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Passionate gaming fans who have read about "Project Natal" have possibly heard that it was recently re-christened to now be named Xbox Kinect. All the game lovers playing Xbox will enjoy an advanced level of gaming, thanks to the new innovation from Microsoft. This gaming system will use a revolutionary 3D camera and even gesture recognition software that will transport gamers in to a progressive gaming world, by mimicking their physical actions in the realistic world, that will then carry straight in to the game. The best part of this innovation is that you have to use your entire body movements along with your fingers and eyes. This information was presented when the Xbox Kinect made its introduction in Los Angeles in front of an invitation-only people. By personalising the services of the well-known circus group, Cirque du Soleil services, Microsoft introduced this incredibly new product with an amazing extravagance. The celebration was attended by VIP's, the press and even countless Hollywood superstars and was held last June 13, 2010, Sunday. In order to present the program perfectly, the circus troupe practised it for months devoting hundreds of hours on rehearsals, though the performance presented by Cirque du Soleil lasted only for about 45 minutes. 76 musicians, acrobats, clowns and even dancers were made in for the celebration. Xbox also features other various highlights like large projection screens which is almost of the length of a huge football field along with its grand logo of 40 foot. The event organizers even made an elephant that was twenty five feet tall in height. Here many projectors were set up. The event was held inside the Galen Centre. A little man-made forest was constructed inside the facility as well where hypnotic and even incredible drumbeats originated. The event's guests were treated to displays that featured high tech living rooms mounted on rotating bases, and streaking meteorites falling down to Earth, A puppet show inspired by Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect was also on display . Microsoft will not say much else about the unit, that is assumed to be a sensible marketing move to ensure fans of the Xbox 360 and even other units will be left looking more. What they did tell the public was that the Xbox Kinect is purely a device that will simply plug into an Xbox. This is good announcement for those folks who are already rather happy with the amount of games that they own for the old Xbox, and even do not really wish to acquire a whole new console simply to be able to try out this latest one. Microsoft's announcement came up at a rather good time as Sony even introduced the release of a latest motion monitoring controlling console for the positive Sony Playstation 3. Now these two consoles were in direct competition with each other which was further suffering from the high competition from Nintendo Wii console in the market. The Xbox 360 connect is special amid the 3 systems in that it won't require a controller or any other peripheral apart from the camera to track motion. This means that Xbox 360 Kinect games can, quite possibly, be very different from the motion-controlled games in other consoles. It is estimated by the gaming experts that Xbox Kinect will be introduced in the market with prices ranging from $50 to $200, though there is no fixed price for this console Operatives from video gaming companies have even shared that an rough number of 15 game titles will be offered after the release of the game come this November. If you're thinking that the Kinect is going to be just another novelty gadget that is not worth investing in, you should also know that the world's leading video game makers are also planning to release various hardware products that a player can use with the Xbox Kinect, further enhancing the experience of total gaming immersion . No further particulars were revealed, since it appears like anyone is confirmed to hold it hush-hush. If you're itching to find out more, you're just going to have to wait until November 2010. To know more about up to the moment updates on Microsoft's Kinect, read up on updates at the official Xbox Kinect Console news site.
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