Though it's billed strictly as a technology demo -- not something we'll necessarily see in any imminent over-the-air update -- Microsoft showed off a pretty cool demo of how
Windows Phone 7's Xbox Live integration could take advantage of
Kinect down the road at
Steve Ballmer's MWC keynote today. How, you ask? Using the Rally Ball game, a Windows Phone user was shown tossing balls to an on-screen character that's controlled by someone else on an Xbox using a Kinect. Simple, yes -- but perhaps as interesting as the Kinect aspect is the viability of real-time cross-platform gaming that Microsoft seems to be throwing its support behind. Seems like a good way to torture your friends into working out from thousands of miles away, doesn't it?
Update: We have a video of this in action after the break!
Sony to copy this on their playstation 3 and Ericson phones. dun dun!
ReplyDeletetkadrum 25 minutes ago
ReplyDeleteI love my Windows Phone 7, and with the upgrade coming in March. I'll be loving it even more. I will love it even more with Microsoft-Nokia phones with Kinect/xbox live.
Happy V'tine Day everyone!
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Looks like Microsoft is on the right track
ReplyDeleteSorry trolls, wake to reallity, your androids and iphones did not imagine what's coming to the humble, windows phone 7.
ReplyDeleteThese ads are so lame, the kinnect functionality continues to impress me though and yes girls do like to play with balls..
ReplyDeleteLove how idiots say
ReplyDeleteI have an android phone and a Mac, yet I see the great potential in WP7. In reality they are one of 10 people owning a WP7 handset..