night Microsoft officially revealed "Kinect," the motion-sensing camera previously known as Project Natal. The official reveal was held at an event featuring Cirque Du Soleil that required the attendees to wear "interactive LED ponchos." I wasn't (fortunately? unfortunately?) there, but from what I hear, the casual-focused event went over like a lead balloon with the core gaming audience in attendance.

From USA TODAY:

•Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.

•Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel -- pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost -- and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.

•Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis. To serve a volleyball, you mimic the real motion; in soccer, you can kick the ball or do a header.

•Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.

•Dance Central, in development by MTV Games, incorporates immersive, full-body dancing without the need for a controller.

•Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favorites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney.