Comments on: Xbox Project Natal: see it in action, in video!

By: ManicMiner

ManicMiner — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:21:01 +0000

Hmm, seems those that seen it behind closed doors, with the smoke and mirrors removed, are less than impressed.

http://news.cnet.com/crave/

A much-hyped software package that uses the Project Natal hardware, Milo was presented as a virtual on-screen boy who could recognize you and carry on an intelligent conversation. The demo video was impressive, but obviously shot in a tightly controlled environment with clearly scripted responses. Talking to several people who got a chance to try out talking to Milo in person behind closed doors, the responses were uniformly disappointed

By: Sam Kieldsen

Sam Kieldsen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:27:53 +0000

I guess the bottom line is, we’re going to have to wait until the tech is actually real and launched to see how well it works and how accurate MS’s demo was.

By: ManicMiner

ManicMiner — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:16:26 +0000

I think people are pretty naive if they really think what they saw at Microsoft E3 demo was real.

Microsoft only recently acquired the technology, there is no way Molyneuxs team could have something like that running and reacting like that in such a short term.

A suspicious bloke out the back watching whats going on on stage, and messing with stuff at the same time… Come on, most of us are not idiots and can see whats going on here…

By: Sam Kieldsen

Sam Kieldsen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:54:16 +0000

ManicMiner, I think you’re reaching a bit there.
Nowhere in that Kotaku story does it say that Lionhead faked this. It says there was an engineer present but merely speculates that he could have been manipulating things.
That said, we all know how Molyneux can get when it comes to hyping things up… remember Black & White?

By: ManicMiner

ManicMiner — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:25:35 +0000

Turns out they faked this.

http://kotaku.com/5275204/testing-molyneuxs-milo-a-virtual-boy-with-yes-a-dog

I hope the media string them up for this, in the same way they strung Sony up for the E3 Killzone2 pre-render.

By: Ben Sillis

Ben Sillis — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:34:49 +0000

I know they’re not real, but one of those games looks like Barney the Dinosaur crossed with Rampage! I need that in my life, now.

By: bobolox

bobolox — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:53:19 +0000

If they pull this off it will be BIG.

Nintendo must be well annoyed, they have gotta come up with something quick.

And its not even just about the gaming, the ease of use when navigating menus and such is superb

By: Poppa_P

Poppa_P — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:53:18 +0000

The video seems to polished and setup,I will believe it when I see it for real..

By: James Holland

James Holland — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:20:02 +0000

I’m not normally one to froth over “concept” vids, but when Microsoft showed this working on stage my jaw hit the floor.

By: bobolox

bobolox — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:00:38 +0000

FTW now stands for F**k the Wii