New XBox spies on owner, prompts you to get a license for more viewers if too many people are in the

[That Poster]

[quote]Microsoft has filed for a Kinect-related patent, and it’s a doozy of an application. The abstract describes a camera-based system that would monitor the number of viewers in a room and check to see if the number of occupants exceeded a certain threshold set by the content provider.[B] If there are too many warm bodies present, the device owner would be prompted to purchase a license for a greater number of viewers.[/B][/quote]

[img]http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MS-KinectPatent.png[/img]

I just... what. This is not acceptable in any capacity.

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[cueballv2themax]

[QUOTE]November 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm[/QUOTE]

Old, and was posted yesterday I think?

[ZachPL]

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