Don Mattrick, Microsoft Xbox’s new Senior Vice President has claimed that he “invented avatars”. In an interview conducted at E3, but only just released, Mattrick goes on to pinpoint the moment when humanoid, controllable figures with faces in 3D were first used.
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Microsoft has proved the internet rumour-mill correct and officially announced that the New Xbox Experience (NXE) will go live on November 19th.
NXE is the latest Xbox 360 Dashboard overhaul and the most ambitious so far. Apart from a major visual overhaul, the update will add new player Avatars, a Friends channel and an option to install games to the hard drive for faster load times.
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The Xbox 360 is getting avatars with its next software update. We’ve already shown you how they’ll fit into games, but now Xbox Live’s Major Nelson has posted a video showing us exactly how we’ll customise them. Read on to see them in action.
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Microsoft’s parade was well and truly soaked when its plans for Xbox 360 Avatars were leaked a month before the E3 unveiling. Now supposed shots from the Avatar creator have crept onto the web too.
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