Kinect May Do 640x480 in Update

[exfileme]

Kinect is locked down to 320x240 because of the Xbox 360's USB controller interface.

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[rrobstur]

im thinking about getting a konnect for my gf and son, want kinectimals manly for my 23 month year old to see if he can intereact with the animals

 

[cmartin011]

Shouldn't they have done this in the first place?

 

[feeddagoat]

Yay! Another device that was officially gimped at launch rather than getting it working properly first. Personally I would rather they do something about the latency

 

[abswindows7]

We might consider clicking your douche bad links but it's screws up the comment section so bad with all those line skipped that I'd rather lose my time writing this text than encouraging your stupid behavior.
Please, if you were planning at anytime to post an other one, just in case we missed the 2 other ones, commit suicide.

 

[abswindows7]

Seems like I was wrong, it's actually 3 of them.
What noob would click those links.

 

[belardo]

How hard is it to block spamers?

If a post has more than 2 or 3 "$" characters, block it. or --- or ***

 

[Reynod]

Sorry guys ... had to sleep ... spam removed.

 

[NuclearShadow]

[citation][nom]reynod[/nom]Sorry guys ... had to sleep ... spam removed.[/citation]

Your job would be much simpler if the URL's to the known spam sites were simply
blocked from being posted. This way it doesn't matter how many accounts they make.

Now onto the subject. It seems a bit odd that Kinect would be capable of such a update
and they would just now be applying such. With all the money they invested into Kinect
and the time they put into it one would think they would have come out with a product
that they would be content with. Though it is good to see that they actually plan on supporting it and improving upon it.

However one has to wonder how much life does the 360 have in it? Being released back in 2005 leaves it quite aged. By now we normally would already have another console generation out.

 

[HappyBB]

Wow, I don't know that Kinet is that hot! I thought it's just another gimmick. Looks like I underestimate its potential. Moreover, it may be better than Nintendo's devices!

 

[toastninja17]

HOLY shit yes!!! I wanted an update soon but didn't know that this is what it would or could entail.
I am excite 😀
Only problem they mentioned that I happen to agree with is since that it's 4 times as accurate, 4 times as much the data load, it could theoretically cause a performance slowdown. Maybe MS could still make this possible, or perhaps release a more powerful version of the 360.
As with the increased accuracy and subsequent data loads at that, the applications for this would be furthered even more. More accurate tracking = better real-world applications for Kinect.
As for all the PS3 move-ers (whatever you want to call them) this is definitely a punch for them. Now before you haters begin hatin', I HAVE used the Move and I simply, as a personal preference, like Kinect better. The wii got old pretty quick, and regardless of the fact that it's a completely different system, completely different manufacturer, it just feels like a better, more tactile version of the wii, plus a camera. But that's just me.

 

[husker]

[citation][nom]cmartin011[/nom]Shouldn't they have done this in the first place?[/citation]
Shouldn't you have invented it?

 

[toastninja17]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Shouldn't you have invented it?[/citation]
It's up to Microsoft to do these things.
And yeah, they really should have, but they probably wanted to gather system information over live for bugs and data, etc. to see how the systems and devices were performing. They're now probably looking at how they could (are apparently are) improving the sensor, hence this article.

 

[squidz66]

[citation][nom]rrobstur[/nom]im thinking about getting a konnect for my gf and son, want kinectimals manly for my 23 month year old to see if he can intereact with the animals[/citation]

Are you FU*%!NG kiding??? Take him outside.

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]rrobstur[/nom]im thinking about getting a konnect for my gf and son, want kinectimals manly for my 23 month year old to see if he can intereact with the animals[/citation]

And a new meme is born

 

[ProDigit10]

320x240 and 16mb/s? that's like sending the data Raw through the connection.
They better think of compression, but in any case, a larger resolution would result in a larger latency.

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]alexkitch[/nom]And a new meme is born[/citation]

Forced meme is forced.

 

[eccentric909]

[citation][nom]feeddagoat[/nom]Yay! Another device that was officially gimped at launch rather than getting it working properly first. Personally I would rather they do something about the latency[/citation]

Wouldn't pushing this update essentially be what you're asking for? I would figure upping the resolution and allowing it to use more bandwidth, would cut down on the latency. I could be wrong however, I've certainly stuck my foot in my mouth enough times over the years.

 

[Guest]

gotta laugh at the sony dude, because the move really can track finger moments too, lol

 

[awood28211]

I'm sure that even if it's enabled only applications that require a higher resolution would indeed use it... There would be no need for higher resolution for games like kinectimals, dance central, joy ride... but if there were say... educational games... where a cartoon character instructed a toddler to hold up 4 fingers then it might want the higher rez to be able to count them... or better resolution to have the toddler show the cube instead of the ball... or whatever...