Kinect 2 Leak Shows Improved Detail in Motion-tracking

[JMcEntegart]

With all this talk of an Xbox 720, the rumor mill has finally seen fit to cough up something on the Kinect 2.

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[evan1715]

kinect better come with the next xbox or at have it still work on the new one instead of wasting $150 to have barely any games or do anything with it.

 

[kronos_cornelius]

The Kinetic is the greatest innovation Microsoft has had in a long time. I am not a console fan, nor a Microsoft fan, but I give credit where credit is due.

 

[Pennanen]

[citation][nom]kronos_cornelius[/nom]The Kinetic is the greatest innovation Microsoft has had in a long time.[/citation]
The sad thing is, that is true.

"this is the golden age of gaming" -some EA representive at e3

 

[kelemvor33]

Anyone checked out Leap Motion? Looks waaaaay more advanced than Kinect.
www.leapmotion.com

 

[Guest]

@kelemvor33

leapmotion works only for hand and finger tracking, kinect is full body gesture tracking, two completely different application with different fidelity requirements

 

[Vorador2]

Kinect works pretty well but needs a lot of space to work, so i hope the next Kinect improves it.

 

[CaedenV]

I dont care about consoles, I want Kinect 2 available with proper Windows support! And I want a cheap leapmotion sensor so that I don't ahve to replace my 27" monitor for proper win8 control!

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]kronos_cornelius[/nom]The Kinetic is the greatest innovation Microsoft has had in a long time. I am not a console fan, nor a Microsoft fan, but I give credit where credit is due.[/citation]

microsoft bought out the company making the depth sensor. so its not even theirs
and the application of this in gaming is only good because it drives the price of the kinect down about 100$

other than that, kinect is the worst thing to happen to gaming, at least the wii and move work, try playing a kinect game in any setting that isn't set up specifically by microsoft.

[citation][nom]kelemvor33[/nom]Anyone checked out Leap Motion? Looks waaaaay more advanced than Kinect.www.leapmotion.com[/citation]

its also not trying to track your whole body, just your hands over a smaller area, its not more advanced than kinect, its just about the same as kinect but applied for a different purpose.

[citation][nom]caedenv[/nom]I dont care about consoles, I want Kinect 2 available with proper Windows support! And I want a cheap leapmotion sensor so that I don't ahve to replace my 27" monitor for proper win8 control![/citation]

leapmotion, 70$, kinect for windows, 250$, kinect for xbox 150$
the reason kinect isnt ported to windows properly is because microsoft doesn't want it on windows because people will buy it and they wont make money back with games.

even if kinect 2 is hacked for the pc like 1 was, its still more expensive than leap motion by a long shot, and wont give you a compact environmental to gesture in.

 

[slabbo]

Have you guys used Kinect, especially to navigate menus and such? I own one and it's frikken HORRIBLE!!!

Some saying that kinect is the best thing that MS has made, that's just very very sad. Kinect is now only used by my nephews/nieces for dancing games...trust me it isn't good for anything else.

I'm not surprised that Kinect would be better, they set the bar so low with the original Kinect that it's easy to improve on it.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]slabbo[/nom]Have you guys used Kinect, especially to navigate menus and such? I own one and it's frikken HORRIBLE!!! Some saying that kinect is the best thing that MS has made, that's just very very sad. Kinect is now only used by my nephews/nieces for dancing games...trust me it isn't good for anything else. I'm not surprised that Kinect would be better, they set the bar so low with the original Kinect that it's easy to improve on it.[/citation]

kinect out side of games is great, and if gestures could be use reliably on the pc, it could open new ways to interact with content, that said, menu navigation blows.