In terms of sophistication, this is about the same as Pong, from the early days of videogames, but Natal's experience of interactivity more than makes up for this "early days" feel.

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Kinect has been touted as a way to get more physical activity into the traditionally sedentary sphere of video games since the days of Project Natal, and now it appears like Microsoft is developing some powerful new software to start quantifying just how much players are moving around.

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If the Natal-based province had won through to this Saturday's final, De Villiers would have had just seven days to incorporate the Sharks players into his set-up.

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