Kinect was officially launched two weeks ago and is already proving to be pretty popular with the casual market. Not only that but you can expect Kinect bundles to grace many a Christmas tree come December. So how casual friendly is the Kinect exactly? Well according to this Joyride video that was uploaded to YouTube, it’s so easy to play …
There are questions – as there always are – about whether Sony’s Playstation Move or Microsoft’s controlerless Kinect offers the better motion gaming experience. Instead of trying to answer that question, Youtuber SpikeDaPenguin tries to play them both – at the same time. On the left, you’ll see Sports Champions’ Gladiator, while on the right you’ll see Harmonix’ Dance Central. …
Okreylos has posted a follow up video with regards to using Multiple Kinects for Video Capture. Now for those of you who are out of the loop, Geoff ran and article earlier this week detailing how the Kinect can be used for some pretty awesome motion capture using the driver released last week for pc. This time around he follows …
Yesterday Gavin posted a news article about rumours of Kinect functionality coming to Epic’s mega franchise, Gears of War. The rumour originated from an IGN post earlier in the week, which revealed that sources close to the gaming website had divulged information on Kinect functionality coming to Gears of War. Cliff Bleszinski, who seems to have the internet hardwired into …
Generally a porn star stripping off and playing games wouldn’t get much airtime on gaming websites… yeah who are we kidding this is like a guaranteed bucket of hits for very little effort. G4TV has managed to convince adult movie star Kirsten Price to test out the Kinect in a variety of different outfits and lack thereof and it’s actually …
Microsoft has announced this morning that over 1 million Kinect sensors have been sold to consumers world wide in the first 10 days of sales and that they are on target to break 5 million before the end of the year. Now a million is a lot but maybe I have just become jaded by the huge figures that titles …
A certain tweet from Cliff Bleszinski went past yesterday that really caught my eye, in it he was asked whether Gears of War 3 had been delayed as it’s going to work with Kinect to which Cliff replied simply… No. There isn’t really much more to it but it stood out in my mind and got me wondering about any …
This has been a topic of much debate since Kinect’s launch: is the camera peripheral spying on you? Microsoft swears blind that it isn’t and they’ve issued official statement after statement denying this so-called hidden agenda. That being said, chief operating officer of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division, Dennis Durkin, has hinted at the potential sitting right in front of advertisers. …
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