Project Natal heeft last van lag

RDJ134 22 februari 2010 om 19:29 uur

De dames en heren (of diegene die het presenteert is een travestiet) van MTV waren te gast bij een pers presentatie van Project Natal en deze kwamen tot de ontdekking dat er enige vorm van lag is. Dezelfde lag die ook bij de E3 demonstratie van vorige jaar in Los Angeles aanwezig was.



Interestingly, it would appear that the demo being shown in New York is identical to the one shown at E3, right down to the delay. I wasn't allowed to film the screen, but this exclusive CNET video from last August does feature person-and-screen footage and it gives a great sense of what you can expect, delay-wise. The appropriate footage kicks in at 2:05:

So is this a problem? Not really. It's true that games like "Wii Sports Resort" have all but done away with the delay, but that was three years after the release of the Wii, and they had to introduce a new hardware peripheral to make it happen. In theory Natal's delay could be mitigated by firmware updates and better programming over time. Also, I'd be shocked if Microsoft showed the same ball demo at E3 2010, and for all I know they're sitting on the killer app that features instant motion capture right out of the gate.

Even if they aren't, though, Natal is undoubtedly a game-changer. There's something innately freeing about not having to hold a controller, and I can definitely foresee a Wii-esque revival of non-gamers getting back into the action. After all, a tenth of a second isn't that long, right?

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