Will there be new interactive motion gaming consoles that are hands free for both the XBOX 360 and PS3..and do you have to buy the PS3 Hands Free console and Microsoft Kinect seperately or is it already built in to the new XBOX 360 Slim??? And what will
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It looked almost like a scene from an old-time video arcade: teenagers and young adults crowded around computer screens and displays, buzzing excitedly.
But instead of "Donkey Kong" or "Pac-Man," students played on-screen shooting games that obliterated diseases, or they waved their arms in front of a Kinect sensor to change the slope of a line on a screen and the math equation that generated the line.
It was the U.S. finals of the Imagine Cup, Microsoft's student-technology competition, now in its 10th year. Teams of high-school and college students from around the world competed Monday in using technology to help improve education, health care, the environment and other pressing issues.
"The level of creativity seems to get bigger and bolder every year," said Mark Hindsbo, Microsoft's vice president of U.S. developer and platform evangelism.
This year, in the U.S., about 113,000 people registered in the competition. Twenty-two teams were chosen for the U.S. finals.
Lucky Xbox 360 testers have received a wonderful little email in their inbox today, telling them that they will soon be receiving a “limited audience” beta hardware version of Microsoft Kinect.
The motion detection device connects to your Xbox 360, tracking your every movement, turning your actions into gameplay. The tiny two eyed camera connects to any Xbox 360, and is completely controller-less, allowing dozens of possible combinations with the need for additional peripherals.
If you were one of the lucky ones and received an email, your Xbox 360 will be prompted with an update within the next 24 hours and your Microsoft Kinect will begin shipping out to you soon.
Kotaku.com managed to get a hold of the beta invite email, asking participants to keep the beta testing hush-hush:
The Xbox LIVE and Kinect Beta information has been updated on the Microsoft Connect website (https://connect.microsoft.com/XboxLIVEupdate). Your console...
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