This is awesome! I want Natal more than ever now, there's so much you can do with this thing you just have to have something called imagination. Yeah there was some lag but it wasn't bad enough to where it killed the awesomeness. I can't wait for a good developer i.e Valve or Ubisoft Montreal, to show what this piece of tech can do. I've already thought of games that can take advantage of Natal.
Body-Popping no Problem for Natal
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Eh. I'll reserve judgment until it actually has some games that I would actually be interested in playing. I got my DDR fix long ago. Not really interested in DDR 2.0. At the moment, it seems like another gimmick in a long line of gimmicks. Now, come out with "Better Than Life," and I'll be pretty damn excited.
Then what was the EyeToy? Just another gimmick that does almost exactly what the Natal does.And came some years ago.SteelStallion said:
OT:Looks ok.But I would not buy the Natal if I had an X-box 360.Since I like sitting on the couch,or even lying on the couch while gaming.And the Natal would stop that process.
I'm not holding my breath, xbox hardware is notoriously crappy with a >50% fail rate. I wonder if the thing can handle the extra cpu load natal drops on it.
This is exactly the reason people should care more about it.vivaldiscool said:
Also, even if it's not going to be terribly practical in many videogames and shoe-horned into a whole load of other ones, imagine a DIY fighter game with your character's animations created by your own body and put in by Natal. It'd be kinda like MUGEN for Everyone. And that would kick billions of asses.
The good part about Natal is that it isn't an entire console (like the Wii) and so if you get bored, you can simply unplug the stupid thing and go back to playing GOOD games with normal controllers.
(By the way, what connection type does Natal use? USB?)
(By the way, what connection type does Natal use? USB?)
This.bad rider said:
Give it a chance, it has a lot of great uses. It might work pretty well for a RTS. Instead of clicks, just move your hand over to it. Mice are great, but the Human hand is the ultimate pointing/clicking/manipulation device.
This, I think it looks pretty bad right now, but if they work on and expand the idea it could turn into something very good in the future. I'd just like them to keep it off the market until that happens personally but we all know they won't.SteelStallion said:
Idk, I think this has the possibility to be immensely revolutionary and awesome. This could be the next big step for gaming, or even how we use everyday computers. This is one step closer to the Holo-deck!
...Of course, this is Microsoft we're talking about so it's pretty much guaranteed that they'll cock it up somehow.
...Of course, this is Microsoft we're talking about so it's pretty much guaranteed that they'll cock it up somehow.
As a demonstration of tech, that was pretty impressive, especially considering that it's coming from a single camera!
Small lag could be problematic for fast paced gaming, and looks like some more software work needs to be done to handle going down to the ground and other unorthadox poses. It did manage to catch his feet crossed off at an angle for a brief flash (probably as it was busy trying to calculate what the hell was going on, lol), so it's not all bad.
A fast dedicated processor would likely have made a load of difference with regard to avoiding that lag, but then again each unit would have cost more. More for a better bit of kit, or hope that a cheaper option would still be able to launch the technology? Which would you have gone for?
Small lag could be problematic for fast paced gaming, and looks like some more software work needs to be done to handle going down to the ground and other unorthadox poses. It did manage to catch his feet crossed off at an angle for a brief flash (probably as it was busy trying to calculate what the hell was going on, lol), so it's not all bad.
A fast dedicated processor would likely have made a load of difference with regard to avoiding that lag, but then again each unit would have cost more. More for a better bit of kit, or hope that a cheaper option would still be able to launch the technology? Which would you have gone for?
Body popping is a little bit more the flailing about, also surely that the device can register "flailing" is more impressive then capture organised movement.xmetatr0nx said:
As long as natel serves as an "added bonus" for games; just small section such as voice controlled menus or some puzzles solved for it I think it'll be pretty cool
I am probably going to get this when it comes out. In mean, who honestly cares if it is a gimmick when it is supposed to sell for around $50?