http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/725066/xbox-720-details-leaked-in-supposed-microsoft-document/

Sure more of the same right? Well Microsoft wanted the leaks taken down

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/725199/xbox-720-microsoft-requests-removal-of-leaked-documents/

Seems legit?

I don't consider G4 a legitimate news source. They're like a tabloid or TMZ.

you know, the reason PC gaming is experiencing a revolution is because the next gen consoles are unexisting, (well, there is nintendo but nobody seems to take them seriously) i personally hope the current generation stays for another 10 years

Mind me asking why?

We also removed Dawnguard information leaks from the Skyrim forums, whether they were true or not. Just because they want the information to be removed doesn't mean it's true.


In what way is PC gaming experiencing a revolution? If that's the case, I doubt that the fact that we've been stuck with the same consoles for 6+ years is what actually caused that. If anything, advancements are being held back due to old console hardware since most games are not PC exclusive so they need to run on those consoles as well.

well, it's only something i have read so don't take my word for it, but i read somewhere that PC's are selling like never before and it might be because of the lack of next gen consoles, the reason i strongly believe this is because both me and a couple of friends invested in high end computers this year for that exact reason

Interesting. What was leaked?

i don't think you'll get any answers to that one asking a mod

Werebears..

I knew that

Ground-breaking Xbox 720 tech could turn rooms into 3D environments

this is patent information

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/367553/ground-breaking-xbox-720-tech-could-turn-rooms-into-3d-environments/

Microsoft patent filing reveals new depth sensor and 360-degree interactive display


Microsoft's R&D division is working on a landmark display technology that will project a full 3D game environment across the walls of player's bedrooms and living areas, a new patent filing shows.
A breakthrough device, known in the patent as an "environmental display", will project 360-degree game worlds across all four walls of a room using advanced projection technology.
Crucially, the device will also boast a 3D depth camera, which it appears can calculate the player's position by emitting infrared light patterns and registering where the player is blocking the signal. This is a similar technique used for Kinect.
But the patent suggests further immersion with the use of Kinect's 3D camera, which can separately calculate the posture and various movements of the player.




now i know why pete hine really does not want next gen to come out

holo deck anyone?

The new patent, unearthed by http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2012/09/microsoft-envisions-where-gaming-is-going-and-its-wild.html, quotes the Microsoft document as working on "an immersive display environment is provided to a human user by projecting a peripheral image onto environmental surfaces around the user. The peripheral images serve as an extension to a primary image displayed on a primary display."
Microsoft said that "the user may enjoy an immersive 3-D experience using suitable headgear, such as active shutter glasses configured to operate in synchronization with suitable alternate-frame image sequencing at primary display and environmental display."
It is stated in the patent that the tech will tie into the rumoured Kinect Glasses technology that leaked in June [CVG's full anolysis of that tech can be found http://www.computerandvideogames.com/355035/xbox-720-files-microsofts-master-plan-for-the-next-xbox/?page=5#top_banner].



Microsoft's shutter 3D glasses are suspected to work with Kinect, with the camera registering where the player is looking by sending signals to the glasses - much in the same way a Wii knows how its remote is positioned using signals sent to the sensor bar.
The possibilities for the combined technologies are unlike anything seen before in interactive entertainment. Players could feasibly fill their rooms with full 360-degree displays, interact with a game world not just on their TV but across the walls around them, and observe 3D holograms within the room through the Kinect Glasses.
The combined devices will, in theory, will provide the most sophisticated tracking data on where the player is standing and looking

i am a beta tester for the new dash board coming out on the 360

but would love beta testing this!

i always said the kinect was the start of the holodeck!

http://www.oxm.co.uk/45697/xbox-720-may-project-game-graphics-into-real-world-microsoft-files-patent-for-the-holodeck/
http://www.oxm.co.uk/45697/xbox-720-may-project-game-graphics-into-real-world-microsoft-files-patent-for-the-holodeck/
Xbox 720 may project game graphics into real world: Microsoft files patent for the Holodeck



Microsoft has filed a patent for an "immersive display system" which would project game graphics right into your living room, possibly in 3D, and allow you to interact with them using an enhanced version of Kinect. It's the Holodeck, in short.
The http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220120223885%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20120223885&RS=DN/20120223885http://www.oxm.co.uk/45697/xbox-720-may-project-game-graphics-into-real-world-microsoft-files-patent-for-the-holodeck/





The http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220120223885%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20120223885&RS=DN/20120223885, filed 2nd March 2011 and published 6th September, notes that "interactive media experiences, such as video games, are commonly delivered by a high quality, high resolution display.

Fairly sure that is just a placeholder. Similar to Bethesda registering the name Oblivion before Morrowind was released.

It stops people from guessing what the companies next move will be and then patenting their idea or registering their name/trademark before them and then selling them the rights. Some guy did that with Burger King in Australia years ago which is why it's called Hungry Jacks here iirc.

Starts realizing crazy people are everywhere with shredded hands trying to touch holograms...

Super-Duper-Mega Kinect...... eh, no thanks. Still not interested in playing games by jumping around like a loon waving my hands in the air.


(And even just the "project extra stuff on the room around you"..... could easily make you need certain room sizes/arrangements for it to work well, since you'd need good surfaces, in the right locations, to receive the images.)

It is amazing how much effort they are putting into doing the same things a mouse and keyboard (and occasionally a gamepad) have done just fine for years.

i would love star trek the next gen's
holodeck

same with the phone, tv etc
all of that was thought to be a waste at the start
similar to what valve is attempting to do

So... they're going to turn a 3D environment into... a 3D environment.


Seems legit...

As long as it isn't actually called Xbox 720, I don't care. That's seriously the dumbest idea for a console name I've ever seen, unofficial or not. 360 isn't a model number, it's referring to the new sphere shape of the logo, so what in the blue hell would the 720 be? Two spheres? A sphere that spins twice?

Call me a luddite, but i'm prefectly happy with my flat-screen display and mouse and keyboard.

I'll buy it if I can play Daggerfall on it.

Behold... The Xbox Googolplex!

Numbers are no longer an issue.

XBawls Huypercubd...

The one you suggest sounds like google would smackdown.