Free Kinect game - Mars Rover Landing
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Free Kinect game - Mars Rover Landing for xbox 360
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Mars-Rover-Landing/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258480836?noSplash=1
To drum up even more excitement over what is already a ridiculously exciting mission, NASA decided to team up with Microsoft to turn the Curiosity landing into a video game.
"We went to some pains to reflect some authentic details [of the landing] in the game experience," JPL's Jeff Norris told USA Today, "and we are hoping that people a little bit of a taste of what we all are going to be going through late on the night of Aug. 5."
The game was designed to be played using Kinect, the Xbox motion controller. That means that in order to land the rover on Mars, you'll have to use body movements to control the craft's entry into Mars' atmosphere, its descent, and finally its touchdown on the surface of the planet with a rocket-powered sky crane.
"We've tried to simulate that heart-pounding, sweat-dripping seven minutes [the time it will take Curiosity to reach the surface after breaking Mars atmo — aka "the seven minutes of terror"] using Kinect and using users' control of their bodies to get the landing right," says Microsoft's Dave McCarthy.
Official MoneySavingExpert.com Note:
NASA, which created the game, has said it will be available, for free, indefinitely
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http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Mars-Rover-Landing/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258480836?noSplash=1
To drum up even more excitement over what is already a ridiculously exciting mission, NASA decided to team up with Microsoft to turn the Curiosity landing into a video game.
"We went to some pains to reflect some authentic details [of the landing] in the game experience," JPL's Jeff Norris told USA Today, "and we are hoping that people a little bit of a taste of what we all are going to be going through late on the night of Aug. 5."
The game was designed to be played using Kinect, the Xbox motion controller. That means that in order to land the rover on Mars, you'll have to use body movements to control the craft's entry into Mars' atmosphere, its descent, and finally its touchdown on the surface of the planet with a rocket-powered sky crane.
"We've tried to simulate that heart-pounding, sweat-dripping seven minutes [the time it will take Curiosity to reach the surface after breaking Mars atmo — aka "the seven minutes of terror"] using Kinect and using users' control of their bodies to get the landing right," says Microsoft's Dave McCarthy.
Official MoneySavingExpert.com Note:
NASA, which created the game, has said it will be available, for free, indefinitely
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Thank you for sharing this. My 10 year old will love it!0
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No worries. there are 13 other free kinect games about. I may make a list0
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May I ask.... Do this require a wireless adapter to get them?2013 wins...angry birds knex.0
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crabbycrabcrab wrote: »No worries. there are 13 other free kinect games about. I may make a list
A list would be great or how to find the free games, so I can tell my son thanks:)0 -
Thanx for the share, my little one will love this.0
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Hi all,
Thank very much for your initial post, I've found a link with instructions for how to download free Xbox kinect games & will copy & paste - oops, sorry, forum won't let me put the link in here as it says I'm a new user & might be spamming! I'll try it without the initial http thing & see if that's allowed
/dealspl.us/freebies/p_8-free-kinect-games-for-xbox-3600 -
I can post links. I'll sort it for you
http://dealspl.us/freebies/p_8-free-kinect-games-for-xbox-3600 -
Thanks for share wonderful link i hope it will help for me0
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