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Microsoft has special affection or attachment to the work Kin… they named their social networking mobiles Kin and now Project Natal, the no controller gaming console by Microsoft had been christened Kinect.

Kinect has a built-in camera and microphone which uses facial and voice recognition to let you log onto Xbox Live, start games and pause movies etc.. And a new menu lets you choose games or services such as Netflix by simply reaching out and pointing toward the screen selection. (Cool eh?) Video chat lets Xbox 360 homes connect; the smart camera widens when another person enters the room. Think about it, your whole body is the controller and you can communicate to Kinect with your voice.

It is obvious that Kinect is going to copy Wii games – some of the games that are being developed for Kinect are – Kinect Sports (bowling, boxing, track and field, volleyball, table tennis and soccer/football)

Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel — pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost — and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.

Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.

Dance Central, in development by MTV Games, brings a So You Think You Can Dance experience home.

Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favourites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with Lucas Arts and Disney.

Now this is what I called Magical.

[via USAToday & Mashable]