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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shared a clip of the Xbox 360 Blades dashboard running inside a computer web browser as an experiment.
Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet showed a clip of the classic Xbox 360 Blades dashboard running in a PC web browser. The demonstration included the Blades interface, the New Xbox Experience (NXE), and the Metro-style dashboard, all of which appeared fully navigable. This is one of the first experiments from the new Xbox Labs team.
Reports say the browser address bar in the video shows FFFE07D1, which is the Title ID for the Xbox 360 dashboard. This suggests the project might use emulation or a translation layer instead of being a visual remake, though Microsoft has not said how the technology works. There is no word on whether the Blades interface will officially return to Xbox consoles. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shared the clip as part of an experiment from the Xbox Labs team.
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