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Week of January 2, 2011
Dash Launch v2.08
Maximus 360 Lizard Update: Delay to 1st week of Feb.
>> From 360lizard.com:
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Just to confirm we are forced to move the release date to first week of February, the main reasons of this delay are the case manufacturing and also another feature we are implementing to be available at launch. More information on this feature will be published in a few days. This small lizard is getting more tech.
We want to say thank you to every pre-order owner, we can ensure you will be happy with the final unit features, thanks for the patience. We will post pictures of the accessory set that we will include on every preordered unit in a couple of days. Also pictures of the assembled boards will be available by next week.
Lastly we have set up a twitter account: @maximus_lizard so from now on we will be posting small daily (hopefully) updates of the Lizard project via twitter. Remember for Major Official News we still be using this website page.
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Official Site: http://www.360lizard.com
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(Thursday 06 January 2011 23:17 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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Microsoft CES 2011 Keynote
>> The MS Keynote at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show is now over. Here is the Xbox360 related news in short - official Press Release below.
* Netflix will be Kinect-enabled later this year
* HuluPlus will be Kinect-enabled later this Spring
* Microsoft announces Avatar Kinect
* New Xbox Live milestone: 30 million members. A new member joins Xbox LIVE every 2 seconds.
* Xbox 360 has been the #1 selling console in the U.S. for the last 6 months
* Over 50M Xbox360 consoles sold worldwide.
* In the 1st 60 days, MS sold 8 million Kinect sensors worldwide (beating the expected 5M!)
From the press release (edited to mention just Xbox stuff):
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, giving his annual keynote speech to kick off the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), thanked Microsoft’s 1 billion customers for making 2010 a special year.
"(It) was a very, very exciting year for our customers,” Ballmer said. “We launched Windows Phone 7, Office 2010, and Kinect, and we introduced Internet Explorer 9 and Office 365. We saw great growth in our Bing and Azure services, and with the amazing success of Windows 7, it’s truly been a year like none other."
New Kinect-enabled entertainment experiences and historic sales figures led the Xbox team’s announcements at CES.
The last two months of 2010 belonged to Kinect. In its first 60 days on the market, 8 million Kinect sensors were sold, the company announced at CES. That figure significantly outpaced the 5 million units the company had expected to sell in 2010.
Overall, last year was the biggest year ever for the Xbox brand, said David Dennis, group public relations manager for Xbox. “Over the holiday season, console sales for the Xbox 360 hit 50 million, making it the No. 1-selling console in North America for the past six months,” he said. “The Xbox LIVE community continued to grow in leaps and bounds last year, adding a new member every two seconds. Xbox LIVE has more than 30 million active members.”
At CES, Microsoft also announced new Kinect-enabled experiences that aim to transform entertainment in the living room. A new experience called Avatar Kinect will bring a player’s avatar to life in a whole new way, using facial recognition technology to let a person not only control their avatar’s movements but also their expressions; when they smile, frown, nod and speak, the avatar will do the same.
Microsoft will continue to take Kinect’s controller-free experience beyond gaming and into entertainment throughout the year. This spring, Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers will be able to use Kinect to control their Netflix experience. Viewers will be able to pause, rewind and fast-forward their streaming movies with only their voice or gestures.
The company also announced that this spring, Hulu Plus will come to Xbox LIVE as a Kinect-enabled experience. As with Netflix, subscribers will be able to use controller-free motion and voice capabilities to instantly watch full screen popular TV shows anytime in HD.
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(Wednesday 05 January 2011 21:24 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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An inside look at how Kinect works
>> From xbox.com:
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"You are the controller." If you've been following the buzz surrounding Kinect, you've probably heard this phrase tossed around. From plugging leaks with your hands and feet in Kinect Adventures! to changing songs with the flick of a wrist in Zune, Kinect opens up a new way to naturally experience your entertainment.
But once you get over the magic of opening the disc tray with the wave of a hand like you're a Jedi, you might start to wonder how it all works under the hood. In this blog post, I'll focus on the secret sauce behind the human tracking system and how it allows game developers to produce Kinect-enabled experiences. Then Arjun Dayal, a program manager on the team, will show you how Kinect enables a gesture-based approach to navigating the Xbox Dashboard and Kinect Hub. But before we get into any of that, let’s start with the conceptual principles that guided Kinect’s development.
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(Wednesday 05 January 2011 02:06 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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FreeStyle Dash v2.0 RC1.5
>> Team FSD released a new W.I.P. build of FreeStyle Dash v2.0, the alternative dashboard for homebrew/JTAG 360s.
