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Microsoft’s IllumiRoom to hypnotise gamers

January 10, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Steel Battalion launches low-tech mecha Kinect game

July 6, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

E3: Fable: The Journey

June 5, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Fus Ro Dah your xBox as Skyrim gets Kinect

April 12, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

What is 22Cans? The new game studio for Peter Molyneux

March 8, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

The Stormtroopers with exploding crotches

March 8, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Fullware hacking with Xperia

November 7, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.…

Tomorrow’s Tech Today: HoloDesk and OmniTouch

October 23, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 and gaming.…

Xbox TV in the UK

October 6, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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 of Kinect for Xbox 360 and the intelligence of Bing voice search will make TV and entertainment more personal, social and effortless.…

Microsoft’s IllumiRoom to hypnotise gamers

Steel Battalion launches low-tech mecha Kinect game

E3: Fable: The Journey

Sponsored Video: Kinect Star Wars app for Star Wars Day

Fus Ro Dah your xBox as Skyrim gets Kinect

What is 22Cans? The new game studio for Peter Molyneux

The Stormtroopers with exploding crotches

Fullware hacking with Xperia

Tomorrow’s Tech Today: HoloDesk and OmniTouch

Xbox TV in the UK

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