Kinect Camera As Seen In The Wild
Johnny 5 is ... HUGE.Published: 10:00, 31/08/2010 by Kovacs.
31With the Kinect beta up and running for some lucky few, it was only a matter of time before pics of the hardware in actual living spaces made it onto the interweb. Kotaku has posted a whole host of images, from a smiley face instruction placard to what the device looks like plonked in front of a Samsung TV.
There’s no real surprise here. After all, we’ve known what the camera looks like in principle for sometime; namely a dark, legless Wall-E. But what has got tongues wagging is just how large the camera seems; something we’re only now able to fully perceive when the device is viewed up close and in context with a normal gaming set up.
The post on Kotaku also mentions how early users are reporting “mixed” results with Microsoft’s new motion controller tech. Focusing on the good news, however, bundled with Kinect Sports and Kinect Joyride, beta testers are reporting that, though there is some lag in the games, it’s not that noticeable. Voice commands have also been reported as to be working as expected.
We’re guessing “Kinect! Down in front!” is a popular call. Suddenly those reports suggesting oodles of space is required to fully experience Microsoft’s next big thing are starting to make sense. It’s nothing to do with detection – the camera takes up half the room*. Check the link for more images of the shiny, ever-watchful behemoth.
*We’re kidding, of course. It does look somewhat bigger than we expected, however.
Source: Kotaku
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31/08/2010 at 10:11
Member since: Jun 2010
will have to buy a bigger tv to keep the aesthetics right .
31/08/2010 at 13:29
Member since: Jan 1970
any excuse is a good one for a bigger TV
31/08/2010 at 19:28
Member since: Mar 2010
3D?
31/08/2010 at 10:15
Member since: May 2010
Maybe its a tv stand? You plonk you tv on top of it and do away with the media cabinet
31/08/2010 at 10:19
Member since: Apr 2010
Lol!
31/08/2010 at 10:24
Member since: Aug 2008
sounds more useful! lol
31/08/2010 at 10:22
Member since: Aug 2009
Oh geeez thats too wide….
31/08/2010 at 10:26
Member since: Aug 2008
is it the same width as the 360Slim? if so, then its okay, if not then what are they playing at O_o
31/08/2010 at 10:36
Member since: Jun 2009
It’s width isn’t toooo bad, it’s the depth of the thing that suprises me. that first picture it looks pretty big.
31/08/2010 at 10:37
Member since: Jul 2009
That’s no moon, it’s a space station
31/08/2010 at 12:45
Member since: Feb 2009
Brilliant!
31/08/2010 at 10:45
Member since: Forever
Maybe it is big to make buyers feel that they are getting more value for money?
31/08/2010 at 10:52
Member since: Sep 2009
I must say it is much thicker than I was expecting, added to that the clearance needed for the motorised based to work it might not even fit on some wall mounted TV’s, and it definitely won’t fit on newer LED TV’s.
I wonder if a mounting bracket will be made available like you can get for the PS Eye to lock it to the top or bottom of your TV?
Eitherway it’s size is the least of it’s problems…
31/08/2010 at 10:57
Member since: Aug 2008
I don’t know about wall mounting it, it wouldn’t even fit under my screen the bottom of the screen is literally 3 inches from the Stand it’s on, and by the looks, that THING is more than 3 inches
31/08/2010 at 15:03
Member since: Oct 2008
I cant remember the which company, but someone is making a whole line of accessories for it, from wall mounts to floor stands.
Thank fully my PS Eye is fastened to the top of my TV so hopefully there will be enough space in the front of it for Kinect, if not, then i’ll be buying the floor stand.
31/08/2010 at 10:53
Member since: Feb 2010
Can’t wait to hack 2 IR emitters in there and get rid of my Wii sensor bar all together :)
31/08/2010 at 11:12
Member since: Aug 2009
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