COMPUTER MASALA: Xbox Kinect

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Xbox Kinect

Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs. Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands.[9] The project is aimed at broadening the Xbox 360's audience beyond its typical gamer base.[10] Kinect competes with the Wii Remote Plus and PlayStation Move with PlayStation Eye motion controllers for the Wii and PlayStation 3 home consoles, respectively. A version for Windows was released on February 1, 2012.Kinect was launched in North America on November 4, 2010,[2] in Europe on November 10, 2010, in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore on November 18, 2010,[5][11][12] and in Japan on November 20, 2010.