Project Natal & Instruction Manual Leaked




Looks like the Xbox 360's motion sensing add-on is already in the wild and, more importantly, in the hands of someone willing to grab spy shots of the thing and the Project Natal hardware set up guide.

While we're trained to ignore video game manuals, the Project Natal set up guide—which still refers to it by its code name—tells us a thing or two we didn't know about before, including that the camera accessory will require its own power source and include a "new motorized tilt mechanism."

"Do not manually tilt the sensor array on its base," warns the Natal quick start guide. "Doing so can damage the tilt mechanism." Sounds fretfully delicate.

We've contacted Microsoft to get confirmation that this early look at Natal is the real deal and find out more about the hardware specifications provided within. Multiplayer.it has more shots of the Natal demo unit, should you be curious.

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wow it needs not only a USB lead to link up to the system but also needs it's own power source. talk about going backwards in technology this is the Sega CD/ 32X Nonsense all over again

can't say the additional power bothers me as the rock band USB hub requires additional power to run anything.

It is an interesting looking bit of kit, I suspect like the wii, it will be interesting for all of 5 minutes. Quite like the fact it is helping to extend the lifecycle of the ageing 360.