Project Natal - One Giant Leaps

If we look back at the technologies which allowed us to interact with the virtual world we will certainly note the significance of the keyboard, the OS, The mouse, the web cam and of course game controllers like the Wii. These controllers, combined with incredible bandwidth speeds and innovative companies building products around them have made our virtual experiences very rich, productive and rewarding. It's easy to forget how entire industries are shaped and even created because of a new way to interact with our world in a virtual way. Other times we wait for a great number of promising innovations to finally mature and come together to create a cohesive and amazing experience.

Microsoft's new Natal may have achieved just that. A completely new, innovative and amazing way to experience our virtual world.

Announced just yesterday at E3 in Los Angeles, Project Natal is not a future conceptual model, it is here and now. Games are being developed for it and other industry leaders are building applications and services around it.

Watch these two videos below to get and understanding of what Microsoft's Project Natal is all about. If the technology works as smoothly as suggested in the demonstration we may be witnessing the start of a new era in virtual reality.






The Great Steven Spielberg has partnered with AE to develop "games" for the new Project Natal controller.