E3 2009: Microsoft Xbox 360 motion control cam

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Microsoft looks set to finally unveil its new three-dimensional motion-control sensing camera at E3 early next month, according to a report in the The Wall Street Journal. The report comes from unnamed sources - "people familiar with the matter" – with the Journals Nick Wingfield reports that Microsoft is "developing a new videocamera for the Xbox 360 console that will allow players to control games with the movement of their bodies...an effort to attract the casual players who have fueled Nintendo Co.s recent success. "Unlike the Wii, the Microsoft camera wont require users to hold any hardware to control on-screen action, the people familiar with the matter said. Microsoft bought 3DV Systems earlier this year, an Israeli company that produces a camera that senses motion along the X, Y, and Z axes. The Journal report follows rumours from Engadget earlier this month of a motion-sensing camera that allows "full body and hand gesture control of games [and] characters" and the ability to "kick, punch, duck, dive, [and] jump" and will recognise "hand gestures like pinching, grabbing, and scrolling" and allow live video conferencing and more."

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