As to the dimly lit theaters, you know in a true home theater setting I would wholeheartedly agree, I also think the number of Xbox360's connected to “true” home theaters is pitifully low. But the low-light consideration is a good point and one I hadn't considered fully. That still leaves the voice integration but I suppose one could argue that a soundtrack at reference volumes would render that moot too, but then again who listens at reference volumes aside from us home theater freaks?

I guess my failing here (as evidenced by Bjarki's comment) was not clarifying that this type of technology, not necessarily Natal itself could really be a boon to home automation and system control. Clearly though we need a clean break from pounding on remotes for that to happened, Natal's as good as example as any as to what we would stand to gain from that break.

All I could think while I was watching the one girl in the reverse-dodgeball demo was “left leg, knee kick, step, one, two…must…appear…spontaneous!”