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Kinect Voice Recognition Only Available To Certain Countries — South Africa Isn’t One Of Them
It has been confirmed that unless you live in the United States, Mexico or the United Kingdom — and speak English — Kinect will not listen to you. Microsoft will only offer voice recognition for USA English, UK English, Japanese and Mexican Spanish. If you live anywhere else–South Africa for instance–and you speak fluent English, [...]
Kinect Will Have 1:1 Tracking — It’s Like A Mirror
Microsoft has announced that Kinect will respond to movement as fast as you can push a button. Therefore, it was said that there will be true 1:1 tracking when responding to movement. Microsoft’s Kinect boss, Kudo Tsunoda said that the device doesn’t need any ‘fixing’ to achieve 1:1 tracking, you’ll be followed as if it [...]
Microsoft’s New Xbox 360 Remote, Now With Transforming D-Pad
Earlier we wrote about Microsoft’s new Xbox controller which includes a transforming d-pad. The enhanced d-pad is something long overdue, and we’re glad that Microsoft has finally done something about this. The d-pad on the new remote will be able to transform from something semi-flat to to something raised, and all it takes is the [...]
Rumour: Microsoft Modifying The D-Pad On The Xbox 360 Controller?
Rumour has it that Microsoft are looking to release a new Xbox 360 controller with a modified d-pad. According to the source, the d-pad will be able to turn 90-degrees where it will raise up about half a centimeter. This modification is said to help fighting game fans. For those confused, the d-pad is the [...]
Microsoft Increase Xbox Live Price For November
Microsoft has announced an increase on their Xbox Live tariff. Gold members residing in the United States, or the United Kingdom will have to cough up a few extra pennies to stay connected to the service. And if you’re using a fake address – you’ll need to cough up extra gold as well. Prices come [...]
GH: Warriors Of Rock! It’s Almost Time To Rock Out With Your Errr… Socks On!
Note: Before complaining to my editor about the title picture, if you look closely you will notice a guitar. It’s Monday (no make that Wednesday, thanks Eishkom) and I’ve had the 2nd most awesome news of the day! The 1st most awesome news involves a certain editor in chief’s mom and… oh wait I can’t [...]
Accessorise Your Kinect With Stands And Wall Mounts
There’s a few Microsoft Kinect accessories which might make your life a little bit easier. Performance Designed Products created a wall mount, TV mount, floor stand and cable extension for the motion control device which launches on the 10th of November. The idea behind the accessories is simple: put the Kinect anywhere, to play anywhere. [...]
MS: Kinect On PC Is ‘A Possibility’
Microsoft has revealed to CVG that PC compatibility for the motion control device, Kinect, is a “possibility”, and also that the device has the potential to be a part of non-games industries such as music and film. Speaking at Gamescom – where Microsoft’s Kinect lost to Sony’s PlayStation Move for the best peripheral of the [...]
Japan Meets Xbox, It Was Inevitable.
Sooner or later, we all knew something like this was bound to happen. Spotted at the recent Comic Market in Japan. These guys have some balls I tell you. [Via: Kotaku]
Microsoft Kinect To Launch On 10 November — Priced At R2000
It has been announced that the Microsoft Kinect — the movement technology — will launch locally on the 10th of November. The release date was revealed at GamesCom in Germany. Not much was revealed in the press release, attached below. For the record, Xbox LIVE should launch before Kinect as this was the original plan. [...]
Kinect Will Soon Be Able To Understand Sign Language
At some point in time, Kinect will be able to understand sign language courtesy of a new patent that Microsoft just filed. The patent details Kinect’s ability to read American Sign Language (ASL) but beyond this, the software will also be able to interpret lip movement (lip reading) and toe movement (not sure why). As [...]
250GB Kinect Bundle?
Well we know for a fact that there will be a 4GB Bundle that includes an Xbox 360, 4GB of memory, a Kinect sensor, a game and a controller. Now it seems that there may be another bundle: This was spotted on the Australian Packaging of the 4GB Bundle. The 250GB says that it comes [...]
How To Confuse Kinect
The simple answer is to sit down on the floor but that little needs a bit of explanation. You see, Microsoft’s Kinect was developed with the misconception that players would be willing to stand in front of their TV’s the entire time. Initially it was found that the software could not interpret actions correctly if [...]
PS3 Narrows Gap On 360 Global Sales
The PlayStation 3 is closing down on the Xbox 360. This has been revealed as Sony’s latest financial results confirm that they shipped 3.6 million less consoles than Microsoft. Sony has confirmed that it has shipped 38.1 million PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide, whilst Microsoft announced last week that it has managed to ship 41.7 million [...]
MS Killed PC-Xbox Cross-Platform Online Because PC Gamers Dominate
That’s according to Voodoo PC founder, Rahul Sood, who claims that Microsoft has in fact explored the possibility of constructing a cross-platform network that would allow PC and Xbox gamers to go up against each other but preliminary tests found that “console players got destroyed every time”. Sood stated in an interview that the accuracy [...]
Xbox 360′s Kinect: Pricing Set At R2000
Microsoft has announced both the pricing for their Kinect motion peripheral as well as an all-new Xbox360 4GB console bundle that includes the console, Kinect and the game Kinect Adventures – which is a game that takes players through 20 adventures where they’ll do all sorts of exciting activities. Those who already own an Xbox360 [...]
Xbox 360 Slim Beats PS3 Slim & PS2 Slim Launch Sales
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Slim has trumped the PS3 Slim and PS2 Slim launch sales in the United Kingdom. “Microsoft’s new, improved, slimmer Xbox 360 console, the Xbox 360 250GB (or Xbox 360S) achieves the biggest launch in the UK for a ‘revised’ home console, surpassing the launches of both PS2 Slim and PS3 Slim and [...]
Kinect Kinda Banned In China
Well it seems that Microsoft will not be allowed to “legally” sell the Kinect in China. This is because of a law that also blocks the sale of the Xbox 360 itself in the country. Microsoft China’s Michel Van Der Be said that the new device will be the latest in a string of gaming [...]
AfterGlow [In The Dark] Controllers Are Cool, Very Cool
Interested in Glow in the Dark gaming peripherals? Well, if you just nodded, you’re in luck. PDP, or Performance Designed Products, has created illuminating controllers which can be used for gaming. The controllers are available for Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 where they all glow a different colour, and look pretty good — in [...]
Xbox 720 and Wii 2 will beat PS4 to the market, says Sony
Sony predicts that Microsoft and Nintendo will launch their new home consoles before it gets round to unleashing the fourth generation of PlayStation. The three platform holders are still to publicly discuss a new iteration of their core gaming hardware, which leaves gamers to speculate over what technology a ‘Wii 2′ or ‘Xbox 720′ may [...]
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