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We got pretty excited about Avatar Kinect when it was unveiled earlier this year, going so far as to compare it to the Star Trek Holodeck. Today it’s finally be release as part of the Kinect Fun Labs service which lets Xbox Live users mess around with Kinect experiments. Avatar Kinect uses the motion sensor to track not only your gestures but also your facial expressions.

The update including Avatar Kinect is available for free as a 658.59 MB download from Xbox.com. While Avatar Kinect will eventually require an Xbox Live Gold subscription, it’s unlocked for all Xbox Live member until September 8 with of 24 virtual environments to choose from and the option to share your virtual TV shows via sites including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Out now | £free | Xbox

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Upcoming Xbox 360 firmware update incompatible with older hardware?At Microsoft’s MIX 11 convention this year, the software giant set in place plans to release a firmware update to the Xbox 360. Set to roll out as early as this week, the update adds Avatar Kinect, support for a new disc format and PayPal payments. Unfortunately, Microsoft has confirmed the update will be incompatible with a small number of Xbox 360 consoles.

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If you’ve got an Xbox 360, you’re probably getting a little bored with gloating about the PlayStation Network hack by now, right? You’re not? OK but we’ve got something else for you to focus on. Details on this year’s Spring Xbox 360 software update!

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I had thought that Kinect hacks would be the source of Microsoft Kinect‘s true science fiction credentials but it turns out those crazy folk at Redmond got there first. For all the tech journalist wittering (and I’m as guilty of it as anyone) about Minority Report, the technology Kinect is most likely to make real from the sci-fi canon is Star Trek’s Holodeck. At the end of 2010, I predicted that Kinect would deliver the Holodeck and thanks to CES, the first version has arrived already. It’s called Avatar Kinect…

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After the CES news roundup and today’s CES in pictures, it’s time for CES videos you can’t miss! Today’s installment features some incredible clips winging their way to us from Las Vegas including the Microsoft Avatar Kinect demo, a fascinating behind the scenes look at the Microsoft keynote and hands on videos with the Blackberry Playbook, the Casio Tryx shapeshifting pocket camera and the Motorola Xoom Android Honeycomb tablet. Read on to see today’s CES 2011 videos:

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Good morning! While we in Blighty slumbered like big gadget obsessed children, the crack squad of Electricpig reporters at CES 2011 were hunting down some seriously exciting news nuggets. We’ve rounded them up in the CES 2011 roundup that you see before you now. Read on for the skinny on Microsoft Avatar Kinect (clue: it’s science fiction made real!), the Blackberry Playbook getting reading to punch its weight beside the iPad, a quick run out for the Nike+ Sportswatch GPS and much, much more. What are you waiting for? Click through!

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