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Kinect

Kinect

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A device that senses your body movements for games and apps
  • proper noun
  • /kɪˈnɛkt/
  • Specialized
: sensor Kinect
  • The technology enables the Kinect to reconstruct a finger-precise representation of what the hands are doing.
  • Kinect for Xbox
  • Microsoft Kinect
  • Kinect sensor

So now I'm OK with Xbox cutting off the support for Kinect.

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Examples

  • I've seen grandparents bring children to a games event and end up playing Kinect themselves.

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  • And over here we've got the Kinect because we've got an Xbox One hooked up to this guy.

  • The problem with Kinect is the fact that it's always on.

  • Does the Kinect distinguish between open and close best?

  • When turned on and used normally, the Kinect just makes your body the game controller by tracking your movements.

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  • Two Microsoft Kinects are mounted in the upper corners that track people's movements.

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  • I know the upcoming dashboard update will be optimized for Kinect use, and it looks neat.

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  • For comparison, Microsoft spent $500 million on marketing Kinect—more than it spent on marketing the console itself.

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  • I'm using a Microsoft Kinect as my webcam with the out-of-the-box *buntu-provided 12.04 LTS drivers.

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  • Microsoft's Kinect allows players to control games using their body movements.

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Etymology

Kinect comes from a blend of kinetic and connect, where kinetic means 'movement' and connect means 'join'. So a helpful way to remember it is that the device senses your movement to 'join' you with the game or app.