There’s no need for conjecture; Microsoft’s upcoming motion control peripheral, once known as Project Natal, is now to be officially known as “Kinect”.
https://kotaku.com/new-xbox-360-coming-project-natal-renamed-to-kinect-an-5562387
“For lots of people, that controller is a barrier,” Microsoft creative director Kudo Tsunoda told USA Today. “We set out to make a new control paradigm where anybody can get in and play, without having to read the instructions or learn a complicated set of controls.”
In addition to the rebranding, a number of Kinect titles were also revealed in the USA Today report, including a Star Wars game from Lucasarts, a Disney game, a dance title from MTV (interesting), a pet-training title, a Wii Sports clone called “Kinect Sports” (which we believe Rare is developing), an adventure sports game and, as expected, the return of Joyride as a motion-controlled game
https://kotaku.com/rock-band-creators-working-on-a-dancing-game-453107859
So, goodbye, Project Natal. You were a strange name, but we grew to love you in a way we could never do with something as stupid as “Kinect”.
UPDATE – Here’s a shot from the floor of the Kinect-focused performance by Cirque du Soleil
https://kotaku.com/what-are-we-forced-to-wear-to-see-the-xbox-kinect-5562492
Microsoft Kinect gets into motion [USA Today]
