Xbox One Operating System Shown Off in 12 Minute Demo

Post by Eorl @ 11:05pm 08/11/13 | 26 Comments

Ahead of its November 22nd release in Australia and around the world, Microsoft has finally unveiled a full 12 minute live demo of their operating system for the next-gen Xbox One console.

Taking the reins is Microsoft's Marc Whitten and Yusuf Mehdi, who look at a comprehensive demo of the Xbox One's operating system, including instant switching, biometric sign-in, Live TV, Skype, game DVR, OneGuide and more. Sadly the interesting Snap feature that, as the name suggests, snaps windows to the side while playing games or browsing the Internet was absent, but hopefully we can see more on that feature sooner than later.

Check it out in action below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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dais
Posted 01:51am 09/11/13

Well that was amazing, I'm sold.

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RuleofBooKz
Posted 03:52am 09/11/13

that was amazing,,, but wait a minute,,, havent i seen that before? oh yeah its exactly what a cheap PC can do

Well without the creepy "im tracking you" addon

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Fixah
Posted 04:07am 09/11/13

Wow, impressive. What's even more impressive is that the chief marketing and strategist for Microsoft is someone with the name of Yusuf Mehdi. My man Mehdi Asalamu Alaikum

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Whoop
Posted 04:32am 09/11/13

that was amazing,,, but wait a minute,,, havent i seen that before? oh yeah its exactly what a cheap PC can do Well without the creepy "im tracking you" addon

+1

Am I the only one who is unimpressed by any of this?
PC's have had multi user stuff for years, he's commanding it to do stuff by voice and yet still uses the controller to navigate around the UI. Why not have it just read his body movements to scroll through the UI by waving at the kinect?

They go on and on about how your stuff is just there in the background still running, well exactly how much stuff could you have running before the system grinds to a halt?

They really like to go on about how magical it is, it's so magical everything is magical it's just so magical. Seriously? No.

That bit where the kinect follows him around in skype, that s*** is just plain creepy. I wonder how long it is before these things get hacked like common PC webcams and people's private moments are all caught on the internet. lulz.

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Rdizz
Posted 04:48am 09/11/13

That bit where the kinect follows him around in skype, that s*** is just plain creepy. I wonder how long it is before these things get hacked like common PC webcams and people's private moments are all caught on the internet. lulz.

s***'s been on logitech webcam software for years brah..

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RuleofBooKz
Posted 04:50am 09/11/13

As-Salaam-Alaikum

and peace be upon you my friend

and yes i really dont require a console knowing where i am and how i am and what i am doing

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Whoop
Posted 05:23am 09/11/13

s***'s been on logitech webcam software for years brah..

yeah i know but not everyone leaves their logitech webcam on and facing their entire livingroom do they.

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ravn0s
Posted 10:35am 09/11/13

i laughed when one guy was using blue and the other "on brand" green.

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copuis
Posted 10:47am 09/11/13

what gets me, is they call it FORTZA, wtf

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Denthor
Posted 10:51am 09/11/13

Last i heard none of the voice command stuff works in AU at release tho? Have they expanded on that - like when it will be added? Or has that changed?

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nings
Posted 04:21pm 09/11/13

Well at least their marketing does not discriminate against openly homosexual men.

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RuleofBooKz
Posted 07:08pm 09/11/13

yeah voice commands wont work in aus because its only for English speakers atm so when they did their focused research the console didn't respond to

oi xbox cuz give us a crack at me gaaaame c***

they are working on the problem tho

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groganus
Posted 07:46pm 09/11/13

that was amazing,,, but wait a minute,,, havent i seen that before? oh yeah its exactly what a cheap PC can do

Not to jizz my fanboy goo all over you, but the difference here is that we have the one package that I can go to the store and buy without having to setup a custom media PC which only intermediate to advance users can do... What you said is technically correct, i can't and wont deny that, with enough stuffing around I can (and have) setup a pc that will do much that same.. but you know what's quicker and cheaper.... just buying an xbox.

Thats not to say that this is the answer to lounge room entertainment, consumers will ultimately decide that, but its a step in the right direction of making this kind of thing accessible to everyone.

