New shiny piece of tech out – what is the first thing you do with it? Hack it to run on Linux of course. Some very brainy people are making some fantastic looking projects withe the Xbox 360 Kinect motion camera, and Google SEO God Matt Cutts has even put up a couple of thousand dollars to the team who makes the best hack. Check out a couple of videos below to see the work done so far.
Tag Archives: xbox 360
Viewing Kinect with IR Tinted Glasses
1 CommentsNovember 5, 2010 – 12:50 pm
UPDATE: New video filmed with actual IR Camera
ORIGINAL STORY: Kinect is out across America and millions are jumping around their rooms and learning some brilliant dance moves to show off at the clubs, but what is the that massive camera up to while you play? RumblePackNZ has made this great video in which he films the Kinect at work through some Infrared goggles. The highly anticipated piece of kit comes to the UK on Wednesday November 10th, are you ready to go controller free?
WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2011
0 CommentsOctober 29, 2010 – 11:00 am
The greased up grapplers are back for their annual console outing, but will it be a WrestleMania main event contender or should it be left to rot on the undercard? Read on to find out!
UK Finally Gets Zune Music
0 CommentsSeptember 22, 2010 – 7:30 pm
Microsoft are finally bringing the Zune Music service to the UK- but not the MP3 player, Many laughed at the device which launched a few centuries ago in the USA for selling very little when compared to the iPod though they could have sold a few dozen more if they bothered to release it in more than one territory. THE FOOLS. Anyway, you will be able to buy MP3’s from Zune through your PC and Windows 7 Phone (oh-er) when the service launches this Autumn. Paying £8.99 will give you access to the the Zune pass allowing to download as many Mp3’s as you want on PC and W7 phone, and stream them online through the Xbox 360. Once you stop paying, you can’t play the files – just like Napster. I must admit I am a big fan of subscription music and was a subscriber to Napster to Go for over 5 years which charged me £15 a month to download songs to my computer and transfer them to a compatible player. I now pay for Spotify Premium and would buy an iPod in a heartbeat if iTunes introduced a subscription service. Alas I think Microsoft may struggle with Zune in the UK due to the lack of player being sold – we’ll need a Windows 7 phone to have tracks on the move. Users in the USA also get 10 songs to keep forever every month but that sweetener is missing from the UK offering. Will you be Zuneing or sticking to Spotify, iTunes, HMV Digital or being naughty with those ‘other’ websites?
DmC Wtf
1 CommentsSeptember 15, 2010 – 7:30 pm
The worst kept secret in gaming was finally confirmed today with Capcom announcing a reboot to the Devil May Cry series, and as you can see from the above Dante artwork it is a quite a departure for the much loved franchise. Development moves from Japan to Cambridge, England into the hands of Ninja Theory – developers of Heavenly Sword and the upcoming Enslaved. Many are already agahast at the character design and with the choice of developer. Heavenly Sword looked stunning but annoyed many with it’s lack of jump button and very frustrating boss battles that felt cheap when you failed a QTE sequence. Enslaved has been getting positive vibes from critics though there is concern that these two games both run at 30fps compared to the 60fps standard set in previous Devil May Cry titles. A demo is now available on PS3 for Enslaved so check it out for a flavour of Ninja Theory’s work. The studio has Andy Serkis on it’s books as a Dramatic Director and appears in Heavenly Sword and Enslaved we wonder who he’ll play in this game. Check out two screenshots below and we’ll have the trailer featured as part of our Trailer Thursday Tokyo Game Show special. Are you happy with the new Dante and choice of developer?
