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Microsoft Releases Kinect For Windows

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 1, 2012 @08:14AM from the flail-away dept.

nk497 writes "Microsoft has released Kinect for Windows, featuring a new "near mode" that lets the gesture control tech be used as close as 40cm. The Kinect for Windows hardware will retail at $249 — well above the price of the version for Xbox 360 consoles. Microsoft defended the price difference, saying sales of games and Xbox Live subscriptions help subsidize the console version. The new version will support Windows 7 and the Windows 8 developer preview, as well as Windows Embedded 7 devices."

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WoR k z !!! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-01 08:19 · Score: 5, Funny

i JU-st P000000steD tHIz using mi NEw keNe C t!
Re:BOUGHT FUCKING TIME !! by Tsingi · 2012-02-01 08:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Bought fucking time.
Down at the corner?
Too late by jdastrup · 2012-02-01 08:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Looks like Windows 8 touch interface is already outdated. Don't bother with the Kinect, mind control will be available soon.
Re:Still fairly affordable by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2012-02-01 08:35 · Score: 4, Funny

That, and a rifle to use on all the assholes who keep hanging Escher prints in the cameras' field of view and laughing hysterically at your algorithm's attempt to cope...
road rage! by Thud457 · 2012-02-01 10:04 · Score: 5, Funny

It'd almost be worth it if it could be programmed to interpret the one-finger salute as the three-finger salute.

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