CNN: Kinect is impressive

[Smidlee]

Icyedge said:

Smidlee said:

 

What do you think this statement really means?

"What Natal does, is it evaluates effectively trillions of body configurations every frame. We've made it do that 30 times a second."

 X360 does not even have  a trillion bits.  Trillion is a really huge number. I've heard that  a trillion dollars in 100 dollar bills would stack in a pile that's 67 miles high.

It means that Natal select 1 body position (the one your in) out of trillions of different possible body configuration 30 time per second. Simply mean that it check your body configuration/position at 30 FPS.

In other words, while theres trillions of possible body position each frame, Natal will know yours. Its just that, but it was worded to look more awesome.

If not you were right in the sense that no super computer can evaluate trillions of body configuration 30 times per second. Tough, it can evaluate one out of those trillions possibilities.

Here some fun with numbers. For me to get my body into a trillion different positions within a 100 years I would have to be on average  in over 300 different positions per second.  

I agree the real information in his statement is Kinect  runs on 30 frame (inputs) per second.