Yesterday, we scurried across the Penny Arcade Expo show floor to make our way over to the Microsoft booth to view Major Nelson's final presentation of the New Xbox Experience. A fresh from their Seattle lab, newest and most updated version of the Fall update that showed off a few newly interesting facts. What exciting dash goodness? Check the list below:
- Holy beautiful transitions! This latest Fall update build included never before seen transition effects including nifty fades, smooth sweeps and (our personal favorite) the guide pop up animation. We can't explain the transition effects, but trust that their addition definitely enhances the overall dashboard experience. Yum!
- Dashboard themes will now instantly load a preview when hovered over. And, as an added bonus, the preview loading effect is sexy as hell.
- While in a party, each person's gamer picture is placed on the top right hand side of the dashboard. When alone and party-less, only your gamer picture and gamercard are displayed.
- Your overly Wii-like Avatar's comic-style text balloon displays your gamercard's motto.
- EVERY Xbox 360 game's Xbox.com information (including game description, features and screenshots) is pulled into the dashboard while browsing the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
9-01-2008 @ 3:20AM
victor360hd said...
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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9-01-2008 @ 3:44AM
E.J. said...
No video/shaky cam coverage?
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9-01-2008 @ 3:46AM
AnthonyGalindoX said...
Neat transitions and new features are great and all but more importantly will it work any faster?
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9-01-2008 @ 3:54AM
mnemo said...
Meh, transitions suck. I always disable fades in Windows, too, I don't wanna wait for dialogs and stuff to fade out and in. :-( Make the dashboard FAST and quick to navigate, Microsoft!
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9-01-2008 @ 4:09AM
CB said...
Vid would be sweet but I'm not complaining.
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9-01-2008 @ 4:17AM
CB said...
found one!
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/259980.html
9-01-2008 @ 4:21AM
xboxbuff said...
post some vids plz. I just can not wait to see the changes.
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9-01-2008 @ 4:29AM
Swagman said...
Did someone ask for a video?
http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/xbox_360/XBox_360/New_Xbox_Experience_Public_Demo_PAX_08/757356
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9-01-2008 @ 4:45AM
Swagman said...
Same video, better quality: http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/xbox_360/XBox_360/New_Xbox_Experience_Public_Demo_PAX_08/757356
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9-01-2008 @ 6:58AM
xboxbuff said...
thx4 da vid. :D
9-01-2008 @ 5:18AM
Dane said...
Any word yet on a release date?
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9-01-2008 @ 2:06PM
The_Dude said...
Met with someone from Xbox Live a couple of weeks ago and they told me November, 11 was the release date.
Take it for what it is worth but Xbox does have a history of launching big things the 2nd week of November.
9-01-2008 @ 6:06AM
RedSonRising said...
Yes! Shaky, blurry off center cam footage! Alright! A for effort but jeez man, point it at the screen more often..
but seriously, i am looking forward to the new 'experience'.. still not a big fan of the big grey blob covering most of my themes.. hopefully theyll make that more transparent or something otherwise half my themes arent very useful..
i hope they add some new visualizations to the music player to match the new look too.. winamp circa 1999 looked better than the current setup..
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9-02-2008 @ 10:13AM
Tiptup300 said...
What do you expect, the dude who made the llama game made the visualization system.
Also, I wish the sphere would reflect a blurred ambiance of the theme. Like if the theme is a heavy red, the sphere would reflect a heavily blurred reddish color.
9-01-2008 @ 6:22AM
gaymerxbox360 said...
Speaking of video; go check out Dustin getting interviewed on the Xbox live dashboard.
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9-01-2008 @ 1:36PM
Dustin Burg said...
interesting I say ... interesting
9-01-2008 @ 6:55AM
Hoffer said...
I was at PAX and saw the demo. The reason there isn't shakey cam video is Major Nelson stressed no video. He had a big sign saying so. He even stopped at one point to ask if a guy was recording video.
The demo was cool. I always look forward to cool new features in dashboard updates. This update obviously has the most new everything. So, I'm really looking forward to it.
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9-01-2008 @ 1:10PM
RedSonRising said...
duh, any clandestine cam footage has to been unauthorized.. anytime official video isnt released we've gotta pretty much assume thats the case..
9-01-2008 @ 7:00AM
xboxbuff said...
thx for making us know the reason. may it give us a surprise then. LoL
Im looking forward to the updates as hell.
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9-01-2008 @ 7:03AM
Rez said...
Looks nice and fresh should be good so long as it all works when it get's released. One thing I'm a little worried about is say 10 guy's in a lobby have hardrive game installs and say 2 don't, the 2 that don't are going to hold up the game starting surely or maybe worse can this affect the gameplay itself. I don't know anything about this so feel free to explain or flame me if you do know. Rez
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