By Rob Siebert
Editor, Fanboy Wonder

Photo from XBoxic.com.

USA Newsweek reports Microsoft has unveiled a new technology for the XBox 360, which allow players to interact with a game using sounds and physical gestures.

This new system is called Kinect.

Kinect will have a camera, audio sensors, and motion detection technology. It can track 48 points of movement. The device will resemble a web cam.

“You are the controller. You simply step in front of the sensor and Kinect sees you move, hears your voice, and recognizes your face,” said Mike Delman, Microsoft’s corporate Vice President of global marketing for Interactive Entertainment Business.

“People who are intimidated by a controller or a game pad will finally get to unlock some of the experiences that are possible in the living room, gaming and non-gaming alike,” said Marc Whitten, Microsoft’s Vice President for Xbox Live.

PC World reports Kinect will sell for $149.99 by itself. The device will also require 175 megabytes of memory.

Kinect will reportedly be available for gamers in early November.