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Microsoft Patents Projector Tech For Xbox 720

Posted on Tuesday, September 11 @ 11:20:53 Eastern by Alex_Osborn

At this point, I'd say it's safe to assume that Microsoft plans to launch its next console alongside the some sort of Kinect 2.0. Up until now, all we've really had to go on were a handful of rumors and speculation based on old patents, but now a new patent filed by Microsoft appears to fill in some of the missing pieces.

A few months ago, when we first got wind that the company was planning on implementing some sort of Kinect-enabled 3D glasses (dubbed Fortaleza), we knew Microsoft had something a bit more ambitious up their sleeve, but thanks to the discovery of a new "environmental display" patent (courtesy of Patently Apple), the company's newfound direction is becoming a bit more clear.

According to the patent (via CVG), this new projector-based tech is said to display an entire 3D world all across your gaming space, and will supposedly be visible while wearing the Kinect glasses. This "immersive display environment is provided to a human user by projecting a peripheral image onto environmental surfaces around the user. The peripheral images serve as an extension to a primary image displayed on a primary display."

Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. Count me in!


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  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 11:51 am
    $899 US Dollars!
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 11:54 am
    I don't know about you, but that's exactly what my gaming space looks like. Perfect size, exactly rectangular, no door, no windows, small and easy to move furniture...

    ........
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
    Same here! I even have the walls in my gaming space constantly, painstakingly repainted to remain consistent with what's on my TV screen.
  • Bras
    Bras

    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
    Whew I thought I was the only one with those capsule rooms, they even added the hole in the chair where food and other inputs come and well, that's the output hole as well.
  • drathbone
    drathbone

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
    Sounds pretty cool. Unfortunately I fear wildmario is likely right with the pice tag being unreasonable to the avg consumer (or even the avg gamer)
  • moretokes
    moretokes

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
    If that had a few really amazing launch games I'd consider it but that still sounds like excercise not gaming:s
  • J03
    J03

    Joined: Aug 2011
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
    It should be used to project people that look at you with shame for playing kinect.
  • sg4real
    sg4real

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 3:04 pm
    just a stupid idea.
    console gaming = controller.
  • Lien
    Lien

    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
    So... they gonna sell some houses? Some units? they will build a city where only microsoft consumers will live for the rest of their lives?
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Sep 11th, 2012 at 3:19 pm
    I looked at the picture before reading the article and saw the person who is holding what appears to be a gun. I thought it was someone outside the house until I saw rest of the picture. I had a feeling Microsoft was going to do something with 3D, but this looks stupid. If they're trying a virtual reality approach, I highly advise them to improve the Kinect first before this. There are a couple of good games for Kinect that I liked, but it's just sitting there now.
  • theoutcast32
    theoutcast32

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 12:35 am
    just to inform you: the kinect that was released to the public was a dumb down version of what they revealed at E3.
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 2:47 am
    You mean it wasn't already dumb?
  • BRostigraben
    BRostigraben

    Joined: Jul 2012
    Posted: Sep 12th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
    Just when I thought that there was no way to make yourself look like more of a buffoon than Kinect, this comes along.

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