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Sweep said:
Euphoria14 said:
JaggedSac said:

Check out this article:

http://gizmodo.com/5604308/deep-inside-xbox-360-kinect-the-interface-of-microsofts-dreams?skyline=true&s=i

 

A little snippet:

The Kinect's size and shape is dictated almost entirely by the 4 microphones located along the bottom. It has to be precisely that large to accommodate the mics and the exact positions they need to be in. The mics, and their placement, is the result of research in 200 homes in the US, Japan and Europe. When you buy a Kinect, one of the first things you'll do is calibrate the audio to fit the room it's in. It's creating an audio profile of the room, mapping out the room's reflectivity. And if you majorly re-arrange your furniture, you'll have to do it again.


Wow, that is pretty damn cool.

4 mics array, exactly like the PSEye

Oh my, I didn't even know that.

They probably don't work exactly the same though.



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Euphoria14 said:
Sweep said:

4 mics array, exactly like the PSEye

Oh my, I didn't even know that.

They probably don't work exactly the same though.

Correct, just because they both have mic arrays, does not mean the software utilizing and processing the data is the same.  Plus, the positioning of the array is different from the PSEye as well.



JaggedSac said:
Euphoria14 said:
Sweep said:

4 mics array, exactly like the PSEye

Oh my, I didn't even know that.

They probably don't work exactly the same though.

Correct, just because they both have mic arrays, does not mean the software utilizing and processing the data is the same.  Plus, the positioning of the array is different from the PSEye as well.

Well I just posted the patent for Kinect that just emerged. The answer it most definitely in there.

Haven't read through the whole thing yet though because it's pretty damn long.



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Amazing how many similarities  there are between Kinect and PSeye. That's not to say Kinect is not an improvement just like Move vs Wii-mote.

 Of course software can make a huge difference even with the same hardware.