Microsoft is partnering with two of the most visible players in the education industry — Sesame Workshop and National Geographic — to roll out a series of new “edutainment” video games for its Xbox 360 platform. The games — “Kinect Sesame Street TV,” “Kinect Nat Geo TV” and the code-named “Project Columbia” — let children interact with characters on screen, taking advantage of the Kinect motion camera accessory. The young viewers can, for example, sing or count along with Elmo and Cookie Monster on “Sesame Street” with Kinect’s full-body and voice recognition.
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Kinect for Kids: The Forgiven Video Games?
Posted by: Erika Morphy October 20, 2011 09:24 AMMicrosoft is partnering with two of the most visible players in the education industry — Sesame Workshop and National Geographic — to roll out a series of new “edutainment” video games for its Xbox 360 platform. The games — “Kinect Sesame Street TV,” “Kinect Nat Geo TV” and the code-named “Project Columbia” — let children interact with characters on screen, taking advantage of the Kinect motion camera accessory. The young viewers can, for example, sing or count along with Elmo and Cookie Monster on “Sesame Street” with Kinect’s full-body and voice recognition.