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# Footage of Milo - Your New BFF
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2009/06/footage-of-milo-your-new-bff/
- Published: 2009-06-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:51.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

Natal is the name of Microsoft's recently announced software/hardware to allow for controller-less interactions with their Xbox 360 video game system. It's a camera that detects your movements and speech to determine what should happen on whatever video game or menu you happen to be playing. Pretty incredible stuff.

Milo is a game that's coming out for a Natal equipped Xbox 360 that will have you interacting with a boy, appropriately named Milo, as your friend. Sounds bizarre and it certainly is. It's even more bizarre when you see it in action:

*[Direct link to video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIbGnBQcJY&feature=player%5Fembedded&ref=chrisenns.com)*

This kind of technology both scares and fascinates me. That we can do this is amazing and as I said, fascinating. But I wonder how often the bigger questions of should we be doing this type of thing and what the ramifications are for a child, for example, who gets so connected to this 'thing' that they lose the ability to tell what a real relationship is vs. a computer generated one - similar to how you can't tell the difference between what's real and computer generated in movies.

Would an 8 year old who plays with Milo be able to handle him going to video game heaven when the Xbox 360 dies? Does that prepare an 8 year old for death in real life?

The mind reels at the possibilities and the impact this kind of technology can have on a society.