Kinect hack?

I thought it was Kinect. Heh.

friz, learn to quote, then work on your flaming. The numbers I threw around was indeed significant to show that despite so many modern touch screen users, the complaint about smudging is rather low and not really an issue that comes up.

And yes the era of the keyboard as we know it will come to an end. An onscreen keyboard may not have the nice tactile feedback, however it will generally become moot when the display and the controller become one and the touchscreen will work hand in hand with 3d object detection (ala kinect). The onscreen keyboard will consist of a small subset of buttons with specific task that can quickly appear and disappear on the display. Even data entry will replace the keyboard with voice recognition one day.

Also getting back to the game, the battlefield navigation system is not really something you could use a keyboard for. The whole purpose of it is to be able to visualize and manipulate the battle field up close.

Who the fuck allowed Quicktime events to be so fricken prevalent? (I'm looking at the Need For Speed stupid on foot section, but being reminded of how much they exist now in games).

I thought they were supposed to have buggered off in the time of Dragon's Lair.

Oh, and Kinect... cool tech, stupid games. Wii still has the perfect balance of actual controller/motion controls in my book.

Bloody hell that was bad. I like the way the boring geeky has software with huge status messages, a desktop with two icons and torrenting software that is really slow.

I think the worst insult is the Kinect-style circle of model friends.

What copyright holders now have to realise is that physical media is going to die out. There are going to be pros and cons for both them and us. I see an immediate advantage in that I really don't have the space anymore to be piling up DVDS. I really don't want these things.

It's like music all over. They have to offer a better download service than torrents, add features and benefits. Build in an "achievement" system, allow you to stream/download your movies to any device. Then we'll be laughing and won't mind paying either.

But they could just start by removing the stupid anti-pirating messages on DVDS - pirates never see them!

It's almost like a Kinect racing game!!

Also, see http://videosift.com/video/Giant-eye-is-watching-you-Kinect-hack ...

Also, see http://videosift.com/video/Kinect-Pufferfish-Eye-of-Sauron ...

Hey man, what are you really into?

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Poppies. Poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep. Sleeeeep.

>> ^EMPIRE:

I WANT ONE! Just sitting in a column in my entrance hall.
I just wish it was animated, and not a picture of the eye. You know.. the flames around the eye would move, and the iris would contract and expand.


I totally want one as well, I do not know much about these things but I would totally want it to be a virtual fish tank, that would be sweet !

This is great- should be out for Kinect!

>> ^Shepppard:

How long before this is a war machine?
2018?

GIMMICK! Gaming always has these cycles of little peripherals, control schemes, etc. that at best contribute a few fun experiences, but are always are advertised as revolutionary, incredible things that will forever change way we play games.

Some examples:
Nintendo Power Glove (NES) - worthless as a controller, for any purpose

Light Gun (NES) - Games worth playing that used the light gun: Duck Hunt

Super Scope (SNES) - the Super Nintendo version of the light gun, minus anything worthwhile to play with it

3D/"Virtual Reality" goggles, Virtual Boy (var.) - the next "big thing" is always 3D displays through glasses or head-mounted displays. Reality: the hardware has always detracted from the experience, ranging from mildly annoying at best to instant motion sickness / vomit-inducing nightmare. Good 3D software engines displayed on a flat 2D screen actually *did* revolutionize gaming in a way these likely never will.

Dance Pad/Mat control (Dance Dance Revolution, etc.) - Makes kids exercise! Watch all the fatties lose weight! Sound familiar? Reality: niche appeal, niche market, fatties stay fat

Guitar Hero guitar controllers - Kids learn to appreciate music! They can develop musical talent! Reality: learn to play a faster-paced, vaguely guitar shaped version of Simon!


I don't mean to suggest that some of these things aren't fun. However, I think this sort of thing is guaranteed to have at best a pretty quick flash-in-the-pan sort of popularity. The best ones are instances where the peripheral is designed to work and work well with one given game or type of game, and the cost of that niche input method is just added in to the price of the game it was designed for.

To me, Nintendo was insane to base the entire market viability of the Wii around motion control. Competitors will develop their own solutions (Kinect, for example) and steal away some of the surge of motion control novelty attraction. Once the novelty wears off people will realize that the controllers, keyboard and mouse, joysticks etc. that have been used as input methods for 30+ years have been around that long because they aren't gimmicks, they actually *(&%ing work.

/rant over
//get off my lawn

So 'Sky Net' comes online care of Sony. Sadly I was hoping our nukes would be controlled with Kinect.

The kinect knows what you're doing with your other hand.