Microsoft Kinect: Why it failed to do what it was supposed to do even though it was successful

[Zappykins]

I think you may have been expecting too much or something different from what MS wants to do with Kinect. I think it did open new market away from the Wii - but it does more things than just that. It opens interactions with computers in a new way.

Kinect is one of the most innovative new branches in teach I have seen in a bout 20 years - not since they mouse has their really been a major successful innovation in a new piece equipment for interaction.

Kinect does not necessarily replace the Wii - as it's not as accurate in this version for pointing. What it does, nothing else can do,- such as some of the Kinect Fun Labs, Kinectimals, or National Geographic Kinect, show you is open Microsoft into some major new way to interact with your TV, gaming and more.

To interact with a computer we have a mouse(including track ball), we have touch, and now with Kinect we get both voice and gesture. We also get a camera - and software that can edit us shrinking in a room, show us setting our chair on fire - or zapping the room with lighting bolts like the Emperor in Star Wars - in real time - without us know any special effect or editing software.

The Wii is cool for some things – and worked better than I expected (remembering le Stick on the 8 bit machines). As I see it Kinect is still in its infancy maybe 16 bit equivalent in consoles. But with the next one I hope we see a few generations leap.