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Which do you prefer?

Press a button 283 86.54%
 
Say a phrase 44 13.46%
 
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Mr Puggsly on 25 July 2013
Somini said:
This is commercialism at it's finest trying to make you think it's something new you're doing. It's so pointless, unless you're blind or something, this adds nothing to your experience.

Is having the option of buttons and voice such a bad thing? Absolutely not, you're getting worked up over nothing.



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smroadkill15 on 25 July 2013
KingdomHeartsFan said:
smroadkill15 said:
KingdomHeartsFan said:
smroadkill15 said:

Kinect for the 360 now can already detect individual voices so will Kinect 2.0, but at much greater precision.

You want to know how it wont make a mistake? If you haven't forgotten a camera is also watching your lips, facial expression, and heart rate so it will be able to see who in the room is talking. Pretty obvious if you think about it. 


I don't ever recall Microsoft saying all those features will work in unison, and I highly doubt they will be able to.  For it to be able to listen to what you are saying, look through the camera at who is saying it(to make sure your voice matches with your face) and match up the words being spoken with your lips moving(incase there is more than one person talking at a time), I think it way too much for it to be able to handle.  If you have a source from Microsoft saying all those features will work in union then I will take that back.

Your making it sound more complicated than it is. Voice recognition is a confirmed feature. MS made it so all those different kinect features can work together or what would be the point? MS wouldn't implement a feature like "Xbox Shut off" if it was easy for someone to walk into a room and just say it. That's why the Kinect 1 didn't allow it, but Kinect 2 can because it can recognize who is talking. 


Idk how I'm making it more complicated than it sounds when you were the one that said it could do all those things in the first place...Also Microsoft can confirm the feature all they want, that doesn't mean it will work well.  Again you say "Ms made it so all those different kinect features can work together."  Well if they did where is the proof?  I've never heard Microsoft say those features would work in unison.  Your major point in that arguement is basically trust Microsoft, they know what they are doing.  This coming from the company with the highest console failure rate of all time.  

If you watched this video it shows all those things working as one, even with more than one person in the room, to be exact 6 people. You also have to remember during this video it was in alpha stage, so the final version will be even better. 

I'm not sure what you have against voice commands. If you don't want to use them fine, use a controller. There will be instances were a controller will be more convenient, but other times it wont be. Several others and I already gave good examples of how voice commands would be better and faster than buttons, but you and several others seem to ignore those statements when a solid point is given.  

I'm not sure what the bolded has to do with this thread. Just seems like something you threw in to take a jab at MS. If you haven't notice, since the 360 Slim the failure rate has gone down significantly. 



Darth Tigris on 25 July 2013

What a unnecessarily divisive thread.

There is no choice. Buttons AND voice is the only correct answer. Voice when you know exactly what you want to do without having to drudge through menus to get there and buttons when appropriate as well.

If anything, this seems more like a social experiment. All of the PS 'fans' choose button and all of the Xbox 'fans' choose voice, right? That's what was expected, right? PS 'fans' outnumber Xbox 'fans' on this site, so the poll results (which I don't know because I wanted to choose option C) likely favor button, as expected, right?

*sigh*



Mr Puggsly on 25 July 2013
The Fury said:
How did the voice commands on phones work out?

Well... voice commands are offered in most phones. So I'd say it has worked out pretty well.



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KingdomHeartsFan on 25 July 2013
smroadkill15 said:

If you watched this video it shows all those things working as one, even with more than one person in the room, to be exact 6 people. You also have to remember during this video it was in alpha stage, so the final version will be even better. 

I'm not sure what you have against voice commands. If you don't want to use them fine, use a controller. There will be instances were a controller will be more convenient, but other times it wont be. Several others and I already gave good examples of how voice commands would be better and faster than buttons, but you and several others seem to ignore those statements when a solid point is given.  

I'm not sure what the bolded has to do with this thread. Just seems like something you threw in to take a jab at MS. If you haven't notice, since the 360 Slim the failure rate has gone down significantly. 


I don't have anything against voice commands, but I just want it to be implemented properly.  My cousin has the first kinect and I have used it a few times and the voice command on that can be pretty touch and go.  We did have to repeat ourselves several times.  I do feel a lot better about Kinect 2 after seeing that, even though I still wish it was't required to run the console. 



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g911turbo on 25 July 2013
The Fury said:
How did the voice commands on phones work out?


Not the best analogy as phones always had microphones, and the addition of voice commands were SW.

Actually, I use Google Now all the time.  "Directions to xyz" or voice to text.  Very convenient when you are driving on a long stretch of highway.  Not safe to text, much easier to open Google Now using SwiftKey and dictate to it.  Its definitely useful at times.  Not the be all end all, but nice to have in addition to touchscreen/buttons.


I can imagine consoles going the same route.  New features are always good.  Granted you're paying for Kinect HARDWARE, like it or not.



KingdomHeartsFan on 25 July 2013
Darth Tigris said:
What a unnecessarily divisive thread.

There is no choice. Buttons AND voice is the only correct answer. Voice when you know exactly what you want to do without having to drudge through menus to get there and buttons when appropriate as well.

If anything, this seems more like a social experiment. All of the PS 'fans' choose button and all of the Xbox 'fans' choose voice, right? That's what was expected, right? PS 'fans' outnumber Xbox 'fans' on this site, so the poll results (which I don't know because I wanted to choose option C) likely favor button, as expected, right?

*sigh*


Did someone force you to click on this thread?  If you don't like it why even click on it, hell why even comment on it...Also I never implied people had to choose one and ignore the other, I asked which they perfered.  Not sure why you brought PS and XBOX fanboy talk into this, no one has and it makes no sense.  For all you know xbox gamers prefer using buttons and PS gamers prefer saying a command.  You just had to add the *sigh* too huh?  Just to show how annoyed you are by clicking on a thread that you could have just ignored. 



TheSting on 25 July 2013

Your thread doesn't have that third option which is both. Most ppl stick with what they are used to no matter what. I didn't vote but I would if I could vote both.



KingdomHeartsFan on 25 July 2013
TheSting said:
Your thread doesn't have that third option which is both. Most ppl stick with what they are used to no matter what. I didn't vote but I would if I could vote both.


The question asks which do you prefer...



JoeTheBro on 25 July 2013

Talk. Duh lol.

How often do you sit down at the couch after a commercial only to realize the remote is ten feet away? The only negative I can see is scrolling through menus. Pressing the down button 20 times in the guide isn't too bad but saying "down" 20 times over would kinda suck.

Plus most of you guys are forgetting that Kinect V2 will be really good at only listening to specified users. The trolling opportunities don't/shouldn't exist in the real world.



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