Strike Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 on going development for Kinect for the PC. The chips that power the motion-capture system in Microsoft's Kinect are being put in a gadget that works with PCs. This will mean anyone keen to tap into the sensing abilities of a gadget resembling the Kinect can do so without owning an Xbox 360. Development versions of the device are being sold by the Israeli company which developed the motion-spotting chips. It is releasing the code to control the device under an open licence so anyone can use it. PrimeSense is the creator of the chip that powers the motion-sensing part of Microsoft's Kinect. Microsoft launched the Kinect for the Xbox 360 in November 2010 and claims to have sold eight million of the devices in the run-up to Christmas. The device does away with the need for a controller to navigate around the Xbox and to get at content such as movies and to play some games. Now PrimeSense is selling development versions of what it calls the PrimeSensor - a gadget that resembles the Kinect and has the same infra-red and CMOS cameras on board to do the motion spotting and gesture capture. Tamir Berliner - one of the founders of PrimeSense - said the company was looking to get the PrimeSensor into the hands of developers so they can bring gestured-based interfaces to many different types of devices. this is a quote from the BBC news. this seems like a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 the kinect has already been hacked for the PC so for microsoft to come up with something can;t be that hard. But also i found that the kinect was this big great thing, but for australians we can;t even use voice control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 ohh right i think that its a great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmy Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I've used Kinect for the xbox and it was really good. I think it's a bit cramped in my computer room for me to play it on PC though, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famous Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Kinnect is good but obviously its new so its still not as good as it could be! The fact you need a pretty large place to play it is also annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 true:/ but i think it would be good for pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Kinnect is good but obviously its new so its still not as good as it could be! The fact you need a pretty large place to play it is also annoying! agreed, in my room it is fairly small, maybe 3 metres across, but my bed takes up about half of that, than i also have cupboards on the other side so fairly small, but i cope with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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