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Live Project Natal Demos and Lionhead's Virtual Child

by Alice O'Connor, Jun 05, 2009 11:56am PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, Trailer, E3 2009, Project Natal

Microsoft has released footage of the live demonstration of its Xbox 360 motion-sensitive camera controller codenamed Project Natal, introduced this week at E3.

Microsoft has also shared the demonstration of Lionhead Studios' eerie/wonderful/bizarre virtual boy named Milo, here for you introduced by Peter Molyneux.

There's also a gussied up marketing "product vision" which warns "actual features and functionality may vary," if you like that worthless sort of thing.

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I'm looking forward to this, I actually do believe it'll put a new spin on the way we play games.

http://www.project-natal.com

Jun 08, 2009 1:11pm PDT

I'm looking forward to this, I actually do believe it'll put a new spin on the way we play games. http... : Messiah1984

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Bam, there it is.

Jun 05, 2009 12:01pm PDT

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  i know the remix video is funny and all, but nothing beats the untouched video as it is. i mean seriously... : waxthirteen
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    Yeah, I can't wait for the Natal to screw up on me like that when I'm actually playing a game. : CyCo_PL
    - I'm pretty sure they wouldn't it release it like that... : uncleanmonkey

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GT.com Editor in Chief after private Milo demo: "Not legit" "Smoke and mirrors"

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/episode-60-invisible-walls/51228

Jun 07, 2009 8:08pm PDT

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GT.com Editor in Chief after private Milo demo: "Not legit" "Smoke and mirrors" http://www.gametrailer... : irrerno
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That 'game' with the kid Milo is so damn useless.

I can imagine that only depressed wifes would be playing it, those who lost their loved at an car accident or something. (not a funny thing)
I mean...it goes too far with the virtuality.
There is life, and there are games. But this is one of the games that try to give the people a second life, or a child that they dont have, perhaps a life that they want to spend more time with.
And they may be losing the sense of what is real and not real for a few seconds every now and then. Or they start to act like they would in the game, which isn't always the right way.

I'm very sceptical on games such as Sims or Second Life. They add to the disappointments in real life so the players will only dig more and more into their virtual reality.

Peter doesn't seem to have own children.

Jun 05, 2009 2:15pm PDT

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That 'game' with the kid Milo is so damn useless. I can imagine that only depressed wifes would be pla... : REDFROG
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I am really surprised that his collar wasn't popped.

Jun 07, 2009 4:16pm PDT

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I am really surprised that his collar wasn't popped. : JohnnyDanger
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- ok the milo thing was very impressive. the lifestyle video was cheesy as hell but if this really works it... : JohnnyDanger

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Need more pics of the chick.

Jun 05, 2009 12:43pm PDT

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- the girl in the Milo video is gawjus : niceguynick
- Definitely. She's SMOKING HOT. : vx2o
- Man, her ass is niiiiiiice! Would love to grab that ass. : snitch13

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By: Lord Skellington x Show Full Post

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This is all very impressive..but I've seen enough E3 demos to know that the finished product is never even close to as impressive as first advertised.

Having said that, a version of Milo that features....ah you already know where I'm going with this..

Jun 07, 2009 11:25am PDT

This is all very impressive..but I've seen enough E3 demos to know that the finished product is never eve... : Lord Skellington

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By: Legolas5 x Show Full Post

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Well BAM! There you go.

Jun 07, 2009 10:25am PDT

Well BAM! There you go. : Legolas5

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By: TrustAvidity x Show Full Post

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I'm not typically a negative person but I do wonder if and how Milo would respond to things like Go to Hell or STFU.

Jun 05, 2009 10:49pm PDT

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I'm not typically a negative person but I do wonder if and how Milo would respond to things like Go to He... : TrustAvidity
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- or "hey kid, ya ever see a grown man naked?" : cell9song
- Lol i hope so that would be funny : AxeltheCold
- They announced that Milo doesn't respond to negativity in voice or action. Probably just acts like you di... : bluerei

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is he wearing "HD Vision" sunglasses?

Jun 05, 2009 12:02pm PDT

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  I think he has played too many hrs of GTA - looks like an character/extra from one of those games. : ZedFromZardoz
  - I'd guess he has a hangover from the night before. : billy_zelsnack
- I think he thinks he's Bono. : Phunk
- rock star gaem designar : iggypopped
- what a tool : moshman

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off the top of my head, i don't see how you could do a first person shooter with natal. i'm sure it would make for an interesting design challenge, but this device seems antithetical to the genre.

i mean you could make one hell of a rail shooter with this, but moving through a world under your control would have to be done... i dunno. something creative. so maybe this is really just meant for casual, puzzle and fitness games.

Jun 06, 2009 7:15pm PDT

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off the top of my head, i don't see how you could do a first person shooter with natal. i'm sure it woul... : iggypopped
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- this is where the marketing machine kicks in and gives us more of what all the kiddies love, peripherals ... : araczynski

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I got to try the Natal at e3. It's an awesome experience, walking in front of a tv and seeing a representation of you, instantly with no calibration. The software hints at really exciting possibilities, maybe not to be realized this time around, but I'm definitely more interested in seeing how this tech evolves than how the actual consoles evolve (ie the usual more fill rate, cpus, ram, etc.).

