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Although the
Xbox 720 never made an appearance at the E3 event, a recently leaked document
reportedly provides more evidence about the upcoming successor to the Xbox 360
of Microsoft.
A 56-page
document reportedly gives the details of the upcoming Xbox 720 game console
along with the successor to the Kinect and add-on glasses that was called
Project Fortaleza. According to The Verge, the document was dated on August
2010 and makes references that are consistent with the Metro dashboard and
SmartGlass.
The document
makes references to the Xbox 720, which may just be a working title for the
upcoming game console although it may be possible for the device to use it as
its final name. The reported Xbox 720 will reportedly come with a Blu-ray
feature that will offer the playing of 1080pHD videos. The upcoming device will
also offer 3D movie-playing capabilities.
The leaked
document also gives indications that the upcoming Xbox 720 will feature a
massive increase in power compared to the present version of the game console.
It ‘always on’ state will also give indications that the upcoming Xbox 720 will
feature fast start-up speeds.
The full
features of the upcoming Xbox 720 were not revealed in the document although it
make likely come with eight x86 or ARM cores and may be clocked at 2GHz each as
well as feature a 4GB memory.
Using the
Windows 8 OS, the upcoming Xbox 720 will likely offer users with the capability
of recording television shows and it will facilitate the developments of
applications that will be compatible with a number of devices including mobile
devices and PCs. The price tag of the reported successor to the Xbox 360 is
around $299 and may be on the market for around a decade with sales projected
to reach 100 million units.
In addition
to references to the upcoming Xbox 720, the leaked document also offers a look
at the upcoming Kinect 2. The upcoming device will reportedly be more accurate,
have an enhanced voice recognition feature, offers stereo imaging, player
tracking support, dedicated hardware processor and an enhanced camera.
Dedicated controllers will reportedly be offered as well.
Project
Fortaleza is a pair of glasses that will function over 4G or Wi-Fi and will
include augmented reality into the gaming experience. However the glasses will
not be unveiled before 2014 although they can also be used far from the
upcoming Xbox 720 game console.
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