We have seen it in the movies before right? It’s the future, The world is collapsing but one company is running things and everything belongs to that one organisation…. In the real world that company is Microsoft. Anybody following the E3 would have been unable to miss the alien technology Microsoft unleashed for the XBOX 360 known as Project Natal (Nat-all).

Imagine walking into your living room, telling your XBOX to switch itself on and then navigating the menus by simply swiping your hands through thin air. Imagine your XBOX recognising your face when you enter your room and automatically signing you in.. Maybe even greeting you. Imagine playing your favourite game with NO CONTROLLER.

Not possible right? …. Wrong!!

Project Natal takes the world of motion sensing and shits on the wii then wipes its ass on the PS3 whilst boasting Vocal and FACIAL recognition. The technology behind Project Natal puts you directly into the game for an experience never before seen or even honestly imagined. Lift up a hand and your avatar lifts up his hand, Shake your head and your avatar…. You get the picture right?

So what does this mean top the world of gaming? At the end of the day, the XBOX 360 is a gaming console so this technology is wasted if not used as a gaming device. Well, try to imagine yourself playing darts on the wii!! So you line up your shot then press another button and then you can finally make your throw based on speed of your hand flick…. Not the most interactive is it?

Now try to imagine playing darts using Project Natal. Stand up, Walk up to your line (Scripted), pretend to hold a dart and simply throw the invisible dart at the invisible dartboard… BULLSEYE. This kind of technology is not just a possibility, It is very real and very much on its way to our living rooms. Using laser technology, Project Natal scans your entire body and tracks it from that moment forth. It will even recognise if you are a man or a woman on its own.

Here is the clever part though (if that’s not enough) It will even track multiple players using the very same technology. I am so hyped on this right now and could ramble for ever.

Doesn’t sound real does it?

Take a look at the video above and see a live demonstration at E3 of Project Natal. Now do you believe it?…… Thought so!

Discuss.

So I thought I would make a general post about all the unimportant things happening around the world before moving on to information regarding future postings. If you don’t care about Prison Break, Dexter or TV in general then you may aswell hit the jump and scroll towards the end of this post.

When I am not working i like to put my feet up and either spend time with my family, play some Xbox 360 or watch some TV.

I watch quite a few american shows religiously as I am sure many of you do too. Most notably Prison Break and Dexter. If you havent seen either show yet then you really should. Prison Break is on its 4th series right now and is just as fresh as it’s first whilst Dexter is on its 3rd series. What are they?

Prison break

If I tell you that Prison Break is about a group of prisoners breaking out from prison I don’t think i’m going to ruin it for you am I?. The reason I am posting about this now is because it is now coming to a conclusion and it is very exciting. SPOILER: Michael Schofield has just organised a plan to break into a building that has the best security system in the world and succeeded in walking out with a piece of hardware known as Scylla.

Scylla is “The Company’s” black book and contains the information needed by the police to take the company down for good however the guy from the police department “Self” has cheated Schofield and the gang and managed to take Scylla in a bid to sell it on so they are now trying to track him down and retrieve the device…AGAIN.

I may not be the best at explaining a story but i hope you get the gist of it and WATCH IT. An amazing series with few flaws.

Dexter

Dexter is quite simply a genius show and fits right into my favourites. Dexter is a blood spatter expert working for the police tracking down serial killers. The twist is that Dexter is also a serial killer that only kills other murderers.

Dexter covers his tracks pretty well but things still manage to get in the way. Watch it and you will be hooked.

Future Postings

Over the coming weeks I am going to be creating a number of video tutorials on creating a website starting from the basics leading up to more advanced material suc as PHP & MySql.

First part of the tutorial is going to be “3 Column Layout Using CSS” so watch out for that in the next couple of days. Most of the tutorials will involve using Adobe products, mainly Dreamweaver and Photoshop so you should have them at the ready.

Until then, keep eating and have fun.

I have been playing my XBOX 360 on my 50″ Sony Bravia – Rear Projection for around a year now but lately i have noticed a nasty ghosting of the text an images.

This problem has caused me to actually die!! no really…. i have died numerous times on Call of Duty 4 and its all because of Sony, The bastards (My excuse and i am sticking to it ;p)

When playing games like COD4 and Assassins Creed it is unfair that you are unable to witness the true greatness and quality in the graphics so i was forced to smash up the TV and buy a new 14″ Portable……Well, actually, I found out how to solve the problem so my beloved TV was my friend again.

It seems there are settings within a hidden engineers menu in the Sony Bravia series (not sure if its the same in others) so im going to explain how you can do it yourself as this is a problem all the bravias will face at some stage.

Ok so here goes

To access the hidden menu, turn your TV into standby mode and press the following.

[i+] (little button with i+ in a kind of tv icon)

Press Channel 5

Press Volume UP

Press Analogue (its the middle button on the top of the remote)

Once you have pressed these buttons in succession your tv should boot up onto a new screen with large green letters. This shows that its so far so good and we can now proceed to the more complicated settings.

Press the menu button (At the bottom of the remote)

You will then be presented with a new menu down the left hand side of the screen.

Use the direction buttons on the remote and move down to the LCD Drivers option and press right to enter the menu.

You are now presented with a new menu / option screen.

There are three settings that need changing and all relate to the synchronizing of the horizontal RGB (Red,Green,Blue) and simply shifts the colours back into position.

Move down to “S H POS REG R” – The settings should currently be set at 10. Press right to change the value to 11. Do the same for S H POS REG G and then move down to the bottom of the screen keep pressing down until you see S H POS REG B and change the value to 11 then press the menu button to back out of the menu before pressing standby.

Now simply press standby again to start up your TV and your problem should be sorted.

If i helped you and you wish to bow down to my juicy goodness please leave a comment below. You dont have to register and it takes a few seconds. Scroll to the bottom of this page and tell me how fat and juicy i am.

Sit back and enjoy the full power of the 360 and its beautiful games. If you feel like getting shot at on COD4 then add me to your friends list. My gamertag is SN1PER UK.

Although, im still dying…. maybe Sony messed something else up .

Hopefully this will help others having the same problem.

Update: A lot of my readers are also sending me emails and have commented on this post that this is also the case for the PS3.