Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360

Kinect for Xbox 360, or previously called Porject Natal, is the new "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft.

Scheduled to release end of this year. Cool eh? ;)

I think computing experience already shifted towards controller-free devices. SixthSense (2009) for example:

and Future of UI by John Underkoffler


I think the only limitation is the lack of holographic projection technology. As a result we still need a screen for the purpose of display. This will ultimately limits the capability and the functionality of controller-free devices.

Just imagine what will the world be if we can physically interact with digital data? It would be exactly like the environment in Iron Man 2! There will be no limit to how we can pull and manipulate data!

3D Holographic display from "Iron Man 2"

But still these are the first step - gesture and voice recognition for digital data manipulation,  that will lead us to the next generation of computing world. :)