Xbox One: Microsoft details controller recognition, facial expressions

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Microsoft held an Xbox One panel during Comic-Con today, featuring developer discussing some of the console’s new features such as smiling avatars and controllers recognizing their owners.

Major Nelson moderated the panel, which consisted of 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 – according to IGN.

Lobb showed how he used Project Upload to record highlights from Killer Instinct at EVO, and showed how the Xbox One controllers recognize who is holding it through Kinect’s camera. When the controller is passed to another player, games will automatically load individual profiles for the player.

Greenawalt discussed the haptic and rumble motors inside the controller, and how the individual rumbles in the triggers can provide feedback on tire performance in games such as Forza 5. This should give players a better idea of how to pull off better grip and braking techniques.

Dead Rising 3′s Josh Bridge showed a slideshow of game features such as physics driven glass shards and atomically correct organs which are shown when you chop up a zombie.

Robey talked more about Microsoft’s Smartglass features, and how you can be playing Ryse, and invite others to join you in a Dead Rising match, and be notified in game when the others are ready.

Rare’s lead of new technology Nick Burton discussed how Kinect’s fidelity has improved and can now read the folds in your face and discern which finger is what at 3 meters.

Hand positions are read better as well, and he showed some tech which scanned his face; produced a mask of it and mapped it into a game. This will allow users to “import their own face geometry and BMI onto character models” in the games. It can now even track a player’s face and reproduce facial expressions on the in-game models.

Rare is currently working on a target shooting game which makes used of player hand and eye positions, instead of a light gun.

Xbox One is slated for a holiday season release and details on an exact release will be revealed “this summer”.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/20/xbox-one-microsoft-details-controller-recognition-real-time-facial-expressions/

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CokesPosted:

This is awesome! Would be so cool if my guy looked similar to me.

RemeAmazePosted:

General_Raam
platyui
pyroboy926
XeJonny
xDARKxN1NJA
Fuzzeh_X
-Robert- so if my friend is at my house and we are on my profile when i hand him the controller it will go to his? How stupid
My thoughts exactly, what if my friend is helping me with something on my profile, I hope you can disable it at least.


I'm sure it's only if that persons account is on the Xbox...

Yeah, but it's still a bad feature to implement


Most likely in the settings of the console, you can either choose to auto-switch the profiles, ask before the action is done or not do it at all.


Hey would you look at that someone is actually thinking instead off going straight to conclusions and saying it is stupid. thank you


That's not a stupid feature, there is most definitely going to be a way to turn it off, also, most people want to be on there profile unless your helping them, which is only once in a while.


So many morons on here jeesus playstation fanboys **** right off

StarifyPosted:

Seems like a pretty cool feature. Like Mark said, it would be cool if my player looked like me lol.

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

That will be pretty cool if they implement your face into every game you play.

Like be playing on BF4 with a character that has the same facial features as you.

General_RaamPosted:

platyui
pyroboy926
XeJonny
xDARKxN1NJA
Fuzzeh_X
-Robert- so if my friend is at my house and we are on my profile when i hand him the controller it will go to his? How stupid
My thoughts exactly, what if my friend is helping me with something on my profile, I hope you can disable it at least.


I'm sure it's only if that persons account is on the Xbox...

Yeah, but it's still a bad feature to implement


Most likely in the settings of the console, you can either choose to auto-switch the profiles, ask before the action is done or not do it at all.


Hey would you look at that someone is actually thinking instead off going straight to conclusions and saying it is stupid. thank you


That's not a stupid feature, there is most definitely going to be a way to turn it off, also, most people want to be on there profile unless your helping them, which is only once in a while.

-CPPosted:

Why can't it just come out already?

WageringPosted:

Glad to hear of the technological advancements.

TeepPosted:

This is pretty sick, can't wait to get it for Christmas.

platyuiPosted:

pyroboy926
XeJonny
xDARKxN1NJA
Fuzzeh_X
-Robert- so if my friend is at my house and we are on my profile when i hand him the controller it will go to his? How stupid
My thoughts exactly, what if my friend is helping me with something on my profile, I hope you can disable it at least.


I'm sure it's only if that persons account is on the Xbox...

Yeah, but it's still a bad feature to implement


Most likely in the settings of the console, you can either choose to auto-switch the profiles, ask before the action is done or not do it at all.


Hey would you look at that someone is actually thinking instead off going straight to conclusions and saying it is stupid. thank you

pyroboy926Posted:

XeJonny
xDARKxN1NJA
Fuzzeh_X
-Robert- so if my friend is at my house and we are on my profile when i hand him the controller it will go to his? How stupid
My thoughts exactly, what if my friend is helping me with something on my profile, I hope you can disable it at least.


I'm sure it's only if that persons account is on the Xbox...

Yeah, but it's still a bad feature to implement


Most likely in the settings of the console, you can either choose to auto-switch the profiles, ask before the action is done or not do it at all.