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Is Kinect Already Hacked?
Judge for yourself. Someone claims to have written a driver for the Kinect’s motor, and he’s extracted a Kinect’s-eye view of what players look like to the device (above). A while back we had a series of monochromatic shots animated together, showing you how the Kinect recognizes players. This gives you a better view of…
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Jimmy Fallon Pulls A Kinect Oprah
Xbox 360 Kinect’s third appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon features Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda without sunglasses, the Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev playing Dance Central, and ends with everybody in the audience scoring a Kinect bundle. Kinect first appeared on Fallon’s show last year as Project Natal, where it performed admirably. It’s second appearance back…
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Consumer Reports Knocks Down Kinect Skin-Color Claim
Yesterday GameSpot set off a minibomb with an anecdote about Kinect not recognizing two dark-skinned users while lighter-skinned gamers had no problems. Consumer Reports has weighed in, saying this sounds like a claim about laptops from last year. In a post yesterday evening, since updated, GameSpot mentioned that of three employees of color, Kinect’s facial…
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The Ultimate Guide To Xbox 360 Kinect
This is your guide to everything you need to know about Xbox 360 Kinect: how it works, what it costs, and what games you can play on it. What Is Kinect? Microsoft calls Kinect a hands-free motion control device for the Xbox 360. It allows players to control games using a combination of body movement…
By Mike Fahey
