What's Inside Microsoft's Kinect, Anyway?

[gogogadgetliver]

Those asking about the motor and 3-axis sensor:

The motor is used to tilt the head up/down on the base. This can be invoked either from the tuner software (which you run in a new room), or from individual games. Example: Switch from a track and field game to say ping-pong. It is now uninterested in your legs so may tilt the camera up some.

3-axis sensor: Lets kinect tell if it's on a level surface for tuner purposes. It will also pause play and give a warning if you say pick it up and relocate it.

 

[Guest]

with that amount of hardware there's nothing stopping MS from expanding the device's capabilities, plonk an array of IR emitters on something similar to a move (a gun shaped device even) expand the kinect language to understand skeleton + peripheral device, pew pew indeed.....