Rumor: Kinect 2 precise enough to read lips, is bundled with the NextBox

[SvennoJ]

Rainbird said:

SvennoJ said:
Just as Kinect 1 was rumoured to be able to track fingers?
Why does it need to read lips when it has a microphone anyway?

Kinect can track fingers. And the lip reading is just an example to illustrate its precision, there aren't any rumors about it actually being used for it.

Yes it can in tech demos, but not from the recommended playing distance. And ofcourse it only works as long as you keep your fingers spread facing the camera head on.

But maybe it will be precise enough to use a virtual keyboard while sitting on the couch, that would be impressive.