What will the final version of Project Natal be like for the consumer? If its anything like Microsoft’s vision in the above video, it has the potential to change the video game industry on its head. Voice recognition, video conferencing, 3D scanning technology, and full body motion capture that appears to be a 1:1 relationship. Having used a professional grade motion capture studio while at Drexel I can tell you that is truly amazing (having spent countless hours cleaning up errors on a 10 camera system). A real-time motion capture device that’s affordable is impressive enough to sell me.
However, I do have concerns at how the die hard gamers out there are going to feel about standing up, running and gunning their Master Chief and Modern Warfare characters for more than an hour. While it would be nice to see video games really become an enjoyable exercise routine, their is much to be said about coming home after a hard days work and vegging out by slaughtering noobs in your Lazyboy. Your thoughts?
