It's very useful for things like saying "Xbox watch Sky One". Presumably there will be an updated camera / mic solution for the AR / VR headset that is rumoured to be coming next year...
VR-bonkers Microsoft yanks plug out of Kinect
Microsoft has ended production of Kinect, its motion-tracking games controller. The Redmond giant confirmed today the gadget, originally pitched as an add-on for the Xbox 360 console and later bundled with the Xbox One, will no longer be manufactured, bringing an end to the sometimes wobbly player-sensing platform. The Windows …
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Wednesday 25th October 2017 20:20 GMT Snorlax
Fun Fact
The company which developed the Kinect sensor, Primesense, was bought by Apple a few years ago.
I suppose you could say Kinect will live on in the iPhone X's "notch" to facilitate Face ID.
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Thursday 26th October 2017 11:49 GMT TheVogon
Re: Fun Fact
"You must be fun at parties."
Someone as rude as you wont even get an invite. Resorting to insults generally means you know you already lost the argument.
"You’ve still not proven that what I said is wrong."
It was clearly misleading posting a fact pertaining only to Kinect V1 on an article that was about Kinect V2 and required a clarification. If you cant accept that then the problem lies only with you.
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Thursday 26th October 2017 08:39 GMT MJI
Was an interesting idea
But not really great for games, same as the old Eyetoy, good to trial then useless.
Biggest game issue was lack of buttons.
Nintendo had it right with their motion controller being standard controller.
Sony messed up with not enough game support.
Want to play a shooter game with motion controls?
Wii had Goldeneye and CoD and many others
PS3 had Killzone 3 and Resistance 3 (and Portal 2 and a few others)
360 Blackwater
Yes big difference in quality there!
The technology had its place, but for gaming, not yet.
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