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Microsoft has announced a new accessory for the Xbox that can change the hole gaming experience, and this thing is crazy. Actually this is Microsoft’s answer on the Wii motion controls, on the image you can see the competitor to the wii bar and the controller? it is your body.
This thing has a face recognition software that signs you automatically in to your Xbox live account and let you control the games by the movements of your body.
how it works I don’t know for sure one possible way is that it is using somehow infrared lights to recognize the shape of your body, it might be like the wii but using much more ray to see the waves reflected by the body an other possibility is that is using two cams to make a 3D view of the environment.
what you can do with this cam is crazy it can scan stuff that for example is drawn on a piece of paper, or just video chat with others.
I only can say that Nintendo and Sony leaders must be very angry now
see video:
funny is that Nintendo announced a standard usual controller for the wii and Sony a new webcam for the PS3 on E3 the next day
