Wow what a day for Microsoft at the E3 conference.
In the space of an hour or so Microsoft has staked a solid claim on your living room with the new Xbox 360 and Kinect as your entertainment hub. From games to exercise, from video chat to voice and gesture control Xbox 360 along with Kinect looks totally awesome and any cable executive who isn’t worried right now is an idiot.
Microsoft:
- Microsoft starts its E3 press conference with big exclusive games – VentureBeat
Microsoft started its E3 press briefing today with a series of exclusive game announcements that the company hopes will keep hardcore gamers in its fold for years to come. - Prototype Microsoft display could make 3D glasses obsolete – DVICE
The current crop of 3D TVs are pretty neat, I guess, but they all share a common dealbreaker: those stupid glasses. Nobody wants to pay for them and nobody wants to wear them. Can 3D survive them? - Microsoft Kinect: For gamers this November; for business users … later – Mary Jo Foley
Microsoft officials have shared the final name (Kinect) for its Project Natal control device, and are saying to expect it to be available this November. Why should enterprise users care?
Xbox & Kinect:
- Star Wars gameplay on XBOX Kineckt – Steve Clayton
Wanna see what it’s like to be a Jedi using XBOX Kinect? Check out this video courtesy of Wired. - Hands-On Preview – Xbox Kinect (Project Natal) – Kris Abel
For most people who will try out Microsoft’s new Kinect motion control system for the Xbox 360, the immediate issue will be that it not that unlike playing a game on the Nintendo Wii. - E3: Xbox press conference starts with a bang, slash and boom – Seattle Times
Any concerns hard core gamers may have had after last night’s family-friendly Kinect launch event were allayed when Microsoft’s E3 press conference opened with a bloody and thrilling preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops. - ESPN and Live Sports Events Coming to the XBox 360 – SiliconANGLE
After watching the Microsoft announcement for the last hour, the first real announcement aside from all the new games and add-ons everyone already knew about – ESPN is coming to the XBox 360. - Xbox 360 Gets Live Sports In HD. Canceling My Cable In 5, 4, 3… – TechCrunch
Everyone is busy talking about Microsoft Kinect (the project formerly known as Natal), but to me, some much bigger news just dropped at E3 from Microsoft: ESPN live sports access.
Windows:
- Kinect and Windows Live Messenger: soon to be bff? – LiveSide
At E3, Microsoft took the lid off the Natal project today, with a new name, “Kinect”, and some details about what to expect in the coming months. - Windows Live Secrets: New Dashboard, Office Sync, Photo Viewer and More – Sarah In Tampa
The upcoming version of Windows Live, aka Windows Live “Wave 4,” will get its own service status dashboard, according to Jamie Thomson, who reveals this previously undisclosed nugget, along with 9 other things you may not have known about Windows Live’s latest update.
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