Neowin News Feed for: Natal

A quick look back at the introduction of the first Microsoft Kinect sensor (Project Natal)

John Callaham — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 19:30:01 +0000

In 2009, Microsoft showed off Project Natal for the first time during the E3 gaming trade show The motion capture sensor for its Xbox 360 would be renamed as Kinect for its official retail release. Read more...

Kinect still has a lag issue; Jimmy Fallon confirms

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:21:34 +0000

Back in June of 2009, Jimmy Fallon tested out Project Natal on his Late Night television show. While the demo was definitely promising and fun to watch, it became evident that Natal needed some work... Read more...

Microsoft Kinect will retail on November 4, priced at $149?

Tom Warren — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:01:23 +0000

Microsoft said on Monday that Kinect (Project Natal) will be available on November 4 in the U.S. Dubbed Kinect for Xbox 360, the controller-free game device is set to go on sale in November. The technology... Read more...

Is this the Xbox 360 Slim?

Benjamin Rubenstein — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:06:26 +0000

For a while now, there have been rumors circulating that Microsoft would give a physical update to their Xbox 360 gaming console. Referred to as the Xbox 360 Slim, the design has been said to... Read more...

Microsoft's project Natal to be called Kinect?

Andrew Lyle — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:34:04 +0000

Microsoft's project Natal may possibly be called “Kinect” when it launches later on this year. Microsoft filed for a patent on April 26, 2010, attempting to register the trademark “Kinect.” As Neowin reported back in... Read more...

Natal to sell for $149, with a new name

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:53:31 +0000

Natal will be hitting the store shelves in America for $149, and be bundled with Xbox360 Arcade for $299, according to edge-online. The source of the information even claims that project Natal will also... Read more...

Microsoft confirms October release for Natal

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 14 May 2010 18:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that its motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360, codenamed Project Natal, is set to launch worldwide sometime in October, ready for the Christmas buying season. The news comes via an interview on... Read more...

PlayStation Move "so much more accurate than Wii"

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:56:01 +0000

Sony's upcoming Wii-style motion controller, the PlayStation Move, is much more accurate than Nintendo's popular Wii motion controller. At least according to the CEO of Dundee-based developer Cohort Studios who are working on one of... Read more...

Rumour: Slim and rebranded Xbox 360 for Natal bundle?

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:04:01 +0000

If rumours are to be believed Microsoft's Xbox 360 is set to go slim and receive a subtle rebrand featuring black as the console's main colour when it is bundled with the much anticipated project... Read more...

A look through the eyes of Natal (VIDEO)

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:54:01 +0000

Engadget has posted a video demonstration from NextGen-News showing how Project Natal actually views people interacting with it. One interesting thing about the video is the gender recognition. Natal is able to recognize if you're... Read more...

"World Premiere" of Microsoft's Project Natal at E3 2010

Tzvi Friedman — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:08:03 +0000

After unveiling Project Natal last year at E3, Microsoft has invited the media to another unveiling of Natal on June 13th and 14th at E3 2010. Without any details as to why they... Read more...

Natal possibly coming in October; 1/10 of a second lag

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:40:01 +0000

According to a tweet from UK television presenter Jonathan Ross, Natal may hit store shelves in October. Ross, who was given some hands-on time with the Xbox add-on, doesn't seem too impressed with Natal thus... Read more...

Ballmer keynote recap: Xbox, Natal, Media Room 2.0, and more

Sean Bradford — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:03:59 +0000

Tonight CES 2010 was officially kicked off when Steve Ballmer took the stage for Microsoft's CES 2010 keynote. Even with a 20 minute delay due to a power outage, Steve Ballmer took the stage enthusiastically... Read more...

Possible video of Half-Life 2 played with Natal

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:25:08 +0000

Gizmodo has posted a leaked video of someone playing Half-Life 2 using Microsoft's Project Natal. It's not yet clear whether the video is authentic but seeing it in action, and actually working, is definitely a... Read more...

THQ CEO: Project Natal will ship late next year

Sam Symons — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:33:15 +0000

When Microsoft's Project Natal was announced at E3 earlier this year, there was a lot of excitement. Many companies have tried to take motion capture to gaming, and whilst they've been enjoyable to an extent,... Read more...

Update: New Xbox coming sooner then expected?

Garrett Dodd — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:22:14 +0000

The intertubes are buzzing once again with rumours that a new Xbox may be on it's way next year (as in the year 2010). According to 1UP, not only will Natal be as big as... Read more...

E3: Microsoft conference roundup

Andrew — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:29:47 +0000

Well Microsoft certainly kick started E3 in a big way this year, making some long awaited announcements and some unexpected ones. They've set the bar very high for the rest of the week. During the... Read more...

Microsoft introduces controller free gaming, Project Natal

Tom Warren — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:01:18 +0000

Microsoft today introduced Project Natal, a method for interacting with games, controller free. The software giant unveiled the project at a packed out press event for this years E3 gaming expo in Los Angeles, California.... Read more...