Posts Tagged 'Kinect'

Kinect for Windows coming February 1st

It was inevitable. Microsoft will be releasing a new version of the Kinect made especially for Windows. Considering the blistering amount of video demos we’ve seen including Kinect controls for Skyrim and turning invisible, it’s surprising that this announcement didn’t

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Kinect for Windows coming February 1st

It was inevitable. Microsoft will be releasing a new version of the Kinect made especially for Windows. Considering the blistering amount of video demos we’ve seen including Kinect controls for Skyrim and turning invisible, it’s surprising that this announcement didn’t

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The Potential of Movement

If there was a theme of this year’s E3, it was pure potential. Developers one and all offered us lots of what ifs and hypotheticals, a shining glimpse of what the future could be that they then greedily snatched back,

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The Potential of Movement

If there was a theme of this year’s E3, it was pure potential. Developers one and all offered us lots of what ifs and hypotheticals, a shining glimpse of what the future could be that they then greedily snatched back,

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Kinect Makes Super Cool Guy Eat His Own Hat

So, do you remember this? Well, according to VGChartz, Microsoft’s Kinect did in fact eventually reach the milestone of 4 million units sold worldwide (2.6 million units in the Americas) in the week that ended on Dec. 11. Of units sold, 40% of them bundled with a Xbox 360 console, which indicates that there actually was

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Kinect Makes Super Cool Guy Eat His Own Hat

So, do you remember this? Well, according to VGChartz, Microsoft’s Kinect did in fact eventually reach the milestone of 4 million units sold worldwide (2.6 million units in the Americas) in the week that ended on Dec. 11. Of units sold, 40% of them bundled with a Xbox 360 console, which indicates that there actually was

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Microsoft Muses Over Target Advertising Possibilities With the Kinect

Shepard, you’ve recently been dead. Don’t you deserve the quality and distinction of the traditional Asari burial robe? We all probably laughed at the well-written advertising jips in Mass Effect 2, but the technology to make specifically targeted advertising/marketing already

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Microsoft Muses Over Target Advertising Possibilities With the Kinect

Shepard, you’ve recently been dead. Don’t you deserve the quality and distinction of the traditional Asari burial robe? We all probably laughed at the well-written advertising jips in Mass Effect 2, but the technology to make specifically targeted advertising/marketing already

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Kinect is Always Watching. Waiting.

This should come to no surprise to anyone in the wake of the Patriot Act–what is privacy? Insurance companies can look at your social network pictures and deny you coverage for, say, depression, because you have photos that seem to

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Kinect is Always Watching. Waiting.

This should come to no surprise to anyone in the wake of the Patriot Act–what is privacy? Insurance companies can look at your social network pictures and deny you coverage for, say, depression, because you have photos that seem to

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The Friday Post: On Time Edition

I know! I know! This is fucking incredible. I’m posting our weekly collection of links n’ stuff, and I’m posting it on time, too! Even though I’m sneezing at a sneeze per minute ratio faster than some very slow electronic

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The Friday Post: On Time Edition

I know! I know! This is fucking incredible. I’m posting our weekly collection of links n’ stuff, and I’m posting it on time, too! Even though I’m sneezing at a sneeze per minute ratio faster than some very slow electronic

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What Goes Up, Can't Go Down

Or: Why the Microsoft Kinect and the Playstation Move are doomed to fail* Update 1: I’ve realized I needed to make the definition of what ‘fail’ meant more explicit. In this case, ‘fail’ refers to catering to the non-gamer market.

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What Goes Up, Can't Go Down

Or: Why the Microsoft Kinect and the Playstation Move are doomed to fail* Update 1: I’ve realized I needed to make the definition of what ‘fail’ meant more explicit. In this case, ‘fail’ refers to catering to the non-gamer market.

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A Sign of Things To Come

“What people want are simpler, more accessible games that are easier to play and solve”–Iwata, 2003 You probably had no idea of what Iwata meant at the time. None of us could. Who could predict the DS, the Wii–who could

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A Sign of Things To Come

“What people want are simpler, more accessible games that are easier to play and solve”–Iwata, 2003 You probably had no idea of what Iwata meant at the time. None of us could. Who could predict the DS, the Wii–who could

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Child of Eden the Game Microsoft Needs to Pimp Kinect

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-19kRd4Yk0&hl=en_US&fs=1&] They need it because this is the real deal. This is the good shit. Black gold. Texas tea. Iraqi milk. Child of Eden is summed up best as the sequel to Rez. Hey, that’s the guy who’s heading production

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Child of Eden the Game Microsoft Needs to Pimp Kinect

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-19kRd4Yk0&hl=en_US&fs=1&] They need it because this is the real deal. This is the good shit. Black gold. Texas tea. Iraqi milk. Child of Eden is summed up best as the sequel to Rez. Hey, that’s the guy who’s heading production

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5 Steps to Not Having Your E3 Press Conference Suck

It’s been less than half an hour since the Microsoft Press Conference and I’ve gotta say, I barely watched any of it. Instead, I cleaned up the place, as the previous weekend had amalgamated a pile of video game cases,

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5 Steps to Not Having Your E3 Press Conference Suck

It’s been less than half an hour since the Microsoft Press Conference and I’ve gotta say, I barely watched any of it. Instead, I cleaned up the place, as the previous weekend had amalgamated a pile of video game cases,

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