Introducing Kinect: An Eyewitness Account

[Scathed]

Halo with Kinect ftw.

You do realise that XBox 360's processor is never fully stressed by any game.
So if they can sneak in a new feature and call up unsused power, then why the hell not.

PS3 move , WHAT A JOKE.

AUTOMATED FANBOI RESPONSE COMPLETE. TERMINATING PROGRAM.

[VooDoo.maGiK]

kinect aka eye toy 2.0

seems fairly lame, sure a technical feat but overall not a leap in gaming

[corsa826]

I think the thought process on this motion control thing is all backwards. To me the reason these things don't work, or feel fun, is the lack of feedback. They spend all this money trying to give you visual feedback of your own actions. A better idea would be to focus on trying to provide physical feedback for in game actions. Anyone who has used a force feedback light-gun at an arcade, or a G25 with a decent racing game will know how cool this can be.

When are we going to be able to 'feel' understeer through an analogue stick on a game pad. How about the momentum of a running character being felt through the resistance of the stick wanting to return to the middle position. Even trigger style buttons could have force feed back. Resistance points at different depths so you can feel when you are going from single fire to full auto on a rifle.

mean while, we have people waving their limbs around vaguely with mild suprise when one of the movements is translated into game input.

[TRB]

the only reason the starwars bit looked good was because it was fake.

this 'kinect' is really fairly rubbish.

[Dual]

Watching the live stream on youtube right now.

All I can say about "Kinect" is meh.

[mikeh01]

At the end of the day it's just a add-on gimmick to try and regain some of the ground they lost to the Wii. Much like the Wii, there won't be games of interest to hardcore gamers, just the kiddies. PS3 are following suit as well because they can't afford to be left out. Next, the 3D games race - good luck Wii, I don't thing you have the power.

[Mythor]

You do realise that XBox 360's processor is never fully stressed by any game.
So if they can sneak in a new feature and call up unsused power, then why the hell not.

Yes, I'm sure XBOX developers just leave spare processing cycles lying around for lack of anything better to do with them...

Next, the 3D games race - good luck Wii, I don't thing you have the power.

3D won't take off until the next generation, unless they make it work with regular HDTV sets. There's just not enough people with 3D TVs to make it a major feature any time soon.

[Phallas]

No game can fully stress the cpu because, there is only so much you cna ask a cpu to do in a game, the GPU handles most of the work.

I love how people call me a fanboy simply because i don't complelty and outright
bag on a new technology simply because its not a PC thingy.

When did PC only gamers become narcissists who are attune to on-line Emo's?
Oh wait...

[Mythor]

No game can fully stress the cpu because, there is only so much you cna ask a cpu to do in a game, the GPU handles most of the work.

Get a clue, seriously.

[DXPetti]

Halo with Kinect ftw.

You do realise that XBox 360's processor is never fully stressed by any game.
So if they can sneak in a new feature and call up unsused power, then why the hell not.

PS3 move , WHAT A JOKE.

The Kinect technology is impressive but family time is awkard enough without...

[Scathed]

I love how people call me a fanboy simply because i don't complelty and outright
bag on a new technology simply because its not a PC thingy.

PS3 move , WHAT A JOKE.

You forgot your [herp] and [/derp] tags.

[FooIsm]

You forgot your [herp] and [/derp] tags.

You rang?

[sertyg]

Halo with Kinect ftw.

You do realise that XBox 360's processor is never fully stressed by any game.
So if they can sneak in a new feature and call up unsused power, then why the hell not.

PS3 move , WHAT A JOKE.

AUTOMATED FANBOI RESPONSE COMPLETE. TERMINATING PROGRAM.

Not just Fanboy, that was a Mega fanboy!

These gizmos rely on 3 things.
1. Accuracy.
2. Game support
3. Marketing.
MS should get the marketing, even if they have to spend a billion dollars!
The game support should also be adaquate, and from hearing about the games MS know their market. Things like Tai Chi and the dancing game open up the market to mature and female games and suddenly you don't have to have a Halo to get great sales.
The first part, device accuracy, is a deal breaker. If people feel like their movements are not being reproduced in the game world, if they feel like they are not in control of what is going on, then this device will fail.
If you are laughing at the female market for game support, mark these words. If the device is accurate enough, the screams of daughters and girlfriends for a dancing game will deafen fathers and boyfriends all over the world. We have only just recovered from SingStar....we cannot defend ourselves again.
(PS I am a PS3 fanboy, but I am also a realist. The only way I got my last video card upgrade was because of the low framerate my GF got playing the SIMs 3!)

[Bek]

No game can fully stress the cpu because, there is only so much you cna ask a cpu to do in a game, the GPU handles most of the work.

HAHAHAHA.. oh dear... wow. Would you believe otherwise if an actual xbox dev told you were wrong?