Microsoft introduces spatial hands free controller – a revolution in computing

Natal controller for XBox will have wider implications in allowing voice and motion recognition

Story from BBC and Microsoft

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIFlY4DFE4g

For ten years I have felt that computers were stuck in the same paradigm of keyboard, mouse and multi-window screen. In 2001 Kubrick showed us HAL the computer which could respond to voice and emotions but little came of that until Microsoft released Natal on Monday. Continue reading