Today they released RC1.5 (Rev 2032), available as independent download or if you already have FSD2 you can use the build-in updater.
What's new/fixed:
(Fixed) Issue where unavailable button presses would still produce action in saved game scene
(Added) Kinect Blue Preview Images
(Added) Kinect Gray Icons to KinectBlue Icon List / Requires Data/Skins folder deletion
(Fixed) Astroboy placeholder in copyDVD now says Preparing Operation
(Added) All the options to the SQL Database and made them work.
(Added) Settings for download restrictions, http security bypass, and http username/password
(Added) Set Screenshot Path import
(Fixed) a few warnings
(Fixed) up fsd data paths, and setup screenshots
(Removed) ScnAvatarRenderer from project
(Updated) ScnTeamFSD to new Avatar Renderer format
(Fixed) Issue where recently played stopped working after 10 games
(Updated) iRenderObserver to not require all functions
(Updated) SignInMonitor to be more proper and handle direct profile switching
(Fixed) Gamer Pic not always displaying properly
(Fixed) Screenshots and Debuglog not saving properly to PC from HTTPServer
(Added) New AvatarRenderer class
(Fixed) Mixed Marketplace Urls for Screenshots - all screenshots should work again
(Fixed) Container and Xbox Classic Icon Not Returning When Refreshing Assets
(Fixed) Signin Flag on ScnMain
(Added)File type check to http for supported file types
(Updated)Embeded Scns (ManagePaths/Updater) buttons remain hidden unless they have focus
(Fixed)Back button crash on ManagePaths
(Fixed) USBMU scan paths
(Fixed) USBMU Title Update Paths
(Fixed) CopyDVD Bug
(Added) Test for USBMU serial
(Added) kinect flags in xex
(Fixed) Game List Title Token to display based on configs
(Added) Connection to Settings for HTTPBypassSecurity
(Added) More Scene Title Customization for HTTP Server (to match game list)
(Added) Ability to customize gamelist captions within skin.xml
(Updated)Replace SS now knows the proper index to replace
(Added)Check to make sure img is loaded before trying to add/replace
(Added) Ability to add screenshots up to set maximum in HTTP Webserver
(Added) Ability to replace screenshots in HTTP Webserver
(Added) Media id is injected into containers that are made with iso2god
(Added) Made settings work (without saving)
(Added)Forms for Screenshot management on http
(Added)Fullsize link to Screenshot preview image
(Added) Asset Download Options (scene interface only- SQL back-end incomplete)
(Added) Ability to download Preview Videos from MarketPlace, currently no way to view them.
(Added) Screenshot / Trainer Manager icons
(Added) Ability skeleton to replace and add screenshots for available content
(Fixed) Bad bug causing xbox to hard freeze
(Added) Limit of 20 Screenshots
(Added) Method to bypass security- setting needs to be done for it
(Added) Screenshot Viewing To HTTP Webserver
(Fixed) Importing existing TUs into system.
(Added) New Title Update engine to handle new Title Updates
(Updated) Moved Manage Paths inside Settings
(Updated)Setting Scn transitions to remove flicker
(Added) Kai Metrics Icon (Equinox)
(Added) Completely Revamped Settings (Wondro)
(Fixed) httpserver crash on debug listing content table
(Changed) ftp server no longer prevents default.xzp overwrite (quickfix)
(Increased) Speed of initial gui loading.
(Added) 3 Configurable Game Background Transition Effects
(Added) Transparent To Game Background Fade In
(Added) Black To Game Background Fade In
(Added) Game Background slide in transition
(Fixed) FTP issue (rarto360 should work again)
(Fixed) Drumkit Screenshot Spamming
Official Site: http://www.teamfsd.com (#FreeStyleDash on EFnet)
Download: n/a (built with XDK)
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(Tuesday 04 January 2011 16:15 EST) - (Category: Xbox360) - (Posted by::
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GliGli Working on libXenon Support for Jasper 360s
>> Gligli is working to add support for JTAG/Homebrew Jasper 360s to libXenon, a library for writing programs for the Xbox 360 with XeLL, without using any existing code as a basis.
GliGli reports on logic-sunrise.com he managed to run a demo written with libXenon on a JTAGged 360 with Jasper motherboard.
There's still lots of work to be done, but once finished all JTAGable 360s will be compatible with the legal and open-source library. He hopes it will motivate more developers with write homebrew 360 programs using this legal alternative to the MS XeDK.
Official Site: http://free60.git.sourceforge.net | http://free60.org
News-Source: logic-sunrise.com
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