Microsoft Prepping Internet Explorer for Xbox 360, With Kinect Support
Hold on to your butts.
Someone alert the internet fashion police! Microsoft is finally relenting in including a web browser in the Xbox 360, according to a report. The bad news is, it's Internet Explorer 9. The worse news is, it'll have integrated Kinect gestures and voice control, too.
The Verge cites 'sources' that claim that the company is testing a modified version of its proprietary browser on the console. Currently the Xbox 360 can search for content within Xbox Marketplace and Zune Store using a stripped-down Bing search mechanic, but the inclusion of IE would allow users to access the full web.
Kinect compatibility would mean that hand movements and voice commands can be used to surf through websites. Apparently, Kinect control is only optional at this stage.
Microsoft has resisted calls to include a version of Internet Explorer - or in fact, any browser - in the Xbox 360 for many years. And again, it has still made no official announcement about this new application. If it turns out to be true, we'll hear more about it at E3, no doubt.
Source: The Verge
The Verge cites 'sources' that claim that the company is testing a modified version of its proprietary browser on the console. Currently the Xbox 360 can search for content within Xbox Marketplace and Zune Store using a stripped-down Bing search mechanic, but the inclusion of IE would allow users to access the full web.
Kinect compatibility would mean that hand movements and voice commands can be used to surf through websites. Apparently, Kinect control is only optional at this stage.
Microsoft has resisted calls to include a version of Internet Explorer - or in fact, any browser - in the Xbox 360 for many years. And again, it has still made no official announcement about this new application. If it turns out to be true, we'll hear more about it at E3, no doubt.
Source: The Verge
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config 12 May 2012 14:40
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IE9's not such bad news. While its no Chrome or Firefox, and we can't expect their gamut of CSS3/HTML5 sweetness, as console-based browsers go it'll be far from terrible. It'll certainly not be the heap of steaming non-compliant s**te that Sony continues to shovel on PS3. This is, to me, the final nail in PS3's " home entertainment hub" coffin