Kinect

Gaming, Usability

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) โ€“ The Xbox One is a great machine with a ton of potential. It will eventually realize said potential

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Gaming, HCI, Usability

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 hopes came crashing down when the infinite possibilities collapsed down into two actual real-life products. The PS4 wonโ€™t be shipping with a

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Gaming, Psychology, Serious Games, Simulations

Fear of Fun


Some day not all that far in the future, a new kind of entertainment is going to be perfected that will either be the coolest video game ever, or the media equivalent of a lethal man-made super-virus. You can predict what that entertainment might be like just by extrapolating from technology that already exists.

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Gaming, HCI, Usability

Kinect Gestural UI: First Impressions


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Read the manual before using the interface. (Kinect Adventures) (Yes, it’s a *cute* manual, but these are still instructions to memorize.) Summary: Inconsistent gestures, invisible commands, overlooked warnings, awkward dialog confirmations. But fun to play. Kinect is a new video game system that is fully controlled by bodily movements. It’s vaguely similar to the Wii,

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Gaming, HCI, Usability

Motion Controllers & Revived Classic Titles Rule at E3


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2010 appears to be a breakthrough year for gaming technologies.ย  In case you haven’t heard, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and many others in the gaming industry have just announced their latest releases at this year’s E3 Expo in Los Angeles. The E3 press conferences revealed trends toward motion-based game controllers, 3D technologies, controller-less gaming, and an

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