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Are facial expressions mapped to in-game avatars the future?

Microsoft's Chief Research & Strategy Officer today demonstrated an office cubicle of the future, utilising Microsoft's new Natural User Interface (NUI).

Exclusive Sky's 3D guru, Brian Lenz, has told TechRadar just how important James Cameron's forthcoming blockbuster movie Avatar is in bringing 3D to the home audience.

Kansas Uni prof expects online shops to offer avatars

Microsoft has launched a rather cool new feature for Xbox Live that lets you to export your avatar and share it with friends and family via email or Facebook and other social networking sites.

Now your avatar can dress better than you for £1.30

Microsoft's much-touted New Xbox Experience launches tomorrow, featuring Mii-like cutesy avatars, with the company offering free memory cards and discounted hard drives to tempt more consumers in.

In the run up to the launch of the much-hyped new Xbox Live Experience on 19 November, Microsoft boss Don Mattrick claims to be the first person to have designed controllable 3D human avatars.

Microsoft is building hype on the New Xbox Experience with news that it will have an online avatar store and be able to stream High Definition movies

As reported earlier, from Microsoft’s E3 press conference in LA, the Redmond-based company is clearly keen to position the Xbox 360 as a casual, family-friendly entertainment centre.