That looked horribly inefficient to me (as seen by the assault course...or maybe it was just the player, probably both) and completely gimmicky. I don't see the point of a new control scheme if it's actually worse than the current control schemes. Some of the gestures look fun; the jumping for instance, but it also seems like a waste of time when current control schemes . The gesture stuff is already being used in Wii games and to a lesser extent in Move.

Also, at 1:13-1:25, anyone notice how he moves the wii-mote but no actual movement register on the screen?

Anyway, people need to stop thinking of how Kinect will work in current games with well-established control schemes and start thinking how Kinect can shape new and innovative experiences.

Kinect for games like this seems like a bad idea, too many limitations and problems with the Kinect system alone. A hybrid system would work but then I'd rather just play with standard controllers (or, better yet, mouse and keyboard).

I'm sorry but I still don't buy into the whole motion control concept for games at all.

Looks cool. I want to try this...

Why not?  Seems like a perfect opportunity to.  Could it be because it's simply not capable of reliably doing all these things PS3 fans seem to keep saying it is?

The one game we have now that does head tracking with the PSEye is GT5 and by most accounts it is unreliable, imprecise and only works in specific configurations.

Well, it's sort of like this.  Kinect can control (controller free) core games about as well as the PSEye can do fullbody tracking.

Nintendoes what Kinecan't!

*SCNR*

Not bad for a first try. I imagine with a whole dev team behind it doing a whole load of polishing it could work.

But it shows MS will need to think about a controller at least for movement. If they do that and mix in the body movement ability of the sensor then i think it could be pretty cool.

And i can't believe people are still talking about comparing the eye toy and kinect....

I don't think it was ever intended to control FPSs, that's why they already include a controller with every Xbox 360.  Microsoft has been clear from the beginning that Kinect wasn't ideal for every genre of game, it's strength lay in games that aren't possible with any current control scheme as well as augmenting other genres via voice control and body/head tracking.

However your point really is just a potshot at Kinect and doesn't really address my point.  I keep hearing how PSEye can do all the same stuff that Kinect can do yet you never see it.  That's because it can't.  Move is great at what it does but it doesn't do a lot of what Kinect can do.  It doesn't have the technology to do full body 3D motion tracking or even head tracking if you're sitting more than 3-4 feet away from it.  It simply doesn't have the resolution to be able to accurately follow where you are looking. 

In a hybrid control scheme for an FPS Kinect would be very useful for body tracking (dodging left right, ducking etc) and for head tracking.  I would also be useful for arm gestures.  This is all possible, right now, with programming that is already part of the tech.  This video is evidence of that.

I love it.

So many in this thread keep saying:

Kinect is better because all you need is a controller and it can do everything Move/Wiimote can do and more.

But can't we just say the opposite?

All the Move needs is a better camera so it can do better body tracking and it can do everything Kinect does and more.

It's simple, Kinect is better for body tracking and Move is better for precision gesters.

And yes, the PS3 camera can do very limited body tracking, it's just not used by developers. I mean, PS2 camera has games that did limited body tracking, come on..

I personally can't imagine using body tracking while playing a FPS. I really don't want to be wiggling my entire body around will trying to frag someone..