Prepare To Get Up And Play With Xbox Kinect
On November 4, 2010, Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect was unveiled to the public, and is now available at more than 30,000 retailers throughout the country. The thing that makes the Xbox Kinect stand out amongst other video game systems is that’s the first completely controller-free gaming system.
Believe it or not, to play a Kinect game, you don’t have to press a single button! All you have to do is step in front of the sensor, and Kinect will use your body motions and voice as the controller input for the game. In other words, you essentially BECOME the controller!
The Xbox Kinect works through a webcam-style sensor device that is placed either on top of or below the TV screen. The sensor is able to not only read your physical motion and voice, but it can also recognize depth.
All of this is made possible through the inner technological workings of the Kinect sensor. More specifically, these inner technological workings include a multi-array microphone, RGB camera, and depth sensor.
The multi-array microphone allows for headset-free voice chat, in addition to voice recognition. The RGB camera and depth sensor, on the other hand, are what make the facial recognition and full-body 3D motion capture of the Kinect a reality.
Beyond the amazing technology integrated into Xbox Kinect, there were 17 Kinect games on the market as of 2010′s holiday season. They covered categories like sports, fitness, racing, and dance, not to mention a whole range of family experiences, too.
“Kinect Adventures” is the game that comes with the Xbox 360 with Xbox Kinect bundle, and it makes full use of the system’s abilities. The game itself is composed of a variety of multiplayer minigames that are jam-packed with riveting action that you get to control with your body motions.
One of these action-packed “Kinect Adventures” minigames has your character stranded in an underwater glass cube that’s full of leaks. The objective of the game is to survive by plugging them all using your limbs and head (move your own limbs and head to do this). In a different minigame, your character floats in zero gravity and you have to pop the bubbles that travel through the room. To help accomplish your goal, you’re given the ability to gain altitude in the zero-gravity environment by flapping your arms. To stay level, instead of gaining altitude, all you have to do is hold your arms out and away from your body.
“Kinect Adventures” is only one of many games for the Xbox Kinect, so if that alone sounds enticing to you, you should check out the system. You’ll experience a new way to play games that’s fun for the whole family!
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