What was the whole point of Kinect 2?

[oniyide]

Dusk said:

oniyide said:

maybe they didnt show anything becasue there was nothing to show. All the talk of smart glass and what not wasnt ready to be shown becasue they were still probably working on it or worse case it was BS to begin with. From what ive played 2.0 didnt even work that much better than the original and thats not something you wanna bring attention too.

That's nothing that some software updates couldn't overcome. 

The voice recognition has come along in massive leaps in the last couple years with Apple, Samsung and even blackberry on theiir phones, this is the same tech. the same can be said for the motion capture of the kinect. Incapable and unwillingness are far from the same thing. Much of what I spoke of is just utilizing it in a similar way just with a different format.

@ bolded but doesnt that prove my point of them not having anything to show? I mean sure lets say thats true, but i promise that outside of some forum goers you cant sell your 500 dollar machine and then say "wait for software updates to see what it can do!" That dog dont hunt as has been proven by the sales.

The fact that that technology exist in devices that people most likely already HAVE doesnt make a strong case for Kinect. Again nobody trying to pay 500 for something they know they already have access to or can be gotten for much cheaper. Maybe they werent incapable or unwilling, but they sure as hell werent prepared and thats MS' burden to bare.