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projet natal

English translation: Project Natal


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French term or phrase:projet natal
English translation:Project Natal
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14:03 Sep 24, 2010
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Science - Computers (general) / virtual reality and gaming
French term or phrase: projet natal
Hello, I'm having trouble with this term, in the context of a translation to do with virtual reality and interactive systems

"L'émergence de systèmes interactifs corporels (wii mote, projet natal de microsoft) rend d'autant plus cruciale l'étude de la finesse de ces interactions."

Should I take it understand that the Wii product stems from a project originally by Microsoft, or is it refering to another project from this company?
How should I translate "projet natal"? is it even necessary?

I have so far translated it as:
The emergence of interactive motion systems, (Wii mote, ***** Microsoft) makes studying the subtlety of these connections even more crucial.
Rebecca Clayton
France
Local time: 07:57
Project Natal
Explanation:
Wii and Project Natal are two different examples
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Ellebore
Local time: 07:57
Grading comment
thank you so much; there i was looking for a translation.. !
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Project NatalEllebore
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Project Natal
Rob Grayson

  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Project Natal


Explanation:
Wii and Project Natal are two different examples


    Reference: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/wave/hardware-projectnatal.aspx
Ellebore
Local time: 07:57
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you so much; there i was looking for a translation.. !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Philippa
26 mins
  -> merci !
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Reference comments


11 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Project Natal

Reference information:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/7826105/Mi...

Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Martin Cassell: (apparently pronounced "nah-taal", as in the S.African place-name)
29 mins
neutral  Jennifer Baldwin: True, but this was only the working name during development. It is now called (and will be marketed as) Kinect.
1 day1 hr
  -> The fact that the project may have since morphed into something else is beside the point, Jennifer. What we are being asked to translate is "projet natal", which is project Natal.
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