Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has revealed its new Xbox as a new generation device, calling it the Xbox One as a new generation revealed. The actual Xbox will be a black box and the company chose to launch this game in a Spike TV opening and media webcast, the move seems to be to focus on core gamers as well as on media.

New features include a voice control guide, enabling Skype video calls while watching television, snap mode to move in between multiple programs at once with Explorer running side by side. This will allow you to switch to games and music instantly, or to movies.

As far as how the video game functionality is changing, that comes with a new video game hand controller that was said to be designed by gamers for gamers and a new Kinect feature with advanced camera and reading functions. The company’s SmartGlass aims to tie in other hardware devices, enabling your tablet to be a remote control.

What is obvious is that this new Xbox One from Microsoft is aimed at being the first true convergence device from the company at the launch. The Xbox 360 was added to and grown on multiple times. Even if that ends up being the case here for Xbox One, this at least looks like Microsoft’s convergence device has arrived.

More details will be available after the 11:00 AM Pacific Time.

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