Kinect Can't Detect Wrist Movement

[Homeroids]

dsister said:

Solid_Snake4RD said:

its how the KINECT detects your skeleton

and what it about the poster having no scredibility with under 10,000 posts?

What does this have to do with anything?

I don't trust anything posters with less then that say. Unless I talk to them often.

Homeroids said:

@slowmo

 

Quotting from the twitter article in regards to wrist movements.

 

"And while designers admit that, unlike Wii MotionPlus bowling, the game can't track spin based upon a twist of my wrist—instead you exaggerate the motion within the entire scope of your swing—the flexibility keeps me immersed. I granny-roll the ball between my legs. I throw the ball, side-arm style, down the lane. I'm a horrible bowler but Kinect doesn't mind.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-xbox-360-kinetic-is-wonderful-2010-6?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#ixzz0rXEES7Gm"

Here's my take - if the game is fun to play, I wouldn't give a rats about the subtle wrist movement limitation. All I am saying, just don't expect Kinect to do magic. Like any tech, it has limitations. As I was trying to point out earlier, and not invoke a protectionist reaction, is that to do true 3D space tracking, you probably need more than a front position parralax tracking camera system. You would need a body suit OR additionally placed sensors. The promo released by MS last year is idealistic. That is where my skepticism is at. My skepticism has nothing to do on whether Kinect Sports will be a vastly enjoyable game. Kinect will achieve it's purpose with this game - a highly enjoyable, immersive game aimed at an untapped casual market. And for that reason, you have to give credit where credit is due.

He says "...the game can't track..."  He doesn't state the limitations of Kinect in anyway

Yes, I used the word limitation because again, the reviewer of the bowling game said this:

"And while designers admit that, unlike Wii MotionPlus bowling, the game can't track spin based upon a twist of my wrist—instead you exaggerate the motion within the entire scope of your swing—the flexibility keeps me immersed."

It is, by defnition, a limitation of the Kinect hardware/software. We are getting mixed up in semantics. I could use a different word such as "can't" or "inability. As I said before, every tech has it's limitations. I was being graceful to Kinect and it seems I must repeat myself so here goes:

Quoting myself, " Like any tech, it has limitations. As I was trying to point out earlier, and not invoke a protectionist reaction (which it seems I did yet again), is that to do true 3D space tracking, you probably need more than a front position parralax tracking camera system. You would need a body suit OR additionally placed sensors. The promo released by MS last year is idealistic. That is where my skepticism is at. My skepticism has nothing to do on whether Kinect Sports will be a vastly enjoyable game. Kinect will achieve it's purpose with this game - a highly enjoyable, immersive game aimed at an untapped casual market. And for that reason, you have to give credit where credit is due."