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The New Xbox Experience That Almost Was [Nxe]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/30/2009
The New Xbox Experience That Almost Was [Nxe]
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Design studio Gridplane was hired by Microsoft to come up with a new user interface for the Xbox 360 (what eventually became dubbed The New Xbox Experience ). Here is their work. Many screens look like little more than an enlarged, green-filtered version of the original 360 dashboard, but the ...
gridplane.com - 1/30/2009
Gridplane
— gridplane.com — XBOX Experience Gridplane spent a few months working with Microsoft’s XBOX 360 group developing concepts for the latest graphical user interface for the XBOX 360 console. The time was spent exploring many ways that a new menu system could allow users ... (more) Gridplane

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majornelson.com - 2/2/2009
Dashboard Update (aka the HDMI Audio fix) - Xbox Live's Major Nelson
— majornelson.com — Starting Tuesday morning at 0200 Pacific when you sign into Xbox Live you ll be prompted for a mandatory dashboard update. The update addresses the issue that a few folks were having with audio and their HDMI connection. This update will be rolled out ... (more) Dashboard Update (aka the HDMI Audio fix) - Xbox ...

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This Is The New Xbox Experience That Could Have Been [Xbox 360]
kotaku.com - 1/30/2009
This Is The New Xbox Experience That Could Have Been [Xbox 360]
— kotaku.com — Design firm Grid/plane worked with Microsoft on early design ideas for the New Xbox Experience. While the NXE we ended up with is a different beast, it's interesting looking at what could have been.... (more) This Is The New Xbox Experience That Could Have Been ...

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What the New Xbox Experience Almost Looked Like
Tech Blog — ... was commissioned to design the new dashboard and the above screenshot shows one of their concepts. The result was "an enlarged, green-filtered version of the original 360 dashboard, but the company developed an 'immersive 3D environment'." Click here for first picture in gallery. My favorite screen is actually the simplest - where all of your games span your television. Screw the folks with tiny displays who'd have to squint. I have a big TV. [via Gizmodo] ...

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Gridplane releases hazy NXE mockup that never was — Engadget
Design / animation studio Gridplane's recently unloaded photos of a mockup it contributed to the Microsoft Xbox team in charge of revamping the Xbox user interface, which eventually became the New Xbox Experience , AKA NXE . There are a few things here we like -- the design has a clean, ...