field as well as a 40-foot logo of the Xbox. The event planners as well developed an elephant that was twenty five feet high. Here many projectors were set up.
The event was held inside the Galen Centre. A small artificial forest was made inside the area also where hypnotic and amazing drumbeats started. The event's guests were treated to displays that featured high tech living rooms mounted on rotating bases, and streaking meteorites falling down to Earth, A puppet show inspired by Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect was also on display.
Microsoft will not say much more about the system, which is believed to be a wise marketing move with the intention that supporters of the Xbox 360 and even other games consoles will be left seeking more. They introduced Xbox Kinect as a simple device which can be plugged into Xbox easily. This is very good news for those folks who are currently rather pleased with the amount of games that they have got for the old Xbox, and even don't actually want to acquire a totally new gaming console just to be able to try this latest one.
Microsoft's headline came at a quite good time since Sony as well introduced the launch of a latest motion tracking controlling device for the successful Sony Playstation 3. This means that the two systems will be in direct competition with each other as well as with Nintendo's phenomenally successful wii console. The Xbox 360 connect is different amid the 3 consoles in that it does not require a control or any other peripheral aside from the camera to monitor action. This means that Xbox 360 Kinect games can, quite possibly, be very different from the motion-controlled games in other consoles.
Although a specific price was not provided, analysts estimate that the Xbox Kinect will be released within the price range of around 50$-200$ Executives from gaming organizations have as well shared that an approximate number of 15 games will be obtainable upon the launch of the game come this November.
If you're thinking that the Kinect is going to be just another novelty gadget that is not worth investing in, you should also know that the world's leading video game makers are also planning to release various hardware products that a player can use with the Xbox Kinect, further enhancing the experience of total gaming immersion.
No additional aspects were presented, simply because it seems like every person is determined to hold 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.
