Flap those arms, swing them legs, jump, hop and skip, because the future is all about groovin’! Microsoft, the company that chained you to your desks by putting a computer on each one you own, now wants you to get up and get moving via ‘Kinect’, a small sensor-like device that plugs into your Xbox 360 videogame console. YOU are now the controller! Killing an in-game monster with your sword? Simply make a slashing motion with your arm in the air in front of you.
But the real move forward isn’t about gaming. It’s about your body, your voice, your gestures having true meaning to control all the technology and gadgets around you. Imagine walking into a room where the system recognises you, gesturing to your computer to fire up the browser, dictating an email and sending it with a flick of your wrist, setting up a video conference just by calling out names. Blade Runner, here we come!
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