{"id":534459,"date":"2010-04-19T14:19:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=15477"},"modified":"2010-04-19T14:19:21","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:19:21","slug":"2d-no-more-%e2%80%93-aura-brings-xbox-360-avatars-to-life-on-windows-phone-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/534459","title":{"rendered":"2D no more \u2013 Aura brings Xbox 360 avatars to life on Windows Phone 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"620\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11035614&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11035614&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11035614\">aura_ Microsoft Live Engagement<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/jasonlin\">Jason Lin<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more minor disappointments of <a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?tag=windows-phone-7-series\" >Windows Phone 7<\/a> is that the avatar in the Xbox hub is static and not animated in any way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/aura\/\">\u201cAura\u201d, a Microsoft-sponsored project<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/\">Carnegie Mellon\u2019s Entertainment Technology Center<\/a> is aiming to fix it, by adding a bit more movement to your twitter and facebook status updates, using the personalized 3D avatars most Xbox Live users create when they sign on to the service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etc.cmu.edu\/projects\/aura\/project.html\" >The aim of the project<\/a> was to create an application that enables rich expressions of user interaction between people while using the Windows Phone 7 Series devices and Xbox consoles.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>As can be seen from the video above the application ad some fun to the pretty staid and colourless Windows Phone 7 user interface<\/p>\n<p>A prototype of the project is <a href=\"http:\/\/liuxiaoxicici.squarespace.com\/professional-work\/2010\/3\/22\/project-microsoft-live-engagement.html\">said to be demoed at E3 in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istartedsomething.com\/20100420\/microsoft-sponsored-aura-project-like-twitter-but-with-xbox-avatars\/\" >istartedsomething.com here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1800pocketpc.com\/2010\/04\/20\/aura-project-twitter-like-concept-with-xbox-avatars-on-wp7-and-xbox-360.html\" >1800pocketpc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6210711459792056\";\n\/* 336x280, created 1\/7\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0551502062\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aura_ Microsoft Live Engagement from Jason Lin on Vimeo. 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