not really a surpise.  for the last year pretty much every time we get a report of kinect failing to reconize someone you can generally identify some sort of issue with that person's outfit that changes their humanly shape.

remember when kinect failed to reconise matt lauer (wearing a loose suit jacket) on the Today show and then the next day they showed kinect on jimmy fallon and they put everyone in speed suits. 

So, no minigames involving meatspin™, then?

Not really....most women probably won't be wearing skirts or dresses when playing KINECT games since almost all involve some form of exercise.  Not to mention that most women who wear skirts probably aren't interested in video games to begin with .

This is really a non-issue that people are going to blow way out of proportion (like usual)

isn't that generalizing a bit tho? It's assuming women will only play exercise games or something...the reason why I said it might be an issue with family games is because, it really shouldn't be a case where you have to say hey lets play some games so lets go wear something that shows our legs or asking your guests to come wearing a specefic type of clothing which kinda sucks..and remember talking about the world here, not every region wear clothing the same way at home

and I also think it won't be that HUGE of an issue..however if this report is true, then the number of conditions you have when playing Kinect is increasing and that's just not good....it hasn't even come out yet

We already have the Burqa Brigade pissed at Kinect and now the mean girls?!

Well what are the games that involve the use of legs that aren't exercise games?  

And what other "conditions" are there for KINECT?

So it seems I will not be able to look trendy with my skirts while playing Kinect u_u

On the one hand this is obvious - clearly a camera using a skeletal system needs to see your limbs - but on the other I just hand't thought through the implications.  Would a suitably baggy top give it trouble as to where your arms are?

I saw some footage where Kinect seemed able to work out someone from a scarf they had, which was pretty damn good, but the more I think about the fact that you aren't just the controller, you're the signal too (i.e unlike the Wii and Move where a device is sending signals to the console, here you're body is the signal) the more I wonder how specific your dress and posture is going to have to be to get the optimal reading?

Clearly all these devices can be fooled - as a Wii owner I know that and I fully expect Move to be foolable (new word?) too, but I get the feeling that Kinect may be the easiest to fool in terms with messing with it's input (although good SW should help and they can obviously patch over time with improvements as they device matures).

Exactly how is this an issue?  Kinect tracks your limbs.  Anything that obscures your limbs is obviously going to impair this.  People complaining about this is like complain that Kinect can't see through walls to track people in the next room.

errr...all of them?  do we have any confirmation that kinect will work while only part of the person is visible?  not yet.

dont' forget how kinect works.  the information collected in an array of distances.  the kinect software has to then look at this (below) if figure out what is human and what is not.  if the shape is "odd" there is a good chance that kinect can't identify it and there is a whole range of potential hiccups.

- clothing

- odd haircuts

- disabilities (like missing arms)

- other objects (couch, prop swords, ect)

the question is, what did MS plan for and what did MS forget.  I'm sure they can get everything right eventually but the initial release probably will be restrictive.