Kinect Updates
Posted in Information on Feb 19., 2010
Ramon Nuez of the Huffington Post, got a chance to get a sneak peak of Kinect, and got a few details from members of the Kinect team. Most of the details and specs were things we already knew, but it’s nice to have them all confirmed in one spot. Here is the list of Kinect technical details he received:
- 3D camera
- IR camera
- Current games will not be compatible with Kinect
- [Work in progress] Use voice commands to control services i.e. music, video’s, movies
- [Work in progress] Facial recognition
- [Work in progress] Use gesturing to navigate the XBOX menu structure
- [Work in progress] Distinguishing between the primary player and a spectator
- [Work in progress] Suppressing background noise
He also gave us some first hand insight as to what it was like to play Kinect:
“It was a great experience. There I was (without a controller) standing, kicking, swatting, jumping and working up a sweat. The responsiveness of the Kinect system was incredible and very accurate. If I physically moved forward, back, swung faster or slower my dodge ball avatar responded in kind.”
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