Kinect version 1.0 arrived hot off the heels of the motion control craze sparked by the Nintendo Wii with the marketing tagline “You Are The Controller”. Promising players a mixture of easy to understand motion based controls using their own bodies and a dash of science fiction, with almost Minority Report-like gesture control – it seemed like Microsoft had stumbled upon an easily understandable control scheme for those with the mobility to enjoy it. As Kinect is thrown into the technology wastebasket of products past their prime, where...
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Microsoft Changes Course On Kinect For Xbox One
You need not worry about the mandatory Kinect policy Microsoft announced earlier in the year. It was only a little while after E3 that Microsoft reversed their DRM policies for the Xbox One and now the company has changed tone once again, stating the users will be able to turn off the motion sensor in the system’s settings menu, or unplug it all together. Marc Whitten of Microsoft gave a bit of a sound bite to IGN...
Continue reading...Next Xbox Runs Multiple Games At Once, Requires Kinect
The race towards the next-generation is heating up, and whether or not Sony or Microsoft will acknowledge it, gamers will get their first tastes of their next home consoles in just a few short weeks with Sony’s “see the future” press event in New York City. Out of Kotaku comes a huge expose exploring some of the options developers are playing with in regards to the Xbox 720/ Xbox Durango (henceforth referred to as simply ‘Durango’). We...
Continue reading...Need For Speed Kinect Controls In Action
The new Need For Speed: Most Wanted is set to launch from the starting line October 30th and the latest features are looking pretty handy. I havn’t played Mass Effect 3 yet, so I can’t relate to the comparison in the video below but the new kinect additions to NFS sound like something I would use. This is what I expected from the voice controls in kinect. Basically you’re able to bring up in game menus while...
Continue reading...Avengers: Battle For Earth GamesCon 2012 Trailer
Avengers: Battle For Earth has me sitting on the proverbial fence. One one side, the comic nerd in me, wants this game so badly because a Marvel Comics game has never been able to be played this way. There-in lies the other side of the fence. The Kinect Only has always been a hit or miss when it comes to Kinect games. I won’t this game completely as I have not seen the first bit of gameplay...
Continue reading...Cast A Spell Using Your Hands In Harry Potter For Kinect
Just because the long running series of films ended last year doesn’t mean Warner Bros can’t returnsto the Harry Potter universe with this fall’s release of Harry Potter Kinect. This latest trip to Hogwarts promises to revisit key moments from the entire eight book series. Just how will Kinect spread the magic of Hogwarts? Players will be able to cast spells using physical gestures or by calling out the spell’s name using Kinect’s built in microphone. Along...
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