Skyrim as a Saturday morning cartoon show? I would most definitely watch that!
[Via Neatorama]
Xbox Menus Get Voice & Motion Control
Microsoft is launching a new Xbox 360 dashboard tomorrow, and if you’ve got Kinect, you’re in for some high-tech gadgetry use.
The new-look dashboard, reportedly based on the Metro interface that will feature in Windows 8, is designed to extend use of the motion control device beyond simply playing games. Kinect owners will now be able to use the microphone and cameras on the device to use both voice and gesture controls to navigate around the Xbox’s menu. Users can also control the navigation using a Windows Phone handset as if it were a remote.
The update also integrates the technology in the Bing search engine. That means users should be able to carry out a single search that covers all XBox Live services, including games, videos and music.
Depending on your location, there will be new TV channels added for access through your Xbox, with ESPN and MSNBC Today in the US, as well as access to Netflix and Hulu Plus.
Gamers aren’t left out completely, though. Users will now be able to make game saves online, meaning you can continue a game on a friend’s console without having to carry a USB stick with you. There’ll also be closer integration with Facebook, including an option to automatically post an alert when you are looking for friends to play a particular game online. The same alert can be set to appear on friends’ screens whenever they switch on their console.
The new features all sound impressive, though how much difference they’ll really make is open to question. If the voice recognition or motion control is less than perfect, particularly with accents, it may be that a lot of people decide using the controller to navigate isn’t that much of a chore after all.
8 Internet Tips From Your Grandmother [Pics]
A series of awesome photographs listing 8 great Internet tips featuring Chacho Puebla’s great-aunt. (Once you click on the first picture, navigate to the next one by hitting the “next” link)
[Source: Chacho Puebla | Via BIOTV]
Send in Pictures of YOUR Geeky Tattoos!
If you have a geeky tattoo of your own and wish to have it featured on [Geeks are Sexy], be sure to send us a picture of it (click!) and once we’ve receive enough submissions, we’ll post the best ones in a picture gallery.
Previously on [GAS]: Readers’ Ink: Sexy Geeks with Awesome Tattoos [Gallery] | Geeks are Indeed Sexy: The Geeky Tattoos Edition [Pics]
[Picture Via Geeky Tattoos]
Kickstopper.com: How to Seek & Destroy Terrible Ideas [Comic]
Hmmmm, kickstopper.com? That sounds like something that could end up being massively profitable. Unfortunately, it looks like the domain is already taken. :(
[Source: Dork Tower | Via Geekdad]
Cello Wars: The Phantom Cellist [Video]
OMG! I don’t think playing cello has ever looked this cool.
Long ago in a galaxy far, far away…
We bring you CELLO WARS! A result of 6 months of production…our most ambitious undertaking by far! Why Star Wars Cello? Because of our unending admiration of George Lucas, John Williams, and the most EPIC movies and film score ever created.
These guys are seriously amazing. I invite you all to check out their youtube channel for more awesome stuff.
15 Best Shows on Netflix Instant
I have a problem with Netflix. On a TV with a good connection, it’s awesome. The picture is crisp and all that. But on about half the computers I’ve tried to watch it on, it skips and gets all muddy-looking. Maybe not a problem with Netflix per se. Anyway, the great thing about it, besides the price, is all of the great shows you can watch. Without Netflix I wouldn’t have discovered “Breaking Bad,” and my life would be a little emptier for it. Warming Glow has a great list of the 15 Best TV Shows on Netflix Instant. I need to get at about half of these.
via Warming Glow
Flying Robots Are Construction Workers, Agents of Destruction
Suuuure. They’re for “building things.” Certainly not for hunting down the last few rogue survivors of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. All joking aside, I’d be a bit nervous to enter a structure built by these things. I mean, I realize that a lot of the stuff we use is made by robots anyway, but…I don’t know. It just weirds me out a little. On that note, this video is cooooooool!
[Via Reddit]