Just read that there is a kinect for windows coming out this year.......will this make track ir redundant.....will it be used with ED......hope so
Hardware & Technical News Microsoft kinect for windows
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True the original Kinect wan't a great success but I presume this will be a new version designed to work at far closer ranges? Time will tell.
What's coming out is a new version using the same core technology as the Xbox One Kinect. There already is a Kinect for Windows.
The current version of Kinect for Windows that is available costs more then TrackIR 5 does and it's the old 360 Kinect, the new one would be more like the Xbox One Kinect and probably even more expensive because of it.
I think the Firmware and SDK was redone in many ways for the Windows release to work better with a person in front of a PC... That said, the TrackIR would undoubtedly be more accurate and it is cheaper. Of course, the Kinect could work without you sticking something to your headset or a cap that you wear.
Question is.. what is kinect used for with elite.. i can't for the life of me not imagine having any use for it in the game.
It's a joystick/pad / flightsim game.. what use is waving hands and stuff like that with such a sim lol
Maybe if you walk in the ship itself...
It's a joystick/pad / flightsim game.. what use is waving hands and stuff like that with such a sim lol
Maybe if you walk in the ship itself...
Question is.. what is kinect used for with elite.. i can't for the life of me not imagine having any use for it in the game.
It's a joystick/pad / flightsim game.. what use is waving hands and stuff like that with such a sim lol
Maybe if you walk in the ship itself...
It can be used in a very similar fashion as a trackIR, tacking your head and where you look and adjusting the game viewport appropriately.
It could also be used as a hand / finger tracker which could be useful if for example someone was using a HMD (Rift).
The price is what will keep it at bay, and the fact that MS does not promote the kinect on Windows as a gaming device.
ok that makes sense , i wouldn't be too worried about a windows version.. i am pretty sure people come up with good working drivers.. knowing the hackers online lol .. just hope they work some faster as the people who work on the PS3-PC emulator right now
Windows Kinect 2.0 $199 at launch
See:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-unveils-kinect-2-0-202510482.html
I'm quite interested in using it for head tracking.
That it's so close in PC terms might not be a problem, as you really only need the head and shoulders (maybe voice) captured in the average deskbound scenario.
See:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-unveils-kinect-2-0-202510482.html
I'm quite interested in using it for head tracking.
That it's so close in PC terms might not be a problem, as you really only need the head and shoulders (maybe voice) captured in the average deskbound scenario.
If they add Cortana to Windows Connect I'm all in.
I'm using the dev preview of 8.1 on my Lumia 1520 and I have to say.. they did a REALLY phenomenal job with Cortana. Me and Siri had to break up. If I can talk to my ship.. or crew.. I'll never need my phone again because I'll no longer have time for human interaction.
I'm using the dev preview of 8.1 on my Lumia 1520 and I have to say.. they did a REALLY phenomenal job with Cortana. Me and Siri had to break up. If I can talk to my ship.. or crew.. I'll never need my phone again because I'll no longer have time for human interaction.
You know all those fancy holographic systems you see in films? Where someone is waving their hands around to manipulate some imaged data?
Pacific Rim comes to mind, but there are heaps of others.
Well, it's a niche case admittedly, but imaging wearing something like the OR, and having a Kinect sensor let your hand work the Galaxy map.
You'd be able to pinch and pull and zoom all those little stars around, draw routes, plot destinations, bring up information and all sorts of stuff - just by waving a hand about.
That, I think, would just be unbelievably cool
Pacific Rim comes to mind, but there are heaps of others.
Well, it's a niche case admittedly, but imaging wearing something like the OR, and having a Kinect sensor let your hand work the Galaxy map.
You'd be able to pinch and pull and zoom all those little stars around, draw routes, plot destinations, bring up information and all sorts of stuff - just by waving a hand about.
That, I think, would just be unbelievably cool
You know all those fancy holographic systems you see in films? Where someone is waving their hands around to manipulate some imaged data?
Pacific Rim comes to mind, but there are heaps of others.
Well, it's a niche case admittedly, but imaging wearing something like the OR, and having a Kinect sensor let your hand work the Galaxy map.
You'd be able to pinch and pull and zoom all those little stars around, draw routes, plot destinations, bring up information and all sorts of stuff - just by waving a hand about.
That, I think, would just be unbelievably cool
Potentially disastrous while eating a sandwich though...
Very true. That could end nastily. The solution is to have a "Sandwich Safety Switch" so your systems know you are not attempting to cram all of reality into your mouth