
Originally Posted by
The Telegraph"
<snip> During the keynote presentation yesterday, the audience was left open-mouthed by some of Natal’s capabilities. It’s ability to capture and track movement appeared effortless. In one demonstration, a drawing was “passed” through the television screen in to the game itself, and replicated precisely.
Far and away one of the most impressive – and curiously unsettling – demonstrations came from British games maker Peter Molyneux, who showed off Milo, a sort of 21st century Pinocchio,
Milo, you see, is a little boy who, to all intents and purposes, lives inside your computer. You talk to him as you would a normal person, and he interacts with you in return, picking up everything from your movement to the emotion in your tone of voice. He will remember your face and greet you by name as you walk in to the room. <snip>