I went into E3 2010 wanting Microsoft to prove me wrong about Kinect. I wanted to see a killer app showing me why Kinect is a must purchase. I came away really only interested in the ESPN features. It is cool to be able to voice activate my Xbox just like they did with the computers in Star Trek, but not $150 worth of cool. No, with all the Black Friday deals and Christmas gift cards, $150 can net me all the games I want. this fall. None of them are on Kinect.

When Microsoft debuted Project Natal, now officially known as Kinect, Milo was one of the biggest surprises in the show. It was really impressive to see how Milo interacted with the real world. The boy could apparently participate in a conversation and reacted to the things that were shown to him.

Microsoft and Peter Molyneux were silent for a while on Milo‘s development, but recently, at the TEDGlobal 2010 conference in England, new details were revealed about Milo‘s future.

Wave, rumored to cost $149 as a standalone unit, is a fitting name for the platform. From what we’ve seen from demos so far, waving seems to be the devices primary function. We can’t help but wonder if Google will take offense to Wave since that’s the name of Google’s attempt at a social networking platform.

Natal will also come bundled with Xbox 360 Arcade units for $299. This bundled price will put the Microsoft’s latest endeavor on par with the PS3, which at this time does not include any extra peripherals. Sony’s entry into exclusive motion controlled gaming, PlayStation Move has already been given a price tag of less than $99.

The press conferences for the Big Three – Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft – put at least partial rest to months of speculation, rumors and artist renderings of supposed motion control devices being released by each company. The good news is that all three were able to perform live demonstrations of the technology. But, the question more »

During Microsoft’s E3 2009-launching press conference, IEB VP Don, Mattrick started the Project Natal presentation quite simply: “People ask me, can we add a motion controller. I tell them of course we can. Can we make you the controller? We can.”

Dropping wires and even the need for an object to hold, Microsoft’s Project Natal utilizes what appears to be a special video camera (with microphone) that works in cooperation with motion sensing and video technology. Movements are then reflected within the Xbox 360 environment including games.