On the weekend in a forum a 56-page PowerPoint presentation was published in which it should be, ostensibly to Microsoft's plans for the future of Xbox. The document stipulates that the Xbox 720 coming in 2013 to the market. Update: Microsoft requires deletion of the document.
1With Blu-ray player, and always-on2augmented reality glasses3Update of 22 June: Microsoft threatened with legal action.
The update of 22 June you will find at the end of the article.
The PowerPoint presentation itself dates from 2010, but was only made this weekend online. Meanwhile, the document has been removed at the behest of a law firm, but it can at GameInformer.com still be downloaded as PDF-file. According to the presentation is the Xbox 720 along with Kinect V2 for Christmas season 2013 on the market.
With Blu-ray player, and always-on
The Xbox 720 will cost $ 299. The equipment according to the document include a Blu-ray drive. The next Microsoft console to support games that look like four to six times as much as games on the Xbox 360 . It also aims to provide an always-on functionality.
The document describes features as Microsoft at E3 with Xbox SmartGlass presented.So in the presentation is talk that users can, for example, will see additional information about a movie on your smartphone or tablet. An example application, which was so named on the gaming show.
Augmented Reality Glasses
In addition to the Xbox 720 and the new version of Kinect that would allow, for example, the simultaneous motion control games by four persons in the document is also to so-called Fortaleza Glasses. This is apparently to eyeglasses with augmented reality functionality that will in 2014 reach the market. This should come first in the living room in combination with the TV used. Later they will be well off of them equipped with mobile technologies, such as 4G support.
Update of 22 June: Microsoft threatened with legal action
As The Verge reports, Microsoft has started to send letters to hosting and web pages on which the document is appreciated. In these calls the group to delete the file with a reference to a violation of the copyrights of Microsoft. The document seems to be genuine.Letters received , according to The Verge Ihned.cz, a Czech engineering side, and Dropbox .
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