Xbox One interface is clean, uncluttered, and poweful

[Smooth3d]

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http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-interface-is-clean-uncluttered-262315.phtml

Microsoft's Albert Penella gave us a demonstration of what they've been working on at Tokyo Game Show this week. He is with the product planning team now, and has been with the company for 13 years, starting even before the first Xbox was released. If there's someone that has seen it all, it's Penella.

Working with full production Xbox One hardware, we saw the UI running on what was essentially a final hardware unit. Content was being populated in real time from Microsoft HQ. They ran full test code in front of us, so no canned demos here.
Penella signed into the dash by just waving his hand. Actually, work went on to do so in the background before he even did that, as the Kinect was already seeing and trying to recognize everyone in the room. Waving was more of a confirmation that he was the one that wanted to sign in. From that confirmation, Xbox One pulls down all of Penella's settings, just as he had set up in Redmond, including all of his saved games, apps, and settings.

Speaking of signing in, Xbox One is friendly to multiple users. The previous systems were not. Now, six users can sign in at one time. Kinect is always watching to know who is in the lead in this case. It sees who is holding the controller and recognizes your voice among others. You could be in a room with five other people logged in and call out to launch a game, and it would do so with your settings and saves intact.

The Xbox One can run four apps at the same time in the background. Switching between them is not unlike how it would work on your mobile phone. It's instant. Hitting the X button on the controller takes you back to your home screen, where you'll see four boxes that represent the apps or games running. Pick from any of them to jump right in.

While you can run multiple apps, only one game can be run at one time. Switching games is really easy, though. A voice command will have your current game shut down in 10 seconds, ready to load another.

Game capture is pretty slick. We saw a marble maze game get instant capture of the last 30 seconds of buffered frames from a simple voice command. Xbox One's Upload Studio had a 720p 30fps clip waiting immediately after. Users can quickly edit, save, or share this clip with further commands. Another voice command can have you back in the game just as quickly.

Penella says that these clips will only be able to be shared on Xbox Live at launch. They'll have social sites like YouTube and Facebook set up for sharing by next year.

The Kinect does neat things for living room connectivity. It acts as a IR blaster on steroids, sending out so many IR beams that it completely fills a room. These beams bounce off walls and other surfaces, reflecting back at any exposed device in the room. This means that your electronics on shelves, even behind glass, will be able to be controlled by the Xbox One.

Microsoft has set up control schemes that work like Logitech's Harmony system. Your television, receiver, set top box, and other devices will work from your voice commands. We saw a television's volume change from voice commands in a demonstration.

Wow, I thinking the extra 100 bucks is worth it!

 

[Brofato]

Looks like xbox 360 infused with a bit of windows 8, except less inspired than both.

I'm not mad at it, it just doesn't feel special.

 

[Smooth3d]

Looks like xbox 360 infused with a bit of windows 8, except less inspired than both.

I'm not mad at it, it just doesn't feel special.

I more excited about the switching and being able to run 4 apps at once.

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

M$ undisputed kings of this gaming shyt

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Snitchin Splatter]

All of that is non gaming tho

"Driveclub's Graphics paled in comparison to Grand Turismo 6 and GRID 2, both of which are CURRENT gen titles"

 

[Mr. Somebody]

 

[Smooth3d]

Hey dont derail my thread! This is about the OS of X1 go read about of Ps4 OS oh wait?

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[Rekkapryde]

You can have multiple apps running on the Vita already brehs....

but I'm not gonna derail the thread. This will be standard shyt on both consoles.

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

meanwhile PS4 systems are freezing up and glitching live on stage

 

[Smooth3d]

MS is a software company its their fortay, Sony has always been behind on the software front.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

meanwhile PS4 systems are freezing up and glitching live on stage

There has never been a console that didnt have a glitch. I mean last gen 60 percent of all 360's Broke down and failed yet you're still confident for the next iteration of their console. I get it friend, i get it, you're whooped on Microsoft. Good brand loyalty by you.

 

[Snitchin Splatter]

There has never been a console that didnt have a glitch. I mean last gen 60 percent of all 360's Broke down and failed yet you're still confident for the next iteration of their console. I get it friend, i get it, you're whooped on Microsoft.

I've seen several videos of Xbox 1 performing live and not once seen a glitch as embarrassing as this, friend

perhaps you can help me out and find some footage of a comparable malfunction on a X1?

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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