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Microsoft XBox One Kinect Will Not Work On Windows PCs

Posted by timothy on from the sir-you-need-to-get-back-in-line dept.

symbolset writes "Ars is reporting that Microsoft XBox One Kinect will not work on Windows PCs. It uses a proprietary connector and an adaptor will not be available. If you want Kinect for your PC you will need to buy a 'Kinect for Windows' product. Although the Kinect 1.0 for XBox 360 also had a proprietary connector it came with a USB adaptor for compatibility with older versions of the 360 that lacked the new proprietary port and PC compatibility was quickly hacked up by third parties."

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  1. Microsoft seem determined by maroberts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..to shoot themselves in the ass with their desire to compartmentalize everything. One reason the Kinect was such a runaway success was the fact that people thought of doing imaginative things with it and stretching its operational boundaries.

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    1. Re:Microsoft seem determined by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Why? The XB1 is a PC, albeit a customized one operating in a walled-garden OS environment. Both have USB so interfacing isnt an issue. Greed-based pricing/licensing is the only reason they would need two models.

    2. Re:Microsoft seem determined by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Because the article said something negative about Microsoft. Obviously it can't be wrong.

  2. Not proprietary for long by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How much you want to bet it's just USB with a funny shape on the end