Jun 05, 2009 1:02pm PDT

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I got to try the Natal at e3. It's an awesome experience, walking in front of a tv and seeing a represent... : Avatar
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- The voice recognition thing is something I've always been interested in. Having it available for all deve... : Sailor of Fortune
- as a developer, seriously, all i really care about is more ram =) : iggypopped

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I've got a huge nerdboner for that 2nd video with Milo. This has the potential to be the killerapp for Natal, or become another Black & White

Jun 05, 2009 1:14pm PDT

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I've got a huge nerdboner for that 2nd video with Milo. This has the potential to be the killerapp for Na... : razorblade79
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By: ShadowRam x Show Full Post

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Speculation,

Looks like there's probably an infrared grid that is projected onto nearby objects (person) and the camera then interprets that grid. (If it was really good, there would be two grids of different wavelength, projected from different angles, to identify depth)

It definitely looks laggy thou :/

Jun 05, 2009 1:05pm PDT

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I wonder if you could use Natal in an FPS to track movement of the controller in the player's hands to sort of create a better aiming system. Something mathematically equivalent to a mouse?

Jun 06, 2009 4:53pm PDT

I wonder if you could use Natal in an FPS to track movement of the controller in the player's hands to so... : Vorlonesque

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I'm only interested in this if it creates new game experiences, new genres even. I DO NOT want to play burnout like this.

Jun 06, 2009 10:48am PDT

I'm only interested in this if it creates new game experiences, new genres even. I DO NOT want to play b... : Boxelder

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in that racing game, how are you supposed to slow down or take your leg off the paddle !!! i still think this another eye-toy gimmick and still think that PS3's new motion controller is more logical

Jun 06, 2009 9:53am PDT

in that racing game, how are you supposed to slow down or take your leg off the paddle !!! i still think ... : hanged_man

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gah why can't I fast forward ever since shack changed the streaming videos T_T

is there a 2nd Milo video somwhere? Without the british chick who sounds like she's acting and makes it look like Milo "mood recognition" is all BS

Jun 05, 2009 8:27pm PDT

gah why can't I fast forward ever since shack changed the streaming videos T_T is there a 2nd Milo vid... : bninja

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You haters are missing the big picture, this will be a landmark in hentai games.

Jun 05, 2009 6:18pm PDT

You haters are missing the big picture, this will be a landmark in hentai games. : lavaflare

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How many pedophiles you think are excited about the Milo game?

Jun 05, 2009 12:34pm PDT

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- just you. : waxthirteen
- buahaha, I actually thought this when watching and have since burned it to DVD : niceguynick
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  You know it's a fucked up world when the first thought that pops into most peoples' minds when anything c... : Biorbio
  - exactly, its depressing as hell : niceguynick
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    It wasn't the first thing. Molyneux introduced this by saying "we made something no one in science fic... : Porkasaurus
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      This is why I say Sony is winning the motion control race. Because no matter how much cool tech you have... : Dapper Swindler
      
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      Yep, that knight demo with the sword and sheild was the closest thing I've seen to a real game with motio... : Dapper Swindler
      
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      Nintendo's is taking it's time, but both Sony and MS's are very prototype phases. I don't think Sony s... : Sailor of Fortune
      
      At this point, I don't care about the technology or how well it works. I care about the applications of ... : Dapper Swindler
      
      Winning? What? : deadhorse
      
      WINNING THE MOTION CONTROL RACE. : pigvomit
    - You're on the internet and can make that last statement with a straight face? : deadhorse
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  - No shit, that was my point. Bad presentation for cool tech. : Porkasaurus
- I didn't associate it with pedophilia at all when I watched it, but I was secretly hoping that you could ... : CyCo_PL
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The brilliant thing about going this route is Microsoft can throw it against the wall and see if it sticks. If it does great. If not.. Just copy the other guys. The other way around it does not work. Unless Sony/Nintendo have been working on something like this for awhile it is going to take a long time to R&D it into a working product.

Jun 05, 2009 12:24pm PDT

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      Like a dildo. Natal could even detect ( hear ) when you turned the vibration on and off! Isn't technology... : billy_zelsnack

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abigail moves like a retard

Jun 05, 2009 12:51pm PDT

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- What are you talking about? She moved like a pro! : jtthe2nd

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Pfft, I could almost make a better painting using MSpaint.

Jun 05, 2009 2:18pm PDT

Pfft, I could almost make a better painting using MSpaint. : jtthe2nd

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clearly abby is used to having balls flying at her

Jun 05, 2009 1:28pm PDT

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- classy : mittense
- LOL! Nice job Abby! : jtthe2nd

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Could you imagine the reaction to this if it was a virtual Felecia Day instead of some 8 year old kid...

Jun 05, 2009 1:51pm PDT

Could you imagine the reaction to this if it was a virtual Felecia Day instead of some 8 year old kid... : ghost in my shell

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lol, nintendo already made the Virtual Boy!

Jun 05, 2009 1:35pm PDT

lol, nintendo already made the Virtual Boy! : theLephty

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Whoo! I can talk to some kid on the TV and look really creepy to any observer. I'll also believe Milo when I see a live demo, not some pre-filmed garbage, er hype.

Jun 05, 2009 1:18pm PDT

Whoo! I can talk to some kid on the TV and look really creepy to any observer. I'll also believe Milo whe... : Evil Bread

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HOME PROJECT

http://www.youtube.com/homeproject

Great video.

Jun 05, 2009 1:01pm PDT

HOME PROJECT http://www.youtube.com/homeproject Great video. : eonix

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