• ‘Kinect’ for PCs being developed
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That's pretty awesome
Isn't the Kinect just a glorified webcam?
As much as I dislike the kinect, it's nice to see someone giving thought to the PC. Especially a company that caters majorly to the xbox.
[QUOTE=CharadesV2;27299807]Isn't the Kinect just a glorified webcam?[/QUOTE] A 3d webcam yes, but kinect is also a powerful suite of software to enable it to do body/face/voice tracking things. [editline]9th January 2011[/editline] Microsoft are bringing the actual kinect too, steve ballmer hinted at that.
So uh, why not just release official Kinect drivers for the PC? :v: I mean, considering what the homebrew community has been doing with the Kinect on the PC already... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-w7UXCAUJE[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDlvn3voblQ[/media]
actually the Kinect itself is relatively software barren, the device it's connected to does all the work which is why it was so easy to "hack" the Kinect in the first place. also wasn't it yesterday or the day before that someone at Microsoft had stated there were absolu [editline]9th January 2011[/editline] ... absolutely no plans to bring it to Windows and that it'd remain 360 only?
sry, i dont want microsoft to spy on me
This is great. They're going to try make it work for Minecraft.
[QUOTE=_Chewgum;27299911]sry, i dont want microsoft to spy on me[/QUOTE] Hooray for uneducated viewpoints?
[QUOTE=_Chewgum;27299911]sry, i dont want microsoft to spy on me[/QUOTE] well then it's a good thing that wouldn't legally happen and [I]this[/I] product isn't even made by microsoft
Don't plan on buying it for the Xbox or the PC...And on that note I'm not getting shit PS Move either.
Euphoria + Kinect + Street fighting game yeeSS
Most likely slap a label pc. you could probably peel the pc sticker off and see the xbox one still on.
I thought windows 8 was going to support kinect out the box though
wii games for pc!1
I am just waiting for MS to do something big with it. What the fuck is MS doing? Release some games ffs
Well we all knew it had to happen sometime.
I think it's kind of stupid how they finally make something like this for Xbox 360, then a few months later PC are planning on getting it. Microsoft are complete money hungry bastards.
[QUOTE=3noneTwo;27299893] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDlvn3voblQ[/media][/QUOTE] 1:45 FIFA will never be the same.
[QUOTE=CaMpEr_GuRL;27301694]I think it's kind of stupid how they finally make something like this for Xbox 360, then a few months later PC are planning on getting it. Microsoft are complete money hungry bastards.[/QUOTE] I think its less down to that, more that people have gotten *really* inventive with it.
[QUOTE=Nexosz;27300334]Euphoria + Kinect + Street fighting game yeeSS[/QUOTE] It is a cool thought. But without physical feedback it might just turn out like wii boxing or something were you just flail around like a twat.
Yeah, but the only way to have both kinect and a feedback system would be either a suit filled with pistons/airbags that punch you when you get punched. ... That... would actually be really cool.
[QUOTE=CaMpEr_GuRL;27301694]I think it's kind of stupid how they finally make something like this for Xbox 360, then a few months later PC are planning on getting it. Microsoft are complete money hungry bastards.[/QUOTE] They're a business not a charity deal with it.
Kinect and Move both seem pretty meh to me. I'm waiting for Sixense.
Would be nice to have this built into monitors, not an external unit. And if it really IS open source, then a whole bunch of apps could be created, which would rock
I probably won't get it, but seeing all the stuff people are doing with it now, for the 360 version, I'm somewhat interested with what it will become.
[QUOTE=CaMpEr_GuRL;27301694]I think it's kind of stupid how they finally make something like this for Xbox 360, then a few months later PC are planning on getting it. Microsoft are complete money hungry bastards.[/QUOTE] I think it's more about that most people seem to use it for all kinds of cool shit with a PC instead of for actually playing the games made for kinect.
[QUOTE=Bytecry;27299953]This is great. They're going to try make it work for Minecraft.[/QUOTE] Ooh, realistic tree punching. Though personally I'm excited about the idea of having a synthesizer or drum machine controlled by my spastic flailing: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKzVMvosK34[/media]
Oh god. Sometimes games should just be games. PC was the last remaining platform where you have an excuse just sit on your fat ass.
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