Microsoft held it's E3 press conference yesterday and while the games it showed didn't just blow me away or surprise me, the features they're adding to the 360 were pretty impressive.
The biggest thing though was this:
It's called "Project Natal" right now. They never said when it was coming out or maybe more importantly, how much it would cost, but it was easily the biggest thing they showed. And while that video is amazing enough, this one is what really blew me away:
The possibilities that exists for this technology are unimaginable. Microsoft has something very special here and if all they use it for is a game console, then they are fools. Just adding it to a PC opens up all kinds of things and I'm not talking about just sitting down at your computer. Combine this with home automation tech and you could come home, walk up to the door, the computer recognizes you, the door unlocks, the computer greats you and beings turning on lights as you walk through the house. Based on who is home, it could read the latest headlines to you, tell you the latest updates from your friends on facebook, and who knows what else. The power that recognition opens up to computing is limitless.
At work, instead of carrying around a badge that can be lost, you walk up to a door and say "Open" and the door opens for you. You sit down at a computer that Joe is logged in to and say "Login" and it saves Joe's work, logs him out and logs you in.
So many possibilities and it's all starting through video games. If you can't tell, I'm just a little bit excited about this. I'm also out of time. There's some other game-related stuff I want to talk about so just get ready for a game-filled week.
Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
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