The original Kinect was a fad built on promises. It fell off a cliff when a lot of those promises went unfulfilled. Then Microsoft built their next Xbox around Kinect, even without addressing the lack of meaningful content that had killed the first version. That's the amazing part of the situation and it made very little sense.
However, these are all steps in the progression of technology. It's just a matter of technology maturing enough to be a fit for the market place. Elements of Kinect will eventually be a part of base functionality. These misfires are useful.








