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Watch Kinect Fail to Detect Skinny Asian Models

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With Kinect, Microsoft’s controllerless motion-sensing camera system is just 3 months away from general release, you’d expect it to works pretty much flawlessly.

At a very recent event in Hong Kong, Microsoft held a Kinect demonstration showcasing the system’s capabilities. They employed two skimpily dressed models to show off some of the system’s sports oriented titles. This is where it kinda falls apart.

After the race started, only one of the running models seems to have been picked up by the system – leaving her opponent eating dust. There are however, a number of pretty valid reasons for the motion tracking to go screwy. Firstly, they’re standing too close together – something that may end up confusing the body tracking systems. The game tells them how to fix this, by asking one of the players to move away.

The second reason the whole thing falls apart is far less concerning. The system is probably getting very, very confused is the constant barrage of camera flashes. Remember, Kinect’s motion sensors rely on infra-red light, a fair amount of which is output by camera pre-flashes – so it shouldn’t affect you at all, unless you happen to have a giant strobe constantly pulsing away in your living room.

Still, I’m going to have to try Kinect in my living room first before I shell out R1999 for the privilege of looking like an idiot in my own home.

[Thanks to bokka for the tip]

Last Updated: August 2, 2010

19 Comments

  1. D4RKL1NGza

    August 2, 2010 at 13:53

    Sexy Asian girls FTW! :wub:

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  2. eXp

    August 2, 2010 at 13:55

    They can come play Kinect at my house :wub:

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  3. Generic ZA

    August 2, 2010 at 14:25

    I’ll take the time to type the 184 characters needed to say I’m commentless, but again when has MS released anything that doesn’t need a patch or update shortly after the release date?

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  4. Bobby kotick wants to kinect with you

    August 2, 2010 at 14:44

    Poor girls, they clearly did it wrong, because they were supposed to learn the pre-emulation moves for the onscreen animation, and not do their own thing.

    That’s the last time we use those models… sheesh!

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  5. Bobby Kotick wants to waggle

    August 2, 2010 at 14:50

    I’m just kidding, I know, kinect works and it wasn’t a milli vanilli exercise gone wrong like at E3 (Bobby knows the reference will be lost on 99% of the posters here… sniff.. feels so old).

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  6. Conor

    August 2, 2010 at 20:42

    I would only buy this if it came with the asian models lol

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  7. Will

    August 3, 2010 at 01:40

    Bobby u sound like an absolute cunt

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  8. Bonk is back in town

    August 3, 2010 at 08:38

    Blame it on the rain

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  9. lans

    August 3, 2010 at 13:56

    anyone who loves asians is at least 50% gay coz they might as well be tall skinny boys.

    cnn, and a couple of other places have said kinect works 100% and im sure the technology will work, but it will be a hit or miss technology it will be in accurate but it will accomplish what it set out to do and it will still be fun, even if your cursing how crap the thing is.

    just like american marines they always swear how crap their hummers are but they love them to death!

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  10. Gavin Mannion

    August 3, 2010 at 14:02

    I’m not sure how many people would agree with you that Asians are tall and skinny… I know Geoff won’t 😛

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  11. lans

    August 3, 2010 at 15:03

    ok fine skinny and short?

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  12. D4RKL1NGza

    August 3, 2010 at 15:32

    If those two lasses look like boys to you then you are 100% gay mate. Think about it.

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  13. Bobby Kotick and Will sitting in a tree

    August 3, 2010 at 15:47

    You say the nicest things Will, I’m positively glowing. :wub:

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  14. Bobby Kotick ruler of New Zealand

    August 3, 2010 at 15:52

    Lol, what’s wrong with Asian lasses? :happy:

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  15. Nick de Bruyne

    August 3, 2010 at 15:59

    Wait, we are all talking about the fact that Geoff is the one on the left, and not the right, right?

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  16. Geoffrey Tim

    August 3, 2010 at 16:06

    I do have lovely boobs!

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  17. Bobby Kotick is waiting for Dragonball z on SABC whatsisname

    August 3, 2010 at 16:08

    I didn’t realise he had such perky breasts Nick… 😆

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  18. D4RKL1NGza

    August 3, 2010 at 16:20

    Geoff is a ladyboy? :pinch:

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  19. Nick de Bruyne

    August 3, 2010 at 16:44

    Is it me or does that pic make them look like they are saluting Hitler?

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