Drop the Remote: Xbox Plans Motion-Sensing 3-D Camera

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted May 12, 2009 5:29 PM CDT
Drop the Remote: Xbox Plans Motion-Sensing 3-D Camera
Employees work on Halo games.   (AP Photo)

Microsoft is developing a 3-D camera for its Xbox 360 that would allow users to control games through body movements instead of a remote, the Wall Street Journal reports. Unlike the Wii, gamers would not hold any type of hardware to swing a tennis racket or the like. Insiders think the device could be unveiled at an expo in June, but the unit will likely not be released until next year. (More Microsoft stories.)

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