Tag: kinect

[CES 2012] Mass Effect 3 Kinect Support, Interview with Aaryn Flynn

With Mass Effect 3’s release only a couple months away, BioWare held a private hands-on demonstration of the game’s Kinect support during the Consumer Electronics Show. Mass Effect 3 uses the Kinect to allow players to interact with the game through vocal commands. This neatly avoids the potential difficulty of adapting a conventional third-person shooter

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Why The Kinect Isn’t Innovation

It’s the Kinect’s first anniversary, and doesn’t Microsoft want you to know it. Our favorite mummery-based-interface device was undoubtedly front and center at Microsoft’s E3 booth; ensconced in its own private booths and orbited by a constellation of lesser stars. (You know, the AAA titles and the best of the Xbox Live aimed at those

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[E3 2011] Nyko

Nyko recently announced its 2011 lineup and invited us to a first-hand tour of their products. The big product the company is pushing this year is the Zoom for Kinect. It’s a detachable add-on to the Kinect that reduces the amount of space needed to be able to properly play. It “zooms” in on players,

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[E3 2011] Star Wars Kinect – Hands On Impressions

After seeing the Star Wars Kinect demo, Monday morning during Microsoft’s Press Conference, I was really skeptical about the game.  It looked like another motion controller gimmick game. It wasn’t until Jess and I got onto the E3 show floor to play it first hand at the Xbox booth that made me think otherwise. The

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