Xbox One: Game Developers Talk About the New Era of Gaming

Everyone knows that the next generation of video game consoles is going to boast better graphics, that are much faster to load, etc… The hardware in the systems is going to be much more powerful, so it gives us gamers something very big to look forward to. However, in all honesty, what do you really have to be excited about? After all, you’re going to be playing games that look better and load faster, but they’re just going to play like graphically enhanced versions of the same old stuff that we’re already used to.
PAX Prime was a huge event in Seattle for gamers and developers were asked a slew of questions about the new generation of video games. These developers were asked about the Xbox One and how they plan to use the new technological advances to their advantage as far as creating and producing games is concerned. Specifically, they were asked about how they would make these games different on the Xbox One versus a 360 version.

[theWB27]

Project Spark- Kinect Interation
"Our Kinect capture option is a key feature there. You can put yourself in the game. That was a request from since we started on this. People would say, ‘How can I make this mine? I’m using your animations. I’m using your characters. I want to put more of myself in it.’ We were super excited when we first saw the specs for the new Kinect, because we realized that now you can actually do motion capture of full-body animation, but also of faces, opened and closed hands, articulation of the face–all of these things are now available for you to tell your story with, which is really what Spark is about. It’s about allowing people to tell their story, their way, with as little compromise as possible."

Kinect will change things for the better...

[Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II]

Cannot wait for RYSE and xbox one.

[ape007]

LOL

anyways, ryse looks epic as hell, the nailed the presentation, the feel and the atmosphere, the main character is so AWESOME imo

"BRAVE MAN TASTE DEATH ONCE"

F****** EPIC

let's hope the gameplay get done right

[True_Samurai]

Down to one bubble huh pope? Lol

[malokevi]

Great article...

"So let’s say you’re driving around in a car, you smash it, you leave, go to the other end of the area, then come back–it’s all still there. So it becomes more your world that you can manipulate."

Love that. Brings whole new meaning to "returning to the scene of the crime".

[JokesOnYou]

Good read. I really like to hear how X1 devs are not only pushing the hardware to bring us bigger and better graphics but also pushing the whole X1 package to make this gen FEEL like a fresh next generation gaming experience.

Forza 5 use of cloud for the AI system that constantly learns/use of hardware to bring us a gorgeous racer at 1080p 60fps.

KI use of Kinect in tournaments to change individual controller setup on the fly.

DR3 use of Kinect where real world noise will attract zombies in game, point out targets/use of hardware more zombies on screen, no load time, no streaming.

Ryse SoR use of Kinect for voice command to give orders on the battlefield/use of hardware to create superb graphics and engrossing cinematic gameplay.

Project Spark not only is this the most sophisticated game creation title/toolset on a console but it uses Kinect to allow you to put full body motion capture in game characters/use the cloud to migrate and share your content created on a variety of platforms.

Kinect Sports Rival will use Kinect for full body casual games that also introduces Kinects new face mapping tech thats built into the system level for all future games.

Qauntum Break is set to raise the bar over Alan Wake with new game/TV episode story telling.

Microsoft attempts to push the cloud in new ways on a console and there aggressive approach to bring a major asset like Azure into the gaming space for specific computing tasks and dedicated servers as we've seen with Titanfall is a huge bonus for online gaming.

I can only imagine the possibilities that this new tech will hold for Halo 5, no doubt some amazing advancements for Master Chief and many, many future games to come.

Kinect itself make my console respond to me, personalized by me and the UI navigation is slick, snapping back and forth between games my media, tv or pulling up Skype or internet in game quickly.

The platform itself is versatile enough that ANY X1 can be used as a devkit.

This folks is NOT status qou, this is traditional gaming and so MUCH MORE, this is forward thinking, this is real progress, this is WHY I'm excited about Xbox One.