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Last week we reported on Microsoft's plans for interactive TV with Kinect, and now we have updated fact sheets for the Sesame Street and National Geographic projects.

It's worth saying this isn't strictly interactive television as the video content will come on DVD, but we're just splitting hairs now and "interactive DVDs" isn't quite right either.

Semantics aside, the DVDs are set to launch in Spring 2012.

“Kinect Nat Geo TV”
Fact Sheet
October 2011

“Kinect Nat Geo TV” blends world-renowned Nat Geo WILD TV show episodes with intuitive Kinect for Xbox 360 technology, transporting kids and their families around the world to expand their knowledge while inspiring a sense of wonder and excitement. Through the magic of Kinect “reach in and explore” interactivity, do more than just watch episodes — engage, play and learn as “Kinect Nat Geo TV” turns your living room into an animal habitat and you into a variety of animals, such as a bear, without ever leaving your living room.

The National Geographic Society aims to excite and empower kids about their world through stunning photography and video, amazing facts, and engaging storytelling combined with a dynamic interactive experience. Together, Nat Geo WILD TV and National Geographic Kids and Games with “Kinect Nat Geo TV” deliver the ultimate dynamic interactive TV experience that inspires kids to care about the planet.

Solve mystifying puzzles, learn about the natural environment, and get to know exotic animals and find inspiration to care for the planet. During the episodes, visual effects will superimpose over the screen representing interactive experiences that players can select and engage with. In addition, “Kinect Nat Geo TV” will provide access to archived episodes of Nat Geo WILD TV programs through Kinect.*

“Kinect Nat Geo TV” is just one of the new “playful learning” experiences available for Kinect that provide children and families with entirely new ways to learn while having fun and being entertained through interactive TV.

“Kinect Sesame Street TV” Fact Sheet — October 2011

With “Kinect Sesame Street TV,” children are invited to experience the world of Sesame Street alongside their favorite characters, such as Big Bird, Grover, Cookie Monster and Elmo, like never before. The magic of Kinect for Xbox 360 allows players to share in the experience through visual and physical interactions with characters of Sesame Street, placing you in the Sesame Street experience.

Children can interact with their favorite Sesame Street characters on screen to help them with tasks, play in their world and learn together. Use full-body gestures and voice recognition to move from experience to experience, and go from passive watching to active participation, only available with Kinect for Xbox 360.* With new content created exclusively for Kinect and access to hundreds of classic clips from the Sesame Street archive, learning has never been so much fun.

“Kinect Sesame Street TV” is just one of the new “playful learning” experiences available for Kinect for Xbox 360 that provide children and families with entirely new ways to learn while having fun and being entertained through interactive TV.