The Director Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Alright, before I begin, all of this is just rumor so far. If I get updates I will share them if I can. I was talking with one of my friends who is a Microsoft Developer, and he told me that the Kinect is stage one in a plan to make games more realistic than ever before. He said that Microsoft was basically waiting for television technology to catch up so that they can finally release a system that is completely 3D and uses the players body as a controller. We were watching the movie Gamer, and that's how this came up. He said that they would be combining VR technology with some other things that I can't really spell to make a game system that will do almost anything (within reason) and that he doesn't know when it will come out, but 2020 is a good estimate for it. Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt S-501 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Epic. Just epic. If this does happen, I will have a reason to buy Kinect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Oh no, you won't have to buy a Kinect lol it will be a console. A complete, stand-alone, console. He also said that they are working on a more realistic FPS system that involves a helmet with a screen inside that you wear (sound familiar? lol), but he said he doubts that will go anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentLoFi Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sounds very interesting. I personally don't like playing games with the kinect, though it can be fun at times, but usually when I play games I want to relax and sit down not stand up and be active, that's what the outdoors is for. As far as the helmet VR thing, I hope for one it's not like the Virtual Boy lol That and I personally wouldn't like having to wear a helmet which most likely will be fairly heavy and uncomfortable if playing for any length of time. I like that they are working towards a no glasses 3d set up since one of the reasons I don't care for 3d is that I already wear glasses and two pair is very uncomfortable. Thanks for the interesting topic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt S-501 Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Oh no, you won't have to buy a Kinect lol it will be a console. A complete, stand-alone, console. He also said that they are working on a more realistic FPS system that involves a helmet with a screen inside that you wear (sound familiar? lol), but he said he doubts that will go anywhere. Well if that does happen, I'll have to dip into my college savings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 By then the tech for it probably won't be that much lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 More realistic than Kinect? SOUNDS AWESOME. I would totally buy that if it came out. Thanks for the information, Director! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinreaper Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 We can already do this, as long as you are a proficient programmer and have the Kinect SDk that Microsoft released. I can write a 3d world app and use the Kinect to interface with a virtual desktop, it hardly seems new. Are you sure you understood the rumor correctly, or maybe it got twisted a tiny bit? No offense is meant, I am just pointing out that if this is what Microsoft is doing right now with Kinect, then they are waaaaaay behind the homebrew community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 We can already do this, as long as you are a proficient programmer and have the Kinect SDk that Microsoft released. I can write a 3d world app and use the Kinect to interface with a virtual desktop, it hardly seems new. Are you sure you understood the rumor correctly, or maybe it got twisted a tiny bit? No offense is meant, I am just pointing out that if this is what Microsoft is doing right now with Kinect, then they are waaaaaay behind the homebrew community. LOL Nononono, the Kinect is just stage one. Like... I guess testing the waters to see if there is a market for full-body using games. And I probably did get things a little twisted (as is the case with most rumors). I don't think they will be using old fashioned VR though. That's the part where the TVs come in. I have no idea what they will be doing, all I know is that they will be doing something involving such things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinreaper Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Hopefully it will be good, and not a buggy piece of crap. My faith in Microsoft has been dwindling in the past years. Windows 7 was the latest release to even give me a glimmer of hope in them again. Keep us updated on this if you hear more man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 A full body game? That would be interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH4NT0M Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 Oooh interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Oooh interesting! I thought so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREN4 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 No wonder this thread is titled "something interesting", because it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Welldone Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 No wonder this thread is titled "something interesting", because it is! Yeah, it was a bit interesting. But if it comes out in 2020, that's still a long way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH4NT0M Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I just saw the "2020" part of this thread... Oh geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREN4 Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'll be 20 years old, I don't wanna wait that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 It's only 8 years lol Also, talked to my friend some more, and it he said that he thinks they are going to work on a treadmill type system, so you can actually walk and run as your game character! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourAsianGamer Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 speaking of hardware has anyone got the new remote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIREN4 Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 It's only 8 years lol Also, talked to my friend some more, and it he said that he thinks they are going to work on a treadmill type system, so you can actually walk and run as your game character! Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McChicken343 Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Never cared for motion games, never will. It's downright annoying if someone is playing in an apartment above yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Director Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 Never cared for motion games, never will. It's downright annoying if someone is playing in an apartment above yours. ^^^^^ THAT is a good point lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterShotgunz Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Well I suppose this will happen eventually.. Idk. Not so much of a fan of the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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