Microsoft Store Slashes Xbox 360 Price By $50

An amazing deal is waiting for hardcore gamers from Microsoft Store. Microsoft Store reduces the price of Xbox 360 250 GB Console, Xbox 360 250 GB Kinect Holiday Bundle, and Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundle. A full $50 off from the regular price for all the three models has announced. Unfortunately, Microsoft did not provide any information about the end date of this offer.

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Microsoft Works On MirageTable, A New Augmented Reality Device

Augmented reality devices have increasingly been gaining traction in the tech world and a number of companies are trying to create their own fully-functional augmented reality devices. Now, it has been revealed that the tech giant, Microsoft, is also working on one. It is being touted as ‘MirageTable’, essentially a tabletop set up where people at remote locations can come together, feeling that it is happening in real 3D.

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‘Point Cloud Portraits’ Debuts New Form Of 3D Effects In Movies

The use of 3D effects in sci-fi, fantasy and action movies are common today. These effects are created using specialized softwares and advanced techniques. Recently, two Carnegie Mellon fellows has made their mark on 3D effects creation with some innovative hacks. Carnegie Mellon University’s Studio for Creative Inquiry has created some distinctive 3D video effects by hacking the depth camera of the Kinect gaming console and video from a digital SLR together.

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Apple Job Listing Indicates An Addition In Its 3D Research Group

News regarding Apple and the many different developments happening at the company nearly never come from Apple itself. They are usually discerned from the hints scattered here and there from which we are able to deduce half-truths. Now, a job listing posted by Apple indicates that the company is looking to ramp up the work in its 3D research group.

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Microsoft’s Next Xbox May Come With 16-Core CPUs

A lot of rumors have been playing regarding Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox console, codenamed Durango. We previously reported rumors that it will ship with a blu-ray player and will require an internet connection at all times. Now, another very interesting rumor about Xbox 720 that has surfaced is that it will ship with 16-core CPUs.

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Xbox 720 Requires Internet Connection And Will Come With Blu-Ray Player

While we definitely do not expect Microsoft’s next gaming console, Xbox 720, to be unveiled any time this year, this hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from churning reports about it. Now, yet another rumor claims that Xbox 720, which has been codenamed ‘Durango’, will come with a Blu-Ray player and will require an internet connection all the time while you use it.

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Reports Say The Next Xbox Won’t Have Disc Drive

Although the actual release of Xbox 720 is still many months away, expected to arrive next year, the rumor-mill is constantly churning out reports about it. The latest from the front is that Xbox 720 would not be featuring a disc drive, unlike the current game console from Microsoft, Xbox 360. This essentially means that the major source of buying games would be digital downloads.

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Sony PlayStation 4 May Use AMD Technology

Sony has been facing increasingly greater competition from other gaming console makers such as Microsoft. Especially now that Microsoft is trying to make the motion-sensor Kinect a regular part of it’s game console, Sony is under pressure to up the game if it wants to stand it’s ground. Sony already has added enhancements to it’s recent release, PS Vita and now we are hearing that an upcoming Sony game console may be using AMD’s graphics technology.

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