Producers of gaming consoles are clearly looking far beyond providing just games, as they include sport and education-related functions in their offerings.Xbox has started working with New Oriental, a leading privately owned education group in China, on preschool educational products. Three applications developed by New Oriental were launched on Xbox consoles in late 2014.
The Xbox One launched in North America, parts of Europe, Australia and Brazil on November 22 (it will hit Japan and the rest of Europe in 2014). Just three days later, Microsoft announced that it had sold one million consoles in less than 24 hours. The newest Xbox features an octo-core x86 processor, 8 GB of RAM, 500 GB of storage and a Blu-ray/DVD drive. It also comes with Microsoft's brand new Kinect 2 sensor as well as a redesigned Xbox controller.
Xbox One looks set to be a real focal point, bringing a completely new, dramatically enhanced service for the next-gen console offering features such as HD video using the Kinect camera. There’s group video conferencing also thrown into the mix, and the Xbox One’s Snap feature, which among other things, will also let you partake in picture-in-picture calls while enjoying other activities.A simple voice prompt will let you begin or end a call, and although the demonstration today of the new Skype was carried out on the Xbox One, it is possible that the Xbox 360 will also be supported in some capacity.
