CES10: Project Natal Arrives Holiday 2010
Retro-shmetmo, the biggest news for gamers out of Microsoft’s CES 2010 keynote was nothing more than a vague timeframe: Holiday 2010. That’s when Microsoft’s 3D webcam-cum-controller Project Natal will debut, according to company executive Robbie Bach.
When it releases next holiday season, Natal promises to allow gamers to simply move their limbs to control on-screen action in selected titles, while a special 3D camera tracks their every movement at thirty frames per second.
But though Bach stated that Microsoft has “been hard at work to ensure that our third-party developers can create their Project Natal-ready games,” no actual Natal-capable titles were demoed or formally announced at the conference.
According to a press release that accompanied the proceedings, the motion control setup will not require the purchase of a new console; Project Natal “will work with every Xbox 360.”
