Alex Atkin UK
12-13-2010, 12:08 PM
(12-04-2010, 03:34 AM)inteGReddy Wrote: [ -> ]Kinect is simply a gimmick to get people interested in Xbox (kind of like 3d movies). The truth is, the Kinect is anything but new and revolutionary. I bought a little Intel webcam back in 1998 that did the same stuff. I could play a bunch of virtual games like basketball... superimpose myself infront of wacky backgrounds... etc. I showed it to some friends, we played some games together, it got old quick (like 20 minutes) and I went back to playing Counter-Strike. Kinect is getting press only because MS has paid for the advertising. And, is it really that interesting that someone got a MS product to work on a MS OS?
Sorry, but you are dead wrong. Kinect is not "just another Eyetoy", it actually works quite well this time.
Seriously, you think Microsoft would have thrown so much money at it if they could achieve the same thing with JUST a webcam?
Yes a lot of what Kinect does can be mimicked with a webcam alone, but only in perfect lighting conditions in a perfect room. I certainly cannot imagine Dance Central working with only a camera as it actually senses that you are pulling off the moves at the right angles, if you are supposed to put your foot forward and don't, it knows. You can't do that with a camera alone.
(12-04-2010, 03:34 AM)inteGReddy Wrote: [ -> ]Even with the Wii, I try to disable the Wiimote pointer, if possible, when playing games. It is rather clumsy, laggy, and not all that accurate. Id rather use my analog stick to aim my slingshot than the Wiimote any day. Not to mention, bluetooth picks my Wiimote up from my couch which is like 15 feet from my 52 inch display, unlike the extended range sensor bar which still cant be picked up by the Wiimotes unless I'm within 10 feet of it. I am sure the Kinect, more so than the Wii sensor bar, has trouble performing properly for people not sitting with their faces almost touching the display.
I have to disagree here too. I find the Wiimote to be excellent for aiming, its far more fun and precise than using a joystick. I can comfortably browse the web on the Wii, but its a real PITA on the PS3, purely due to the control difference.
As for Kinect, actually the problem it has is not that you have to be too close to the TV but that you CAN'T BE closer than 6ft or it doesn't work. Five seconds of research would you told you that.
(12-04-2010, 03:34 AM)inteGReddy Wrote: [ -> ]I guess my point is; Why would anyone with a PC want to use the junk anyway? Why don't we get the NES Powerglove to work with Dolphin?
Because its a new innovate way to interact with the PC?
I agree that some people are making too big a deal out of it, its most practical for use in games and is no substitute for a Wiimote when playing bowling etc. However dismissing it as junk just makes you seem very narrow minded.
One thing we can agree on though, Kinect has no relevance to Dolphin at all. Its only useful in software that is actually optimised for it.
