By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
LOS ANGELES
Microsoft unveiled its much-rumored hands-free motion-sensing technology Monday with the help of filmmaker
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"The vast majority of people are just too intimidated to pick up a game controller," says Spielberg, who makes games of his own, including the hit Wii title Boom Blox. "Despite the size of the industry, still 60% of households don't own a console." The only way to entice non-gamers is to "make the technology invisible," he says. The device, which connects to the Xbox 360 game system, tracks players' voices and body movements and recognizes their faces. It includes a camera, a multi-array microphone and software. A video showed the potential in martial arts, racing, skateboarding and trivia games. Microsoft executive Game developer "What designers and what this industry does with Natal will change the landscape of the games we play," Molyneux says. No release date or price was announced, but Mattrick said development kits were being sent to partnering studios. In other Xbox news, Said Xbox Live will get an exclusive song,
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