This video is for a real life Microsoft research project. IllumniRoom is a proof-of-concept project that shows how the area around a TV screen can be augmented with extra visualisations. It’s really one of those videos you need to watch to fully understand. After all; “augmented with extra visualisations” doesn’t really do the experience justice. […]
Steel Battalion launches low-tech mecha Kinect game
This is an interesting idea for a game. Capcom have made Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor look very real and there are a few twists too. This is a world without the semiconductor thanks to a microbe that started eating them all. The knock-on effect is that technology stagnates in some areas but continues in others […]
E3: Fable: The Journey
Fable: The Journey is a bold decision by Microsoft and Lionhead. We may never know how hard Peter Molyneux, Fable’s designer, had to push for this before he left the studio – or whether he objected. Fable: The Journey takes the esbalished RPG franchise is a whole new direction. It’s likely to be a Kinect-centric […]
Sponsored Video: Kinect Star Wars app for Star Wars Day
Tomorrow, May the 4th, is Star Wars day. This blogger has made the decision to leap in, feet first, into a brief Star Wars frenzy. To kick things off – Geek Native has a copy of the Kinect Star Wars App ad. My first thought would be that this would have to be a Windows […]
Fus Ro Dah your xBox as Skyrim gets Kinect
Feels like an April Fools – but isn’t. Bethesda have announced Kinect support for Skyrim. This means you’ll be able to voice equip your hero, voice command your ally and voice save or load. Also; you’ll be able to voice shout your shouts. The stuff of legend.
What is 22Cans? The new game studio for Peter Molyneux
Peter Molyneux is the game designer who invented Populous – one of the first games I was ever addicted too. Then he made Black and White. Then he did the infamous Dungeon Keeper. He’s perhaps best known for the game Fable, though. Fable was so good that Microsoft bought Molyneux’s company Lionhead Studios. Just a […]
The Stormtroopers with exploding crotches
Oh dear. Now, you might have heard about Star Wars Kinect and thought – hey, that might actually work for lightsaber duels. You might even have heard about the dancing Princess Leia and given the game a place. However, well, it can’t all be good. This video finishes with a dance version of Star Wars […]
Fullware hacking with Xperia
You could tell that the Kinect was going to be a success when the community started to hack it and evolve its use beyond that of the Xbox. I cite the Kinect as an example of fullware hacking – not just messing around with code but with devices that consume the code. It’s worth keeping […]
Tomorrow’s Tech Today: HoloDesk and OmniTouch
Two videos for tech fiends and futureheads that are proving popular this week are the OmniTouch and Microsoft’s HoloDesk. Don’t expect pumping music and fancy demos as both videos are technical and straight foward – but if you apply just a little imagination you can see what both sets of technology might mean for entertainment […]
Xbox TV in the UK
Yesterday Microsoft gave us some news about the “a new era in television”. The Xbox will be getting another dashboard revamp and we’ll be getting an on demand TV service. Don Mattrick, president of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, said in a press release; Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power […]
