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Video: Microsoft’s Project Natal on Fallon Show

June 11, 2009 9:06 am

Microsoft (MSFT) is coming on strong with the new “Natal Project” for the Xbox. Clearly they are looking to get back in the game and to take over the living room.

From NBC/Gizmodo

Canned videos and secondhand accounts can only tell us so much about Project Natal; it’s really the kind of product you want to see for yourself. Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunado went on Jimmy Fallon last night to give us a look.

Microsoft’s initial announcement was prerecorded and very controlled, and our early hands-on experiences couldn’t be filmed. Microsoft loosened up tonight, letting Fallon and, uhh, Jim from The Office jump in and out of Natal’s sensor area to take control of live demos on national TV. As a segment, it was a little awkward, even in the context of Jimmy Fallon’s show. As a tech demo? Drawn large across a 108-inch Sharp LCD, Natal came off as a tiny bit glitchy, but otherwise fantastic.

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3 Responses to “Video: Microsoft’s Project Natal on Fallon Show”

  1. Henry on August 2nd, 2010 10:33 am

    Looks cool, but for a gamer like me and most "core" (avid) video game players, this device poses a problem. While they did show a "core" game, Burnout Paradise, with the Natal, you can't do once simple things like drifting your car. Usually pressing the brake while holding the gas down allowed you to start one real easily, but since your foot forward = go and back = brake, you obviously can't do both at once. This shows even simple tasks can't be done that well posing a problem for gamers.

  2. John A. Hoskins on January 3rd, 2011 4:46 am

    Project Natal is a revolution in industry of entertainment and video gaming. Hope it is going to be widespread soon.

  3. לייזר ירוק on October 3rd, 2011 9:19 am

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