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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."
http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/xbox-360/news/kinects-new-york-launch-misses-expectations-but-still-a-good-party/a-20101104112747310011/g-20060321132945404017
Hard to imagine how bad Kinect has to be for hardcore Xbox fans to not even buy it. These are the same guys who have bought 3,4, or 5 versions of the worst console hardware in history with the RRoD plagued Xbox 360 and the shitty HD-DVD format.
I'll say it. Perhaps taking a go in your native language would be more useful, because you your English is fucktard bad. I still can't seem to grab whatever it was you were trying to say in your reply, except that somehow you are pissed off and trolling against Microsoft because they are Microsoft. You most likely hump goats. Thank you.
Microsoft marketing aside, you do realize this has been done before? Sony UK came up with the EyeToy, a single manual focus camera with all processing done on the PS2. With the lower specs keep in mind that this was years ago and they were sold for a fraction of the Kinect's price. A better camera and one with auto focus would've helped it a lot. The Microsoft implementation with two cameras is a win -- but it all costs more as a result.
On occassions when we have guests with children we used to fire it up and put it on one of the minigames. People were always impressed by it, but I doubt there were any additional sales because in essence its a one-trick toy. It can be a very *fun* one-trick toy, don't get me wrong, but really, the scope of games that benefit from controlling via motion sense or putting the player on the screen is pretty minimal.
If Microsoft has a creative bone in them there will be some stunning games that rely on Kinect. Outside of that it is unlikely to have much impact.
But big concept? Not really. Innovative? Sony was here years ago.
Microsoft and apple both suck. Any Linuxfags out there?