@floemuc i was thinking about that after i posted i guess you could have the kinect on the other side of it or you could have it up on a wall now that would be cool
For anyone looking to implement this system into a game, try Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague, Penumbra: Requiem, or Amnesia: The Dark Descent. All 4 already have a unique physics and interaction system built in that would work perfectly with this software.
i NEED to invest in a kinect JUST so i can use my computer like this , at themoment im using 2 a 2 mouse setup on ubuntu with 2 cursors , one cursor for each hand .... SO not as efficient as this , this is exactly hat iv been looking for , if someone else has done it , atleast i know its doable thanks man (Y) keep up the good work (Y)
There are already interfaces that exist that have a "Minority Report" type feel. Not exactly as futuristic and high tech as in "Minority Report" of course, but they do exist. But it's pretty awesome to see that someone did this with an everyday gaming device. Neat. Even though it's 2010 and we don't have the tech most of us thought we'd have by now, we're slowly but surely getting there. Lol
Yes there are interfaces like this but find me one for the price of the kinect and available to your average joe. There is a LOT of futuristic technology that we would have right now and expected to have by now except one problem. There is no easy way to make that technology affordable. Cost is everything. The only thing that can hold the kinect back from taking the next step towards such interfaces is software development. Fortunately, the hardware is there.
@ElecJack74 You speak as though this small kinect thing is some miracle discovery. Don't get me wrong now, it's cool that the guy got it to work that way, but FAR from refined and developed enough to imitate the real technology that's capable of that. And it is affordable, for those of us willing to work hard enough to have that privilege. There are smart homes, although very expensive, that have a sense of it. but as for now, really no need for it. People are getting along just fine without it.
@lmviverette I do not recall saying it was a miracle device or as refined as those technologies. I simply stated they were not affordable to the average joe. A smart home is a poor example because your average person can't afford one. If you reread my post, you might notice I said it would take us to "the next step towards such interfaces." Not the whole way. The difference is that the kinect is more affordable to all making it more realistic to become useful to the public in the near future.
@ElecJack74 Lol Umm, I also don't recall saying that you said it was those things, I said you spoke of it as if it were those things. And no, it's not a poor example, because I also don't recall saying that the average person could afford it, I stated that those of us that are willing to work hard enough to have that privilege. Lol So in the end, I think I got my point across.
@lmviverette Actually your "point" never answered to my original challenge which was to find a technology capable of doing what the kinect can do for around the same price. Let me know if you find anything.
@ElecJack74 Umm, You presented NO challenge at all so what the heck are u talking about? Those of us with high enough intelligence and awareness of the world around us know that this simple gaming system is definitely not the first nor will it be the last to try to imitate that technology. I pointed out the smart house, and you claim it doesn't count because "average" people can't afford it. Boohoo. It's still an example. Come to New York, you'll see plenty. Lol End of discussion dude. Lol
Why are people so into this technology? M.R. was a movie. A movie is a visual experience. So the movie designers came up with an interface design that would look cool visually (instead of somebody typing on the keyboard). They did the same for Avatar's...again, for visual story telling purposes.
In reality, this is not an efficient way to work. Try raising your arms in front of the screen and wave for more than 10min. Unless you work out daily, you will get tired quick.
I would say that the potential is there. It'll be a long while before something like that becomes widely available for the general consumer and will most likely be a basement project for years.
Actually, ghazkul666 has a better pricing method then DJABZuk. Let me educate you!
There are two possible pricing methods a company like Microsoft could do on this product, either Price Skim or Price Penetration.
They have rightly chosen to Price Skim based on the fact they first want to recover as much of their entire project costs as quickly as possible and to do this with a high demand product, they will aim at the people with the most
Money! There is surely no issue in this and its nothing new!
I would like to know how many of these PS3 units were sold at a lower cost in this marketing promotion? I for one remember the £500 pricing of the PS3 every where for the first 6 months.
