ArnoldRimmer on 10 July 2013
| RedInker said: If I ever buy an X1 I plan to have kinect face a wall at point blank range where microsoft can admire my paint. |
What the people talking about Kinect being positioned to face a wall seem to forget is a feature that...
- is very expensive
- but rather pointless for games
- but can easily be used by Microsoft exactly to prevent people from doing so:
It has a depth sensor!
If they want to ensure that Kinect is seeing the people and their rooms, they can easily do so simply by analysing the depth sensor data. If Kinect is facing a wall, the Xbox could simply force you to reposition the camera, claiming some meaningless BS like "you need to repeat the Kinect sensor setup procedure, it's necessary to ensure the best user experience".
