[nib95]

Hughtendo posted this on IGN. Quite a humorous find. haven't seen it posted here so brace yourselves...


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http://bitmob.com/index.php/mobfeed/...pressions.html

Above impressions show that N'Gai Croal was not able to use Natal.

"When game consultant and former Newsweek writer N'Gai Croal gave Paradise a test drive, however, the game had trouble reading his steering actions. The footwork (gas and brakes) worked fine, but Croal couldn't steer his car at all."

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p75x879k24k36185/

Above shows a journal which reports that near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is less effective on black skin as "melanin clearly interferes with the quality of the reflected NIRS signal".

As I understand, Natal uses near-infrared.

Please tell me someone on the Natal team has thought of this, or this could be the most epic failure in the history of video games.

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Original link.

http://boards.ign.com/xbox_360_gener...1186938/p1/?37

[madmook]

ROFL

[Tenks]

Just when I thought as a society we were getting past race the wave of the future, the robots, suddenly become racists. Damn you skynet, will you never learn?

[LiK]

here we go...

[shuri]

But N'Gai Croal struggles with just about any game anyway.

[RoboPlato]

This is just like an episode of Better Off Ted.

[∀ Narayan]

I'm dark-skinned. This sucks. (Was I even going to buy NATAL?)

In before "Microsoft is racist!".

v (Wow. Mere seconds.)

[-viper-]

[PantherLotus]

What the hell.

[RubxQub]

There is zero percent chance that MS isn't aware of this and are working on mitigating solutions...

...right?

[Jtyettis]

lol

[Nakazato]

Well thanks MS now you cant have my money ; ;
Edit: at least we know this now before us darker skinned people went out and bought it

[SHOTEH FOCK OP]

And you thought the "hard disc drive required" logo on game boxes was bad.

[RevoDS]

Neo-racism

[~Devil Trigger~]

[pr0cs]

And you thought having a "hard disc drive required" logo on game boxes was bad.

[Busty]

N'Gai playing Resident Evil 5 with Natal = RROD

[sillymonkey321]

Better off Ted joke?

[Windu]

[gkryhewy]

Now THIS is hilarious

[Freedom = $1.05]

Yet Michael Jackson had no issues with Natal whatsoever. He was overly fond of Milo, though. Enthusiastic, even.

[soul creator]

*notifies Al Sharpton*

[Bearillusion]

Milo is brown where I come from.

[dallow_bg]

MS brand whitening cream sold separately.

[revolverjgw]

Came in expecting an Onion article. Truth is stranger than fiction.

[TheKingsCrown]

I wonder what other limitations it has.

[Tk0n]

but but
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-443dE5-gk

and the sdf said theres a guy controlling everything with a standardcontroller outside of the picture anyway :-O

[Septimus]

And you thought the "hard disc drive required" logo on game boxes was bad.

Oh man, if they didn't know that's even more funny.

[Second]

Does it have issues with black clothing too, or just black skin?

[soco]

it's a shame it's already out of beta and will be releasing in a few weeks!

[psy18]

Now you know how to camo in MGS Rising

[Zeliard]

This is both hilarious and sad at the same time.

[eznark]

This is just like an episode of Better Off Ted.

.

[Ephemeris]

Wow.

[Xater]

Did no one at Microsoft test this with someone who is black? Wow this is hilarious.

[Ysiadmihi]

That's hysterical

[Nakazato]

*notifies Al Sharpton*

(neutral) soul creator
oh god
(Today, 11:24 AM)

[soco]

Does it have issues with black clothing too, or just black skin?

the eurogamer Milo test recognized that the reporter was wearing black and milo even commented on it.

[Garryk]

Too make up for it they made the Natal hardware black. No hard feelings.

[Tntnnbltn]

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p75x879k24k36185/ Above shows a journal which reports that near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is less effective on black skin as "melanin clearly interferes with the quality of the reflected NIRS signal". As I understand, Natal uses near-infrared.

I wasn't aware that Natal relies on detecting light absorbance due to haemoglobin chromophores.

[Jive Turkey]

And you thought the "hard disc drive required" logo on game boxes was bad.

Holy shit!

[lawblob]

Even more racist than RE5.... SMH Microsoft.

[bigdaddygamebot]

The title for this post is just...awesome.

[Meier]

And you thought the "hard disc drive required" logo on game boxes was bad.

Well played.

[Agent Icebeezy]

As a black guy, I find this shit hilarious.

[firen]

[ZROCOOL]

[Alx]

I really doubt the reflecting properties of different skin types are big enough to disturb a depth measurement system... I don't know about "Near-infrared spectroscopy" which sounds like a more subtle measurement, but only detecting bouncing IR should be feasible on all kind of people.
Actually I think that hairy hands would be more a problem than dark skin, since it could scatter the light. :P

[KillJade]

If anyone actually believes this...

[Brobzoid]

And you thought the "hard disc drive required" logo on game boxes was bad.

daaaaaaaamn.

This is great, such an hilarious oversight if it is true.