Mass Effect 3 uses Kinect for voice recognition

by Steve Watts, Jun 06, 2011 10:00am PDT

Related Topics – Mass Effect 3, Microsoft, BioWare, Kinect, EA, E3 2011

Confirming earlier rumors, BioWare's Ray Muzika appeared on stage during the Microsoft press briefing to announce that the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect, in the form of voice commands.

The brief demo showed voice support for dialogue trees and combat commands. The player would say the dialogue prompt (rather than selecting it) and then have Shepard say his line of dialogue. In battle, Shepard told his forces to move and execute biotics with voice recognition. Muzika promised more ME3 details to come during the EA press briefing.

The conference is still underway, Shacknews will update this post as more information is made available.

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Steve Watts posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 uses Kinect for voice recognition.

Confirming earlier rumors, BioWare's Ray Muzika appeared on stage during the Microsoft press briefing to announce that the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect for voice commands.

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Steve Watts posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 uses Kinect for voice recognition.

Confirming earlier rumors, BioWare's Ray Muzika appeared on stage during the Microsoft press briefing to announce that the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect for voice commands. : Shacknews
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  Have to say, using voice commands to open doors and shit would feel appropriately sci-fi, and awesome. : Creepin_Jeezus
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc7ygWkRsFY : Dravenport
  - it's cool but I don't know if it's that immersive. : InfernoAblaze
  - What would be cool is if you can utilize the kinect to use an omnitool or hack open doors and the like. T... : stophelping37
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  I hope this shit stays optional. I never want to be required to talk to my game. : Ebu
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    hate the sound of your voice? : RikiTiki2
    - I don't like talking to inanimate objects. Unless I stub my toe. : Ebu
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    Yeah. Here's me, sitting on my couch at 10PM, kids asleep in room next door, volume turned down but enjoy : master_disaster_17
    - LAUNCH PROBE : nevlos
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  Uh, why don't they just support the Live headset for voice commands? : Zek
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    Because then it's not "new" like it was in 2003 when Rainbow Six 3 on XBOX 1 did it.... : saunders45
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      And it doesn't sell a Kinect system either : dlr(2)
      
      You win a prize! : saunders45
- FYI, it's Muzyka. : Fred Garvin
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  On 360, Rainbow Six Vegas already did this. It was a somewhat cool feature but that all the other gimmick... : Bryce3333
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    It was in Rainbow six 3 8 years ago.
    
    Jun 06, 2011 3:41pm PDT
    
    It was in Rainbow six 3 8 years ago. : saunders45
- I thought the voice stuff looked really stupid. Calling out the dialog tree option is so much slower than... : AirElijah

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