| Skeeuk said: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6283514.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1
Kinect has problems recognizing dark-skinned users?
GameSpot testing suggests facial recognition features of Microsoft's motion-sensing camera system might not work properly for some gamers. 
The official story: "The goal of Kinect is to break down the barriers for everyone to play, and it will work with people of all shapes and ethnicities at launch."--A Microsoft representative, who added that Kinect owners having calibration or recognition problems can e-mail questions to xaccess@microsoft.com. Bogus or not bogus: Not bogus that Kinect has problems identifying some users. Abstain on how widespread those problems are, or whether they're due to skin color at all. With the system launching tonight and Microsoft expecting to sell 5 million by year's end, it shouldn't be long before the scope and cause of such problems are identified. |
So, apparently Microsoft has failed in its attempt to come up with a device that can spy on everyone in their homes? In the time of launch, I see this article and the other on Kinect spying on people (One had to guess that bugger Kinect device nodding in the Kinect ad was up to something sinister) and this. What use is it as a spying device if dark skinned people can't be spied on (either spy on all or none)? I wonder if the Blue Man Group also would have issues. If you can't spy on them, it is all over!
