Kinect Requires At Least 6 Feet to Play by Yourself

[igot1forya]

[citation][nom]drhenks[/nom]oh, those kind of feet...[/citation]
Only mutants can play this system

 

[hella-d]

Nah,Thanks But,Ill Just Stick With My Gaming PC...

Phoenom II X3 740 BE (3.0GHz Stock) @ 3.6GHz
4GB CAS4 DDR2-800
Nvidia 8800GT 1GB
Soundblaster Audigy SE
2x WD Raptors --> RAID-0
500GB WD Supplemental
Windows7 Professional x64
Dual-Monitor --> Dell 20" 2001FP S-IPS & Sanyo 19" HDTV-Monitor

 

[Guest]

im just enthralled by the idea of Jane jumping up and down on a couch....

 

[mikem_90]

What I want to know, can it still digitally remove your fingers from an image of your snowboard when you digitize it?

 

[Guest]

is this mandatory or just a suggestion to get the most out of kinect. The move suggest a distance of 6-8 feet but i doing just fine from 4 feet away. Can the same be done with the kinect or will the kinect just not work if it senses you are closer than 6 feet.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]drhenks[/nom]oh, those kind of feet...[/citation]

Bravo Sir.

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]jayjayjj50[/nom]is this mandatory or just a suggestion to get the most out of kinect. The move suggest a distance of 6-8 feet but i doing just fine from 4 feet away. Can the same be done with the kinect or will the kinect just not work if it senses you are closer than 6 feet.[/citation]

Note: I've spent a fair amount of time with one.

You couldn't do it with 4 feet. It wouldn't have a wide enough angle to see your legs (or your raised arms depending on how you had the sensor positioned). There is also front and back "wall" to the sensor zone. I know it's closer than 6 feet..maybe about 4? but you need to stand at 6 so you'll have room for your arms/legs to extend forward. It would work for basic console and media controls though..you don't pause with your feet and there are "sitting" games coming out I've heard.

You need more room for two players for the side to side space. It's viewing you from a camera(ish thing). so the sensor space with a front and back wall resembles a trapezoid rather than a rectangle on the floor. To get the extra width for two people you gotta move back just a bit to have room not to whack each other.
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Besides even if 6 feet is fine for the sensor it won't be fine for the player. You'll need more room to move around. To give you a rough idea: picture the space needed for a hyperactive wii player. It's about that much.
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You need more room for two players for the side to side space. It's viewing you from a camera(ish thing). so the sensor space with a front and back wall resembles a trapezoid on the floor. To get the extra width for two people you gotta move back just a bit to have room not to whack each other.

The short version: You'll find the space requirements very reasonable I doubt there will be any complaints except by those that are just...man what were you thinking with your dinky little closet apartment?

 

[eddieroolz]

My living room is probably barely enough, but I'm happy with PC gaming.

 

[gm0n3y]

Nope, my tiny 1 bedroom apartment will not have room for that.

 

[easymark26]

they announced this a long time ago, we are talking months, im not sure why its just posted now

 

[Gin Fushicho]

I can barely see my TV from 6 feet away. I need new glasses bad.

 

[monkeysweat]

I think people who complain about the space requirements should just play this on their 3rd story balcony or higher,,, come'on,, its just common sense for them to indicate space so you're not smashing into things or your friends and to help prevent some lawsuits like for those reasons,,,, the wii even needs some room and you better be damn sure that so will the move,,, 6 feet is not a lot of room at all, if your room is too small to make room for a single player,, you may be better just putting your money in the bank and saving for a larger apartment or house,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OR MAYBE MOVE OUT OF YOUR MOMS BASEMENT!!

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Pretty much, unless your house has a big bonus room with the furniture pushed against the walls, don't buy Kinect.

 

[someguynamedmatt]

[citation][nom]Hella-D[/nom]Nah,Thanks But,Ill Just Stick With My Gaming PC...Phoenom II X3 740 BE (3.0GHz Stock) @ 3.6GHz4GB CAS4 DDR2-800Nvidia 8800GT 1GBSoundblaster Audigy SE2x WD Raptors --> RAID-0500GB WD SupplementalWindows7 Professional x64Dual-Monitor --> Dell 20" 2001FP S-IPS & Sanyo 19" HDTV-Monitor[/citation]
You can list your system specs. Have a cookie. I'm not sure why you just did that, but here on Tom's it's basically a given that most of the people reading this have systems that can outperform a console... it really isn't that hard...

 

[razor512]

[citation][nom]Hella-D[/nom]Nah,Thanks But,Ill Just Stick With My Gaming PC...Phoenom II X3 740 BE (3.0GHz Stock) @ 3.6GHz4GB CAS4 DDR2-800Nvidia 8800GT 1GBSoundblaster Audigy SE2x WD Raptors --> RAID-0500GB WD SupplementalWindows7 Professional x64Dual-Monitor --> Dell 20" 2001FP S-IPS & Sanyo 19" HDTV-Monitor[/citation]

Your CPU can easily handle 3.8GHz, why not overclock it to that range? If your lucky to get a good batch of cores, you may even be able to hit 3.9-4.1 GHz

 

[bak0n]

Who needs 6 feet to play with themselves?

 

[Montezuma]

I easily have double that amount of space, but I will be screwed if I have to take my playing to another room. My bedroom will be tight, but my office does not have that much room.

I guess I will have to go with the Playstation Move, to make sure that I can play in any room that I have a console in.

 

[adamboy64]

Ok, I heard that there were would be a large space requirement.. but this really is unfortunate. I'll have to upgrade my house before I can play Kinect. What a joke.

 

[Guest]

There's an alternative product under development that doesn't suffer from this problem at all: you can be as close as you like. It also does more than Kinect, and it's cross-platform too. At o3di.com

 

[lauralouise90]

I've been getting fed up of having to try and stand in the doorway to be at the right distance to play my Kinect - but I found this the other day which looks like it might be good ( http/www.gamingzap.com/xbox-360-accessories/xbox-360-kinect-accessories.html). Anybody have one?