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I don't exactly fit what the OP was looking for but regardless.

I was huge doubter of Kinect prior to it's release.  I have questions of the over-hype with it, the typical show as little as possible, talk it up as much as possible type of stuff.   The latency issues with it, etc.   I wasn't going to buy it (Still wouldn't) because of many of these issues.  

However, I ended up getting a very lengthy and involved play session with it at a friends house. 

 

My thoughts, feelings on Kinect are different after playing it.  It's more fun than I gave it credit for.  The latency is ever present and depending on what you're doing, it can be masked better or worse but in games that I enjoyed, it wasn't as much of an issue.  I think that it definitely has it's niche in gaming and somewhat impressed me with the way the technology works (And once cameras improve, technology improves, etc) I think it will have something quite interesting going for it.

My major problems/questions with it still stand and have yet to be addressed though.  Kinect in my opinion still will not work well for gaming requiring quick reactions or reflexes. It will be spectacular for certain types of experiences (Dance Dance Revolution, Exercise and Fitness genre, Certain types of children games).  It will never work for FPS or a whole host of other types of games.

I know people will say there is no lag issues or they didn't notice them, but most of those cases are situations where it's being masked well.  Other situations it's very obvious and sticks out like a sore thumb.  Not surprisingly the best games for Kinect are ones that hide these issues well.

 

In the end, I can say that it definitely needs some new software. There just wasn't many games worth owning the thing for and after a lengthy play session with it, I wasn't encouraged to go run out and buy one.  However, I did in a party-esque setting have some amounts of fun and sweat involved.  Was I in love with it?  No.  But it does work better than you might expect (When it's working) but it still has too many limitations to ever become a primary or main form of control scheme.