Xbox Project Natal: Too Good To Be True
After Microsoft announced Project Natal for the Xbox at E3 this year, I just shook my head in disbelief. Here is what I thought about the exergaming side of the marketing.
People have been saying that Project Natal is going to give the Nintendo Wii a run for their money in the exergaming market. I’d love for it to be true, but I think we’re going to have to wait ten years before technology is good enough for this to work in any living room.
My bullshit detector might have been pinging when watching Felicia Day play with Project Natal, but it’s off the scale with this Milo demonstration:
I want to believe in this Milo “game,” but I just don’t believe that it will work. I don’t believe that the A.I. can understand what I’m saying. I don’t believe I can interact with it like they show in the video. I can hardly believe that the game will be able to recognize me from one day to the next. What if I wear my hair curly or put on my glasses? Will Milo still be able to know who I am?
I’d love for Project Natal to be a reality, but I’m not buying it either in concept OR hard earned currency.