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Hanamaru Kunikida
09-23-2010, 03:19 PM
Fable developer Lionhead Studios' ambitious Milo project for Xbox 360's Kinect (http://kotaku.com/tag/kinect) add-on may have finally been put to bed. Sources claiming to have knowledge of the tech demo's development tell Kotaku that Project Milo (http://kotaku.com/tag/projectmilo) has been effectively shut down. That same source indicates that the technology that powered Project Milo—which has also been referred to as Milo & Kate—will live on in another form, a Kinect-enabled game based on the Fable franchise. Lionhead had plans to incorporate Kinect controls (http://kotaku.com/5387026/molyneux-fable-iii-will-use-project-natal) into the upcoming Fable III, but scrapped those plans (http://kotaku.com/5604877/report-fable-iii-will-not-work-with-kinect-at-launch) for the game's launch.
The rumored cancellation of Project Milo, first shown at E3 2009 by Lionhead's Peter Molyneux, has impacted the studio's headcount to the tune of more than a dozen contractors, sources say. Those supposed lay-offs may be related to development on Fable III winding down, however.
Earlier this year, rumors of the project's demise swirled when Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg claimed the Project Milo "technology demo" was "not a product we plan to bring to market (http://kotaku.com/5575034/microsoft-project-milo-not-a-game-were-planning-to-bring-to-the-market)." Greenberg later clarified that the Kinect title was simply not due for release "this holiday (http://kotaku.com/5575672/no-project-milo-is-coming-to-the-xbox-just-not-this-year)."
Peter Molyneux demonstrated the software (http://kotaku.com/5615876/what-if-the-xbox-kinect-virtual-child-simulator-is-great) at the TED conference in Oxford, England this summer, showing off an ever more ambitious build of the life simulator.
Microsoft, when reached for comment, said "We have no news to share on the Milo front and do not comment on speculation or rumor."

What are your thoughts about this?

Anime Forum
09-23-2010, 03:23 PM
Lol I didn't even know what project milo was.

Nanobyte
09-23-2010, 03:52 PM
That's a shame, it could have been fun.

Skylar1
09-23-2010, 04:51 PM
Lol I didn't even know what project milo was.
Project Milo was a Artificial Intelligence interface beta that incorporated motion sensory and voice recognition (I think) technology.

The hope was to create a sort of 'human-machine' interface that would mimic the communication-social experience. Tbh, I think it's a little bit off atm for it to work; but in the near future, I think the idea will come back more evolved and sophisticated than the technology currently allows.