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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_MurphysLaw3607d 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.

jessionpc3607d 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

freshslicepizza3606d ago

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

OC_MurphysLaw3606d ago (Edited 3606d 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.

TheCommentator3606d 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?

Goldby3606d ago

its difficult to have room tracking with only one camera.

Theres a reason HTC wants 2 cameras put in opposite corners

Razuel3607d ago (Edited 3607d ago )

what dlacy said.

MasterCornholio3607d 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.

Errorist763607d ago

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

Aenea3607d 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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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio16d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing16d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit16d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing16d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9216d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."

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Koei Tecmo Announces Record Financial Results After Releasing Many Big Games

Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.

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