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The Xbox One controller will recognise you

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It's pronounced Xbox waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand

I won’t deny this one criticism of the Xbox One: It’s going to be expensive. That’s because the console is packed with a stack of technology, whether you want it or not. But one piece of tech that I do want in the console, is that superb controller. And it looks like it’ll have more than just some face buttons built into it.

A panel over at the San Diego Comic Con that was moderated by Major Nelson, with Microsoft creative director Ken Lobb, Turn 10’s Dan Greenwalt, Dead Rising 3’s Josh Bridge, Microsoft Studio’s Justin Robey, and Rare’s Nick Burton, showed off some of the new console features according to IGN.

Lobb showed some more of the Project Upload feature, where the Xbox One controllers recognized who was holding each device through the Kinect’s camera. When players pass the controller over to give someone else a turn at a game (Like that EVER happens), the Xbox One games automatically load up saved individual profiles for that player.

Greenawalt then spoke about how the controller had rumble motors inside which could function individually, providing better feedback. Rare’s Nick Burton then explained that the Kinect will read hand positions better as well, allowing players to “import their own face geometry and BMI onto character models” in the games.

The technology has gotten to a point now where facial expressions can even be tracked and traced onto gameplay models. It’s a pretty neat feature, but once again, it’ll be up to developers to make proper use of it.

Although all this tech will actually do is feed information to the NSA about your filthy gaming habits, because gamers happen to be such massive security risks. Xbox One Kinect, I’m taking my pants off now. I suggest you switch yourself off.

Last Updated: July 22, 2013

54 Comments

  1. I was going to knit-pick that it’s the Kinect that does the recognition, which is a feature they have mentioned before. Oh look at that, I ended up doing it anyway.

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  2. Admiral Chief Groot Wors

    July 22, 2013 at 11:11

    I KNOW WHERE YOUR HANDS HAVE BEEN DAVE

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    • RinceWind

      July 22, 2013 at 11:14

      Hahaha. Man, this gets freakier every time I hear something more about the Xbox One…

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      • Admiral Chief Groot Wors

        July 22, 2013 at 11:16

        “YOU MISSED A SPOT DAVE”
        “I DETECT FOREIGN SUBSTANCE ON YOU, PLEASE CHECK DOCTOR FOR INFECTION”

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        • TiMsTeR1033

          July 22, 2013 at 11:16

          thats disturbing!

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          • Admiral Chief Groot Wors

            July 22, 2013 at 11:17

            You started it with your “another part of his body as tennis racket”

          • TiMsTeR1033

            July 22, 2013 at 11:21

            Well that would be bad! little kiddie “mommy I wanna play kinect sports superheros!” mother replies “okay dear let me turn it on for you.” Kinect sports has chat to player mode enabled before play… you can just imagine

  3. Concerned

    July 22, 2013 at 11:13

    XBOX WON!

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    • Ultimo_Cleric N7

      July 22, 2013 at 11:27

      While I still have an issue with the Kinect, this is a pretty awesome feature. True Story.

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  4. TiMsTeR1033

    July 22, 2013 at 11:13

    I still have some bad fears of what kinect 2 will incourage people to do during gaming, eg. Drunk guy using another part of his body as a Tennis Racket in new kinect Sports! the horror!

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  5. RinceWind

    July 22, 2013 at 11:14

    Well, at least Forza will no longer need a day one internet connection! Yippy!

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    • FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

      July 22, 2013 at 12:02

      For the next 5mins yes 😉

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      • RinceWind

        July 22, 2013 at 12:04

        What do you mean?!?!?!?!?

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        • FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

          July 22, 2013 at 12:07

          Just have that internet connection from OVG on standby.

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  6. Brenz

    July 22, 2013 at 11:15

    Its just another way to spy on you if you put a cloth over the kinect, microsoft are a bunch of bloody perverts.
    It probably wont work anyway, face geometry, bmi index, chances of it doing anything useful or remotely cool is highly unlikely.
    So many extra features, is somebody trying to compensate for the fact its not as good a gaming machine as the ps4 will be, yes indeed i think.

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  7. Tarisma

    July 22, 2013 at 11:21

    Wait so if it uploads bmi’s the majority if Xbox mmo players character are going to be overweight?

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  8. Mabenito

    July 22, 2013 at 11:22

    Are you playing it, or is it playing you? One day, you’ll have to do a 60-min dance work-out just to unlocked the console and prove you are fit to play.

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      July 22, 2013 at 11:24

      Bugger that! but I like the idea of a unique password to unlock it.
      do a Kamhehama to unlock! 🙂

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      • Unavengedavo

        July 22, 2013 at 11:52

        Mine would be the maneuver on page 69 of the Kamasutra…

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  9. Unavengedavo

    July 22, 2013 at 11:54

    So how much processing and memory would all these new features take? Would that use up all the resources for gaming?

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  10. FoxOneZA - X-Therminator

    July 22, 2013 at 12:07

    The panel also went in to detail to how the recording of games and chievo’s will work. M$ needs to do more of these Q&A’s.

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  11. Troll Slayer

    July 22, 2013 at 12:08

    All of this…it’s no use to Brazzers.

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  12. ZonK

    July 22, 2013 at 12:34

    What do you call 2 gingers that fight ?

    Wortel Combat!!

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  13. Ricardo Harvey

    July 22, 2013 at 12:44

    But what if you DONT want it to keep changing profiles, which as you know is often tied to what you have unlocked and your levels etc. Hope there’s a way to disable the feature.

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