Microsoft and the next-generation of Avatars

As reported by GamesIndustry. biz, photorealistic avatars on the Xbox 360 might come sooner than expected. In a video exclusive published by USA Today, the chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie of Microsoft showed a demo of a new technology that allows you to get avatars like the real counterpart.

Avatars for Xbox 360 have been updated by Microsoft to launch Kinect with new digital alter egos whose proportions are more suited to the characteristics of the device Kinect, but the new technology, Mundie suggested, could represent a new step towards the immersion in Games. According to Mundie, the technology has been developed since the original design of the Avatar, but might in future be implemented in the Avatar Kinect videoconferencing, virtual environment where you can chat with friends using Kinect.

• Microsoft demos the upcoming Kinect enabled 'Avatar' project [Video] (21/02/2011)
• Microsoft shows off prototype avatar that will haunt your dreams (25/02/2011)
• Microsoft Announced Avatar Kinect at CES (18/01/2011)
• Avatar Kinect Video: See Avatar Chat In Action (22/02/2011)
• Microsoft to announce 'Avatar Kinect' at CES? (05/01/2011)

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