Killing baddies with your bare hands (Image: Lihee Avidan/Reportage/Getty Natal can recognise a pose in just 10 milliseconds (Image: Xbox 360 Natal Team/Microsoft) The system locates body parts to within a 4-centemetre cube (Image: Xbox 360 Natal Team/Microsoft) Programming the Natal system with a basic understanding of human anatomy allows it to track body parts, even when not in view (Image: Xbox 360 Natal Team/Microsoft)

A LONG-lived videogaming skill could be on the way out this year as Microsoft hones an add-on to its Xbox 360 console aimed at making button-studded games controllers obsolete. The device, called Natal after the …