Xbox 720!?

After the announcement from Sony about the release of Playstation4, Microsoft is facing more competition from the giant Sony. Rumours about the new Xbox are that it will be released before Christmas 2013 or the Holidays 2013 and will be in competition with the Playstation4.

Microsoft has kept a “tight-lipped” about the new Xbox but rumours have spread on the internet like wildfire.  There is a whole lot of new technology used in the new Xbox and it has many new gadgets. 

Some of the rumours about the new console from different sources are:

The new Xbox will contain X64 processor running at 1.6GHz through 8 cores. I will also have 8 GB of DDR3 ram. The rumours of ports on the new Xbox are HDMI input and output, Ethernet port, Wi-Fi, Kinect input, USB 3.0 input and Blu-Ray disc drive etc.

The Forbes magazine states that, “the controller could be a remote control when you are watching TV, a browser when you’re on the internet and extra buttons when you’re playing a game or a portable display when you want to take your games with you.

Another gadget with the new Xbox is the illumiroom. The “illumiroom” uses the Kinect and a projector to extend the display of the video game beyond the constraints of a household TV.

The developers of the illumiroom say that it can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view and enable entirely new gaming experience.

There will be Kinect 2.0 with the new Xbox as well. This new Kinect will be an improvement on the old one and its features would be detecting multiple people in the room simultaneously, detecting eye movement, and other features like pausing the game when the viewer turns his head away from the TV.

The price of the new Xbox will be either $300 or $500 but the $300 version will come with a $30 a month Xbox live subscription.

The name of the new Xbox has still not been announced. But rumours suggest it could be Xbox 720, Xbox fusion or Xbox infinity. Most likely name is the Xbox 720 but it hasn’t been announced officially.

REFERENCES:

  http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/05/21/one-final-round-up-of-every-xbox-720-rumor-to-date/ (accessed on 21/03/2013)

http://blackbrose.com/microsofts-xbox-720-to-be-launched-in-april/ (accessed on 21/03/2013)