devinsblog » Events http://devinsblog.com a tech journal Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:36:24 +0000 en hourly 1 Microsoft at CES… I knew something was missing… http://devinsblog.com/2010/01/06/microsoft-at-ces-i-knew-something-was-missing/ http://devinsblog.com/2010/01/06/microsoft-at-ces-i-knew-something-was-missing/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:47:34 +0000 devin http://devinsblog.com/?p=1652 If you’re like me, you’re excited about CES but don’t have the bank to buy a ticket.  Instead, you’re watching the Engadget Live blog feed and getting the updates every 15 seconds – in picture and text form.

While watching this, I also noticed this hilarious post by kyleve on Twitter:

“I knew something was missing. But I fixed it!http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1587154/wtf/ballmer.mov”

Good one!  Haha.

EDIT: Argh – the link is broken suddenly.  To many people clicking on the link I guess…

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Got your attention?

The sensor device that is used has an RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone and can detect full body 3D motion capture, facial recognition, and voice recognition.   I’m surprised how well the sensors interpret the physical movement – it seems pretty accurate!

I would love to see the sensor device reach beyond gaming and make it’s way into productivity applications.  It would sure beat capturing gestures with a webcam like we’ve seen others doing.

For more complete coverage of the demonstrations of Natal at E3, check out my buddy’s new blog, Atom6. He’s got some more videos posted there as well.

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The Super Bowl is now embracing Twitter, as CNET points out.  However, CNET writes that Twitter is still a new technology and the Super Bowl Twitter feed only had a mere 1900 followers as of Thursday morning.

Yet there were just 1,940 followers for the Super Bowl Twitter feed as of Thursday afternoon, a tiny number when compared to the millions of fans who will watch the game on TV, and a sign that this technology is, even now, something that has risen to the attention of only the smallest number of people.

They’ve got a point, of course.  Twitter is relatively small – and people don’t READ the Super Bowl, they watch it.  Nonetheless, if you’re interested in “sticking it to the man” and showing that Twitter isn’t insignificant, then PROVE THEM WRONG!  Sign up to the Super Bowl twitter feed.

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