observations and reports

The body tracking is truly impressive — according to Kudo, it’s picking up 48 joint points on the human body. As soon as we stepped into line in front of the box, the avatar immediately took on our stance and movements. And we mean really took them on — little gestures with our arms, the posture we had, front and back movements — it tracked with complete accuracy. We did notice a bit of stutter during some finer movements, but overall the effect was impressive (and more than a little eerie). (via Project Natal video hands-on, impressions, and further details)