{"id":371654,"date":"2010-02-27T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T00:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5481957"},"modified":"2010-02-27T19:23:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T00:23:53","slug":"breakdancing-is-no-match-for-project-natals-sensors-natal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/371654","title":{"rendered":"Breakdancing Is No Match For Project Natal&#8217;s Sensors [Natal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- videoId: 9748050 --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vimeo.com\\\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9748050&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":375,\"ratio\":0.75,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"vimeo\"} );\n<\/script><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/9748050.jpg\"><\/a><!-- \/videoId: 9748050 --> It&#8217;s possible that you&#8217;ve been reading reports of Microsoft&#8217;s body-capturing Project Natal with some skepticism, wondering, &#8220;how well can this cockamamie setup possibly work?&#8221; Well, going by this video of it perfectly tracking a guy breakdancing, pretty damn well.<\/p>\n<p>As best we can guess, Natal will be making its way to Xboxes <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5478533\/remainders-+-the-things-we-didnt-post-solutions-edition\/gallery\/\">sometime this fall<\/a>. That means we&#8217;ve still got a good deal of waiting ahead of us, so every once in a while it&#8217;s nice to have a reminder of why we&#8217;re so excited. February&#8217;s reminder: this video of Natal perfectly tracking a dude dancing during the requisite playground ball demo game.<\/p>\n<p>The video isn&#8217;t as much of a slam dunk on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5478024\/project-natals-lag-timed-at-110-of-a-second\">lag factor<\/a>. At some points it looks like there&#8217;s a definite delay between the dancer&#8217;s movements and those of his avatar on screen, and at other times the lag seems imperceptible. It&#8217;s hard to say for sure. But as for the motion capture itself, even in low light situations, it appears to be undeniably smooth. [<a href=\"http:\/\/projectnatalgames.org\/project-natal-breakdancing-video\/\">Project Natal Games<\/a> &#8211; <i>Thanks, Jordan!<\/i>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a0c8904929c122a57e8a34ae2eee752a&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=a0c8904929c122a57e8a34ae2eee752a&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=_UdOHu6vPqQ:pdd-8KHcNs0:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=_UdOHu6vPqQ:pdd-8KHcNs0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=_UdOHu6vPqQ:pdd-8KHcNs0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=_UdOHu6vPqQ:pdd-8KHcNs0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=_UdOHu6vPqQ:pdd-8KHcNs0:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=_UdOHu6vPqQ:pdd-8KHcNs0:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/_UdOHu6vPqQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s possible that you&#8217;ve been reading reports of Microsoft&#8217;s body-capturing Project Natal with some skepticism, wondering, &#8220;how well can this cockamamie setup possibly work?&#8221; Well, going by this video of it perfectly tracking a guy breakdancing, pretty damn well. As best we can guess, Natal will be making its way to Xboxes sometime this fall. 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