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nings
Posted 08:19pm 09/11/13

"oi k*** I wanna smoke sum f***in cones and f***in run k***s over and f*** some prossies" xbone loads GTA V, bogan iz satisfied.
I have a dirty secret, I have been playing GTA V on my ps3, I now have in my possession MSG4, red dead redemption, GTA IV and GTA V, on conslut I feel dirty.

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Viper119
Posted 10:38pm 09/11/13

This looks sweet as, I'll defo buy one. Yeah it's the combined gaming/media/internet experience in one easy package that makes it a winner.

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Khel
Posted 11:00pm 09/11/13

Voice commands all work in Australia at launch, I think its only the "XBox power on" command that doesn't work for some reason.

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Obes
Posted 11:00pm 09/11/13

Windows 8 made me a mac user.
Office 2013 made me like Google Apps.

Microsoft is just doing weird s***.

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ravn0s
Posted 11:13pm 09/11/13

target in the US accidentally shipped a couple of xbone's to customers. one guy did an unboxing vid and tweeted about it. MS DMCA'd the vid and they have also banned his console.

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nings
Posted 11:15pm 09/11/13

Voice commands all work in Australia at launch, I think its only the "XBox power on" command that doesn't work for some reason.

not buying one works better

Not to jizz my fanboy goo all over you, but the difference here is that we have the one package that I can go to the store and buy without having to setup a custom media PC (mac) which only anyone that isn't retarded can do... What you said is correct, i can't and wont deny that, with (minimal) enough stuffing(effort) around I can (and have) setup (went to any chain store) a pc that will do much that same.. but you know what's lazier(worse).... just buying a console.Thats not to say that this is the answer to lounge room entertainment, consumers will ultimately decide that, but its a step in the easy (wrong) direction of making this kind of thing accessible to me.

fixed

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The-Makkaan
Posted 03:16pm 10/11/13

IT uses IE ?!?! =s wonder if that can be changed, that would probably swing it for me.

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trog
Posted 03:33pm 10/11/13

Not to jizz my fanboy goo all over you, but the difference here is that we have the one package that I can go to the store and buy without having to setup a custom media PC which only intermediate to advance users can do... What you said is technically correct, i can't and wont deny that, with enough stuffing around I can (and have) setup a pc that will do much that same.. but you know what's quicker and cheaper.... just buying an xbox.

That is basically what SteamOS is going to solve, I think

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Twisted
Posted 03:51pm 10/11/13

Definitely nothing revolutionary in this. But I think they're trying to take a leaf out of Apple's book and take a bunch of existing stuff bundle it together and hopefully improve it. It looks cool. But...this is in the US. I wonder how well this would work in Australia...with our s***** overseas TV options and costs...

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groganus
Posted 08:29pm 10/11/13

That is basically what SteamOS is going to solve, I think

I hope so, clearly these companies have seen a void in the market and they intend to fill it, Which is f*****g rockin for us as consumers.

At the moment the easiest and cheapest way for me to run a media centre is to run XBMC on Unbuntu which is great and all, but linux is like a second language to me that I only learned in high school, and I consider myself an advance computer operator.

The f*** that it takes me a few hours after I build the box and setup the image to then get everything working nicely and correctly is just a stupid annoyance that shouldn't exist in this day and age (hardware drivers are the main issue of mine). If steamOS can make linux mainstream in the house then i'll be a happy man.

Infact I look forward to the day I can get rid of Windows on every machine in the house and just run a free OS that does exactly what I need it to with out a ton of stupid configuration.

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bepatient
Posted 07:45pm 11/11/13

IT uses IE ?!?! =s wonder if that can be changed, that would probably swing it for me.

Don't hate on IE because of legacy browsers, IE11 is a solid browser.

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Alize`
Posted 09:09pm 11/11/13

So will the PS4 also have similar voice commands? I may have to get both consoles and a new PC to keep everyone on QGL happy.

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ravn0s
Posted 09:54pm 11/11/13

yes, the ps4 has voice commands even if you don't purchase the ps eye camera.

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