[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.