The gaming industry is a-buzz with dissecting every exciting detail for their favourite consoles from this week's E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo).  A lot of sites ask "Who Won?" which is a silly question, since every site touts it's own favourite company as winning.
CNet has an interesting review of the expo: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10254684-1.html?tag=mncol;title.  While most sites gush over the amazing "Project Natal" from Microsoft, CNet has the best quote:

Quoted Text

Project Natal, the Xbox 360's motion-sensing camera add-on, certainly has potential, but the promo video for it Microsoft showed off was purely a work of science fiction.

I am seriously surprised by the number of articles loving this souped up PS2 Eye Toy.  This is their Sony killer?

Apparently Johnny Lee (of DIY Wii-mote fame) is on the design team for Project Natal.  That guy is brilliant, so perhaps I was too harsh on the "commercial" Microsoft showed for their new technology.  Yes, what they demonstrated was mostly vapourware, but it may end up with more functionality than I was originally anticipating.
If you haven't seen what Johnny Lee can do, here's some YouTube vids of his inventions.  (I WISH that head tracking VR environment would get implemented by some game company!  Could this be done with Natal?)
Head Tracking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw&feature=channel_page
Multi-Touch Whiteboard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ&feature=channel_page
Poor Mans Steady Cam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vQ9ggfKD8I&feature=channel_page
Finger Tracking (Minority Report):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU&feature=channel_page