Kinect Review

i want it so i can make my friends think i can use the force when i grace my hand over the screen ala yoda first 3 star wars movies.

i want it so i can make my friends think i can use the force when i grace my hand over the screen ala yoda first 3 star wars movies.

You have stupid friends, then.

OT: Kinect is boring, but I recently found out (old news though) that Microsoft hired a Nintendo guy that helped develop head-tracking technology. Screw Kinectimals, I want high-quality, voice-responsive, 3D-without-the-glasses video games. That would open up my wallet.

[color="#cc8899"]1. Actually have a Kinect
2. It's a blast

It's not meant for hardcore gaming, it's meant to get people up and active and having fun. It's got its downfalls, but it's a relatively new type of input device. Give it time to develop. You don't realize it while playing, but after a solid 2 hours of playing Kinect Adventures and Kinect Sports I had actually gotten a decent workout.

It has flaws, and kinks, and problems, but they're minor, and have been hiccups at worst. Aside from the space issue, I feel the complaints are mostly negligible.

What really excites me about the Kinect, though is the fact that, with decent head-tracking software and a visor/glasses/something with a screen in front of your eyes, virtual reality games are very, VERY possible in the near future. We've almost made it to that unheard of tier of sci-fi inspired tech that we could legitimately be seeing all manner of simulators that require nothing more than a visor and a Kinect-like device or two. Add in a moving floor (something that moves when ran on instead of the person themself running, allowing them to run in place) and you've got some absurd possibilities for any number of things (military training, sightseeing for physically/financially impaired, relaxing, virtual pets/gardens, etc)[/COLOR]

[color="#cc8899"]1. Actually have a Kinect
2. It's a blast

It's not meant for hardcore gaming, it's meant to get people up and active and having fun. It's got its downfalls, but it's a relatively new type of input device. Give it time to develop. You don't realize it while playing, but after a solid 2 hours of playing Kinect Adventures and Kinect Sports I had actually gotten a decent workout.

It has flaws, and kinks, and problems, but they're minor, and have been hiccups at worst. Aside from the space issue, I feel the complaints are mostly negligible.[/COLOR]

Watch, soon they'll make a mario-party ripoff just for Kinect to help bolster sales. that'd make sense to me.

Watch, soon they'll make a mario-party ripoff just for Kinect to help bolster sales. that'd make sense to me.

That'd be fun, do want.

You have stupid friends, then.

OT: Kinect is boring, but I recently found out (old news though) that Microsoft hired a Nintendo guy that helped develop head-tracking technology. Screw Kinectimals, I want high-quality, voice-responsive, 3D-without-the-glasses video games. That would open up my wallet.

what you dont think that would be freakin sweet?

Meh all these motion control things coming out for systems and im still sticking to wii

To everyone who say the Wii is retarded for making people swing and move their arms;


Welcome to Kinect.

Got it. Absolutely love it. If you have room for it, and have friends, this should be an absolute buy. Screw what the review said. This is like getting my first game console. Even with the pack in it's freaking amazing. This technology is mindblowing and it's so scary to see where it's going to be in 1 year.

Got it. Absolutely love it. If you have room for it, and have friends, this should be an absolute buy. Screw what the review said. This is like getting my first game console. Even with the pack in it's freaking amazing. This technology is mindblowing and it's so scary to see where it's going to be in 1 year.

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