News Tagged: motion sensing

After a series of reports and rumors, we finally learned the official price for Microsoft's new Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360. The new little motion-sensing device will carry the price tag of $149.99. Here's a bit more info: Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways—no controller required...

The Nintendo Wii showed that most people are prepared to embrace a different kind of gaming - the kind where you have to stand up and move your body around in order to play. However, veteran game designer Warren Spector thinks that the industry may be going overboard with the whole idea, what with the appearance of Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's PlayStation Move...

Another bit of pretty interesting news from yesterday's Microsoft E3 press conference. "Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands...

Stories about possible motion controllers for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have started to appear. They say the controllers are going to be announced at this year's E3. This is still pretty much in the speculation category. Engadget reports that MS is preparing a full-body motion sensing device for its console...

About a month ago rumors surfaced that MS is working on its own motion sensing controller for the Xbox 360. Murmurs indicated that a remote device is supposedly in development and that it carries the code name "Newton." It was even suggested that it could be ready to launch near the end of 2008...

8BitJoystick brings a follow-up on yesterday's story about Microsoft making its own motion sensing controller for the Xbox 360. The report refers to a remote device that's supposedly in development and carries the code name "Newton." It may even be ready to launch near the end of 2008 (which goes in line with MTV's report)...

MTV News draws our attention to a sketch of a prototype motion sensitive controller, which Microsoft has, supposedly, been working on since last summer. The report continues by saying that if everything goes according to plan, Microsoft should have it's answer to Nintendo's Wii-mote by the end of 2008...