The Future Of Kinect: How Microsoft Plans To Put A Video Game Controller In Everything

Microsoft is spending half a billion dollars to make sure that when you hear the word Kinect you think “the future of video games.” But Microsoft believes that the real potential for the voice recognition, motion-based technology is how they plan to use it with cell phones, computers and perhaps in the military and health industries.


November 6, 2010
In Real Life

Jimmy Fallon Pulls A Kinect Oprah

Xbox 360 Kinect’s third appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon features Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda without sunglasses, the Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev playing Dance Central, and ends with everybody in the audience scoring a Kinect bundle.


September 30, 2010
News

Kinect’s Missing Chip Was Never Needed, Says Microsoft

Earlier this year, when the Xbox 360 add-on Kinect was still known as “Project Natal”, reports surfaced that Microsoft was tearing one of the cameras processors out the hardware. Kinect general manager Kudo Tsunoda explains why.


September 21, 2010
News

No One Plays First-Person Shooters On PC Anymore

Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda, talking to Game Informer about the future of Kinect, had this to say about the current state of first-person shooters on the PC.


July 8, 2010
News

Rumble Might Be Rudimentary, But I Still Like It

When the PS3 launched in 2006, the SIXAXIS controller did not have rumble support. It had motion control, but like I just said, no rumble. And I found myself playing more Xbox 360 games.


June 29, 2010
News

Don’t Think Of Kinect As ‘Casual’, Think Of It As Super Mario Bros

Worried that Microsoft’s E3 showcase of its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 was a little too “casual”, a little too Wii Sports rewarmed? Kinect’s creative director sees it otherwise, that Microsoft’s taking a Super Mario Bros approach instead.


September 25, 2009
News

Playing Space Invaders, Katamari Damacy On Natal

Project Natal, unveiled at E3 earlier this year in Los Angeles, got its first outing in Japan at the Tokyo Game Show this week. And project director Kudo Tsunoda didn’t come empty handed.


June 13, 2009
In Real Life

Project Natal Does Not Require Red Jump Suits To Play

When Kudo Tsunoda took to the stage on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon earlier this week he and everyone else playing the game were decked out in matching red jump suits, leading some to speculate it was because of tech issues.


June 11, 2009
In Real Life

Ever Wanted To See What Project Natal Looks Like On Jimmy Fallon?

Well… yes, you get the idea. Here’s Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda demoing, as promised, Project Natal on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.


In Real Life

Jimmy Fallon Wants To Treat Big Games Like Big Movies

Tonight on his NBC late night show, Jimmy Fallon will talk video games with Microsoft. It won’t be the first time that gaming has cropped up on the show, and Fallon promises it won’t be the last either.