iFixit Tears Down Microsoft's Kinect For Xbox 360

alphadogg writes "Microsoft's new hands-free Kinect game controller is packed with four microphones, two autofocus cameras and a motion detector chip that together make for one heck of a complex toy, according to iFixit's initial teardown of the device. 'We haven't been this excited to get our hands on new hardware since the iPad,' says Kyle Wiens, CEO of the company. 'The way that we interact with computers is (finally) evolving, and Kinect is unlike any hardware we've ever taken apart. In fact, the only thing we've ever taken apart that has anywhere close to this many sensors is Pleo, the dinosaur robot.' iFixit describes Kinect as 'a horizontal bar of sensors connected to a small, motorized pivoting base.' The $150 device that Microsoft put hundreds of millions of dollars of research into can be purchased separately from the Xbox 360 or as part of a bundle. A Prime Sense PS1080-A2 is at the heart of Kinect's motion detection capabilities, as it connects to all of Kinect's sensors and processes images of your game room's color and scope before shooting them over to the Xbox. iFixit couldn't immediately identify all of the chips within the box, so plans to update its teardown."

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Re:The $150 device that Microsoft put hundreds of

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't mean to make fun of you for speaking a foreign language, but this wasn't just some grammar error. It's hard to tell whether you just didn't understand the comment about hundreds of millions of dollars or are just retarded.

Re:what ELSE can MS do with the images?

[jdogalt]

*cough* every other mobile phone on the market *cough*

Re:The $150 device that Microsoft put hundreds of

[daath93]

Really? Maybe that would be why I told him to use his default. In case you hadn't noticed, he was bragging about his depth of knowledge in languages a few posts ago, or can't we trouble you to keep up with the fucking thread?

Re:The $150 device that Microsoft put hundreds of

[Confusador]

Wait, you're on /. and you think dancing is different from tilting your hand in time with the music?

Re:The $150 device that Microsoft put hundreds of

[RMH101]

No, French is conventionally the language of love

Re:Won't Be On The Market Long Enough To Matter

[SuricouRaven]

Stepmania caught on at my house for a brief time. Cotton-Eye Joe has a series of star jumps in it that, when performed on the top floor, result in the ceiling of the lower floor shaking so much that dust falls off and a bulb was once broken.

Re:The $150 device that Microsoft put hundreds of

[RulerOf]

What?

Homosaywhat?

What. You happy now?

Shame I'm not using my Mac.