If you’ve been following my Tweets lately, you might have noticed I’ve been fretting over the lack of creativity in console gaming these days. There are still great games being made, but it feels like no matter what the next big release is, it’s all been done before.

Looking at the current generation of consoles, I can appreciate the Xbox 360 bringing online gaming to the masses, the Wii offering a new level of physical interactivity and the PS3… er, being shiny and expensive, but fundamentally, we’re all still playing platformers, FPS’s and beat-em-ups.

Judging by the video below, however, we might be in for something revolutionary in the form of Microsoft’s Project Natal. Some of the scenes are obviously scripted, but the ideas behind the technology are inspirational enough to warrant watching all the way through.