Microsoft patents achievements for watching TV

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famousringo on 24 May 2013

Hah! And I thought game achievements were lame.

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yo_john117 on 24 May 2013

Lol, kind of silly but I'm not going to complain about possibly getting free stuff for watching TV.

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NiKKoM on 24 May 2013

So.. Whats the award for watching 100 hours of lesbian porn videos?

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NiKKoM said:
So.. Whats the waard for watching 100 hours of lesbian porn videos?

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Augen on 24 May 2013

I guess could be fun for folks. I don't watch television at home, but I also not big on achievements/trophies so no big deal.

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fordy on 24 May 2013

Pair it with Kinect, and let it monitor you. If you can stay awake through a boring show you DESERVE an achievement.

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Mr Khan on 24 May 2013

I would have the most achievements here if this were actualized and retroactive.

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disolitude on 24 May 2013

pezus said:

disolitude said:
Im sure they will utilize Kinect 2.0 to track your actual eyes and if they are watching. If you look away for a second, you lose achievement...

I did not get the impression that Kinect 2 could do that based on the conference. I mean, it looked more accurate than Kinect 1 but nowhere near that accurate.

It actually can. Take a look at the Verge or Wired vocerage. It knows if you're "engaged", which means looking at the screena nd even if your eyes are open.