BlackCherry Blogs

Microsoft XBox Project Natal:
Using new 3D motion capturing technologies, Microsoft claims it can turn your body into the new style of video game controller. Nevermind those old quickcam games where you just end up flaying your arms around while hoping to hit something. This is TOTAL body immersion. You can now drive a car with an invisible steering wheel, block hundreds of soccerballs with your body and karatekick your way through evil ninjas.
VIDEO DEMO

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Playstation Magic Eye + Wand
As far as I can see, this is the only true 1 to 1 realtime player immersion available at the moment. This demo (as cheezy as it is) trully shows how fast and responsive a system can be. The level of precision is even a little too much when it comes to firing a gun in this demo (I think there should be some sort of smoothing script attached to this). But when it comes to swinging a sword, or shooting an arrow, or even swinging a bat, this device just seems to be right on target. I can't wait to see what games come out of this precise little toy. No lag, no pre-canned animation, it just seems to be what it should have been since the start.
VIDEO DEMO from E3