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Could Microsoft's Kinect be reborn as a virtual reality controller?

The Kinect port's removal from the Xbox One S might have lead some to believe that the accessory has reached the end of its life, but a recent Microsoft blog post suggests otherwise.

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OC_MurphysLaw3587d ago

Seems to me it could be really good for use as a room tracker as well as work in tandem with hand controls to better track positioning. I don't think it would good just on its own though.

jessionpc3587d ago

Yea good idea, lets use a complete and total piece of junk to support a brand new bleeding edge consumer device.

It's gonna make motion controls great again. /s

freshslicepizza3587d ago

seems to be working so far for psvr and i believe kinect 2 is more advanced than the ps4 camera.

OC_MurphysLaw3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

@jessionpc if you actually read up on kinect you would understand that the tech behind it is not junk in the least. The issue was to make Kinect work as intended it needed far better resources from the compute side...even in Xbox One it was not enough to make the system fast and responsive. Additionally for gaming we know that some kind of controller is needed for any kind of advanced games. without a controller the experiences are just too limiting and that was another fatal flaw of the Kinect system.

TheCommentator3586d ago

Right on, Moldy. A five year old stick with a light up clown nose on the end of it versus a room scanning 3D night vision camera sensitive enough to track individual fingers and even facial expressions. Which one is the total piece of junk, the device made for this generation of hardware or the one recycled from a failed attempt at plagerizing the Wii remotes?

Goldby3587d ago

its difficult to have room tracking with only one camera.

Theres a reason HTC wants 2 cameras put in opposite corners

Razuel3587d ago (Edited 3587d ago )

what dlacy said.

MasterCornholio3587d ago

I see why not. I mean Sony brought back move with PSVR so I don't see why Microsoft can't do the same.

Errorist763587d ago

Doesn't seem to be a bad idea if they can get the latency down even more and improve stuff like finger tracking.

Aenea3587d ago

Yes I think it would! In fact a while back I assumed MS would be using Kinect for VR in the future!

Also, I've read the original article a few days ago and it seemed they found a way to track your hands and fingers so they could actually show up on screen accurately. Though it's still heavy in the R&D phase and I had kinda hoped, when I saw the article's title, that they were ready to release it in the wild so we might still be a few years off before this will be ready for consumers but the idea of not needing special controllers and such sounds awesome to me!

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Reports Indicate Marvel's Venom May Still Be In Dev Contrary To Miles Morales Actor's Statement

New reports indicate that Sony Interactive Entertainment and Insomniac Games may still have Marvel's Venom in development.

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'The big things that we're thinking about'

In an exclusive interview with Game File, new(ish) Xbox boss Asha Sharma and Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty explain their vision for Microsoft’s gaming division

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Five Games I'd Love To See On the Neo Geo AES+

These classics need to make a return.

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EasilyTheBest10h ago

Blues Journey is the game I'd like to see.

Popsicle3h ago

Pre-ordered mine a few days ago. Love this concept and hope there are more games announced. I can’t justify paying the prices for games that collectors are asking for. It’s the primary reason I own almost every console except the Neo Geo.