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2011 E3 Coverage: New Wii, Kinect Games and PS Vita
New Nintendo Wii, Star Wars Game Using Microsoft’s Kinect, and PlayStation Vita Portable Coverage update from the world’s leading video game conference: the E3 Expo in Los Angeles Situated Research is...
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Image: The avatar for Dr. Brian Ross welcomes participants to an online training session using Xbox chat technology (Stephen Brashear photos/PSBJ) The sight of a surgeon playing “Grand Theft Auto” in...
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Ground-Breaking Xbox 720 Tech Could Turn Rooms Into 3D Environments
Microsoft patent filing reveals new depth sensor and 360-degree interactive display Microsoft’s R&D division is working on a landmark display technology that will project a full 3D game environment...
View ArticleIn ‘Kinect Sesame Street TV’ On Xbox, The TV Talks Back To Kids
NEW YORK (AP) — Elmo, Big Bird and the rest of the “Sesame Street” crew have always talked to kids. Now, they’ll try to have a two-way conversation with their pint-sized audience using Kinect, the...
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Windows 8 — Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users
Summary: Hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environments, and reduced power from a single-window UI and low information density. Too bad. With the recent launch of...
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Xbox One: The Wobbly Third Leg of Microsoft’s Non-Desktop Trifecta
With the complete hardware, services, and pricing unveiled for the Xbox One at E3, we now have the totality of Microsoft’s “next-generation” consumer-oriented lineup: Windows 8 on the desktop, laptop,...
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Xbox One and PS4 Are Filled with Missed Opportunities
Before we knew anything about the PS4 and Xbox One, our imaginations ran wild. When they were just ideas, the next-gen consoles held unlimited possibilities for every gamer. Of course, all of those...
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A Football Fan’s Take on the Xbox One
If you love the PS4 and can’t stand Xbox stuff, enjoy your romance. While I will make some references to both machines, it is not meant to be derogatory but informative. BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) –...
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Welcome to the Age of Holographs
Up close with the HoloLens, Microsoft’s most intriguing product in years We just finished a heavily scripted, carefully managed, and completely amazing demonstration of Microsoft’s HoloLens technology....
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The Future of Consumer Tech Is About Making You Forget It’s There
Microsoft, Samsung, GoPro, and others take their best guesses at the next five years of consumer electronics. When Apple introduced the iPad 2 in 2011, it laid out a noble goal for the future of...
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