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Adinnieken on 21 August 2013
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superchunk said:
Adinnieken said:
superchunk said:
Keywords are IR Blaster.

You'll have to position the IR blaster (sold separately) coming out of the back of your Xbone to the front of the device you want it to control.

So it will only control one device at a time (stereo, tv or cable/sat box... not all at same time).

While this is interesting, I think its not very practical.

No.  The Kinect acts as an IR Blaster.

Built into Kinect are three IR LEDs.  The signal is blasted out into the room, and if it all works as planned, reflects back into the device you're trying to control.

You've got to be kidding me. That is the "plan"? My thoughts that it was an additional blast sound like it would actually work, albiet limited to a single device. This sounds completely foolish.

Nope.  You've never operated a device via reflection?  It's pretty fun when it works.  Roll away from the TV, point the remote at the wall behind you and things turn off.  The challenge are getting the angle right and if something absorbs the signal.

However, considering that the IR emitter on Kinect is significantly more powerful than a remote control, I believe it's able to flood the room with the light and ensure something will reflect the signal back into the device.

My guess is that it works pretty well, otherwise that wouldn't be even considered as an option.