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Kinect is really neat. It's hard to make it into a fun gaming device. I'm sure some people enjoy using it, but even for my 4 year old, he prefers a controller.
by monk_e_boy 11y ago
Kinect is really neat. It's hard to make it into a fun gaming device. I'm sure some people enjoy using it, but even for my 4 year old, he prefers a controller.
- soylentcola 11y agoKinect and similar depth cams really are neat but I think their potential won't be realized for a little while and selling an early one as a game controller belies that potential. With VR, I think work on depth cams and software to "stitch" together data streams from multiple devices will become very important. It's one of the only ways you can currently record and transmit (admittedly low-quality in current iterations) actual 3d video that can be viewed from any angle. When you look at early low quality webcams compared to digital video today, then apply that to something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgbycqb92c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghgbycqb92c you can see how it opens up the possibility of real VR movies (not just pano) and even VR telepresence.