wraggster
February 14th, 2011, 19:01
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Though it's billed strictly as a technology demo -- not something we'll necessarily see in any imminent over-the-air update -- Microsoft showed off a pretty cool demo of how Windows Phone 7's (http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/windowsphone7) Xbox Live (http://www.engadget.com/tag/XboxLive/)integration could take advantage of Kinect (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Kinect/) down the road at Steve Ballmer's MWC keynote (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/live-from-steve-ballmers-mwc-2011-keynote/) today. How, you ask? Using the Rally Ball game, a Windows Phone user was shown tossing balls to an on-screen character that's controlled by someone else on an Xbox using a Kinect. Simple, yes -- but perhaps as interesting as the Kinect aspect is the viability of real-time cross-platform gaming that Microsoft seems to be throwing its support behind. Seems like a good way to torture your friends into working out from thousands of miles away, doesn't it?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/microsoft-rally-ball-demo-shows-windows-phone-7-kinect-xbox-li/
Though it's billed strictly as a technology demo -- not something we'll necessarily see in any imminent over-the-air update -- Microsoft showed off a pretty cool demo of how Windows Phone 7's (http://mobile.engadget.com/tag/windowsphone7) Xbox Live (http://www.engadget.com/tag/XboxLive/)integration could take advantage of Kinect (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Kinect/) down the road at Steve Ballmer's MWC keynote (http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/live-from-steve-ballmers-mwc-2011-keynote/) today. How, you ask? Using the Rally Ball game, a Windows Phone user was shown tossing balls to an on-screen character that's controlled by someone else on an Xbox using a Kinect. Simple, yes -- but perhaps as interesting as the Kinect aspect is the viability of real-time cross-platform gaming that Microsoft seems to be throwing its support behind. Seems like a good way to torture your friends into working out from thousands of miles away, doesn't it?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/14/microsoft-rally-ball-demo-shows-windows-phone-7-kinect-xbox-li/