First Xbox 2 Demos

[ForceX]

Microsoft shows first demos of Xbox 2 - This week Microsoft sent shockwaves across the games industry, showing the first ever real-time demos of the next-gen software tools which will power Xbox 2 (Xbox Next). The demos, which formed the epicentre of Microsoft's XNA announcement, were presented by J Allard, Lara Fry of the Xbox ATG and Chris Donohue from the Windows division.

 

The 3 demos were running on a high spec Windows PC, and highlighted what gamers can expect from the next generation of console hardware - ie Xbox 2

 

The first demos was created by High Voltage Software and, entitled 'Rex' showed a creature moving through an empty landscape, mutating at intervals into entirely different entities. The creature is controlled in real-time via Controller S (part of Microsoft's new initiative to standardise controllers across Xbox and Windows platforms) switching from furry yeti, to six-legged insect, to four-legged abomination, to an equally random, undeniably cute, armadillo.

 

 

 

The second demo, called 'Film Noir', offers a viewpoint of the technology. A young, seductively attired female sits at a table in a cafe, tantalisingly tracing her finger across the table as a cigarette burns idly in a nearby ashtray.

 

 

 

The third demos called 'Crash'', created by David Woo of Pseudo Interactive, you are presented with the one of the shiniest car you'll ever see, a Saleen, sat in a virtual garage. The camera twists and turns, headlights flash, and actual, proper real-time reflections will amaze you.

 

 

 

You can find more information about XNA at www.microsoft.com/xna/

 

source:- http://www.xboxmagonline.com/xbox/news/

 

I just saw them and OMFG it looks awesome!!!!

 

here are the direct links to the videos:-

 

Xbox2 Demo 1

 

Xbox2 Demo 2

 

Xbox2 Demo 3

[Wizard]

The car one = amazing. W00t price cuts with xbox, I might be getting one sooner or later.

[Inky]

they look good, but like i said the first time we had a thread about this, I don't put any weight in tech demos. dig up the old ps2 tech demos from before there was hardware. they look better then 75 percent of current ps2 games. and better then all 1st and 2nd wave ps2 games.

[Smilee]

All i could say is Wow, those videos look amazing.

[Fatal Rose]

They Look great. But I honestly think the sony, microsoft, and nintendo are coming out with there next consoles to fast.