Microsoft preparing 'Avatar Kinect' game for CES Announcement?

[richardhutnik]

kowenicki said:

richardhutnik said:

As I posted in another thread I started on here, before this one, I am wondering if Avatar Kinect will serve the functionality Sony Home has, enabling avatars of people to meet one another, and make new contacts with people not on one's friend list currently.  In short, it would be an avatar center lobby for games and other activities over XBox Live.

I sincerely hope not....  I have no interest in anything remotely like that.

Why would merely having a play area where your avatar gets to freakout with other people on your friend list be of any interest?  Not saying it should have the bloat and overhead Home does, but enable me to find other people who happen to like XBLA stuff I do, that is more obscure.  I am running events in Game Room, for example, and being able to hunt down other players for these events, would be of value.