Although I havn't own any consoles (
), I want to share an experience.
Day before yesterday, I tried the Kinect of XBox, in a showroom in a mall. And boy, it was awesome.
There was another man playing before me. When I asked to try it, he just stepped out and I took his place, in front of the kinect sensors. It took no time, on part of Kinect to recognize me, and responsiveness of kinect was incredible. I played bowling in front of the kinect. The hand movement was consistent with every movement I was doing.
With the power of my imagination, I envisaged a bowling ball in my hands, and with a feel of being in a real bowling alley, I threw the ball to the pins. The avatar followed me exactly, and to a surprise I was able to fall every pins in 2nd try! On one try, I threw the ball so hard, that it went ahead, creating a dent on the wooden path to the pins! (I was glad, it was all virtual). I was trying so hard, that one of the person even said me, to take it a little easy
As a bonus, I even did a little dance in the end, and the avatar on the screen followed all the exact moves.
I was dazzled with the technology which brought controller-less gaming to our world, and at the same time, was overwhelmed with the possibility of the same.
Dont know about PS Move, but Kinect sure was one hell of an experience.
Lastly, just before I thought a staff was about to inquire, I left my avatar, and stepped out of the showroom.