Microsoft unveils Kinect Sesame Street and Nat Geo TV experience for Xbox

By Tom Warren, on 18th Oct 11 9:29 pm with 6 Comments

Microsoft announced on Tuesday a new interactive Sesame Street experience for Xbox Kinect users.

The software giant is teaming up with Sesame Street to provide an interactive learning experience for kids. The game will work by inviting children to play with Sesame Street characters who respond based on the child’s actions. For example, if a character says “stand up and clap your hands with me,” the character will then recognize whether the child is playing along or not. “Kinect Sesame Street TV” is one of many new interactive experiences Kinect will start delivering for kids in the coming months, said Dave McCarthy, general manager for Kids and Lifestyle Entertainment at Microsoft Studios.

Microsoft is also teaming up with National Geographic to allow children to explore the world via a Kinect Nat Geo TV experience. Microsoft claims that its conversation on the future of TV entertainment has just begun. “It’s getting a whole lot more interesting,” said Microsoft’s communications chief, Frank Shaw in a blog post on Tuesday.

Sesame Street and National Geographic Kinect experiences will both go on sale in Spring 2012.

  • Anonymous

    My daughter loves Sesame Street’s Once upon a Monster for Kinect, and will easily love as well. MS could have something big on its hands.

  • http://www.noobsavvy.com NoobSavvy

    MS you are on your way to major major success with Kinect. Make a Windows Phone Companion app and its even better.

  • http://www.twitter.com/wixostrix WixosTrix

    Oh man, this is fantastic!  Nickalodeon needs to get in on this.  They have a huge child audiance, obviously, but this exactly what shows like Dora the Explorer and Blues Clues are missing.  They try to engage the viewer, but can’t receive confirming feedback from the viewer.  I can’t wait to see how this turns out and who else get’s on board

    • Anonymous

      I immediately thought the same thing. Nick Jr. would be a perfect fit for this.  Deigo, Dora and Blue’s Clues already pretend to be interactive. Can you imagine if they actually were?

      Amazing stuff coming from MS these days.

  • Eberton Konieczny Sobreira

    I wish this game would be translated to Brazilian Portuguese. Would me awesome!!

  • http://www.geekchoice.com Dagmar Schneitz

    This project has the best of both worlds. It takes small children’s favorite show and combine them with the technological skills they’re going to need. It’s a win situation for everyone.