Kinect might have an actually useful innovation niche, but connected to a games console with very little market penetration potential it was never. Going to realise that dream. And the holy trail of people wanting to talk to their machines in a natural conversational way has not gone anywhere. It's just the next product to be put on the market should probably not lead with promoting itself as a video gaming product, but rather a labour saveing revolution.
In the grand scheme of things this is just a small footnote in the onward March of technology.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
