Microsoft to eliminate the need for game controllers
Published 6/2/2009 by
By Troy Wolverton
Mercury News at Personal Technology
At the E3 video game conference here, company representatives on Monday showed off technology that would allow users to play games, navigate menus and browse movies using their hands and bodies instead of a game controller or remote control. Given the beta name Project Natal, the technology incorporates sensors to detect users' movements, faces and voices.
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