You are correct in pointing out that a pricing method like price penetration could be used to enter the market, but this is only used when the market is saturated i.e. Xbox was well established before the PS3!
what do you need on your laptop (or computer) to do this? does it only work on macs? and what do i have to download in the link to do this? thank you for you awesomeness x]
Can you even call it multi-touch? You aren't touching anything but air.
Also, I remember watching a TED video of a guy who did something similar with a Wii remote. Then he went on to make a kind of moving 3D image where when you moved left with the sensor, the screen turned so it looked like you had actually moved to the left.
And again, like anything on linux, people make huge technology improvements, only for the benefit of doing so, just so microsoft, apple and other real companies find some real world use to the technology and sell it to people who actually have productive work to do, rather than wasting time randomly shrinking pictures.
I think it's helpful to superimpose a ghost image of the person on top of the screen image so that the user can orient themselves and essentially control this set of virtual arms.
I have another method that would be brilliant but I'm considering getting a patent. Or I might cave...
Those of you who complain that, god forbid, some company is selling something for higher then its production cost. Are you guys stupid? Every company in the world do this!!!! No company can grow or even have employees if they don't earn something by selling something. Also, did you guys even consider how much money Microsoft has spent researching this tech? ofcoz that has to be part of the selling price or they would loose money big time!
@Ghazkul666 Every video game console sells at a loss because the company makes their money back through selling the games. That they sold kinect at a profit shows complete lack of faith in kinect games selling well.
@TheRealFrostie No, it shows that they knew how wonderful an object they were creating, and wanted everyone to be able to use it. If they didn't think games would sell well AND they didn't think the hardware would sell well, they wouldn't produce it. They produced it, they're making a profit on the hardware, ergo they believe it's a great piece of hardware.
@Ghazkul666: You are plain stupid. Don't you remember how Sony sold PS3 units' under the production cost? It was part of their marketing strategy to maximise profits by increased sales in software (consumers buying the games). You are a plain retard and have very little knowledge in how companies operate (big companies anyway), for you to even make the statement "Every company in the world do this!!!!" You are a complete retard just like the people that liked your post. Congratz
@DJABZuk But this is unsustainable for an accessory. If they lose money on accessories and consoles, then where will they make a profit? Accessories are often the biggest money-maker for most electronic companies, especially for devices with proprietary technology. Kinect is an accessories, not a new console. Same with the Playstation Move, which costs $100 for just 1 controller. The Kinect acts as 4 controllers. Its pretty obvious it has to cost more. For new consumers its just $100 for Kinect
@DJABZuk Point being: If you can't afford it, then wait it out until it drops in price (which it will). Guarantee: Next fall, it'll cost $100 or bundled with all 360's with far more appealing games. Then it's gonna fly off shelves.
More price comparisons =
Eyetoy for PS2 cost $70 at launch for just a webcam.
1 Wii remote costs + nunchuck costs $60. 4 sets = $240. No free game. Not to mention Wiimotionplus
Sega Activator = $80 in 1993, which is about $120 today. Thats 1 person. No free game.
@Ghazkul666 Dude thank you for trying to explain this to people out there! Microsoft isn't even forcing 360 users to buy the Kinect but so many people complain about the price for stupid reasons. Yes it IS a little pricey, but its not like you HAVE to buy it......just ignorant people out there...
@Ghazkul666 Actually Microsoft didn't invent or research this, they expanded upon technology purchased from PrimeSense (an israeli military technology firm).
PrimeSense is in fact, as we speak developing their own "Kinect" for PC use, in collaboration with Asus (i believe). But sure, it probably cost them a pretty penny (considering the kinect was meant for military application to start with - but hey, so was the internet... right?)
durrr hurr ur usin ubuntu such a noob LOWL LOWL> Why would you ever want an OS that comes fully functional right out of the box!? Use the less user-friendly/more annoying/less supported linuxes so you can be more leet like Phenrir1991 and kris9670 (and invariably many others in the previous 203 comments)
This isn't illegal, but it is possible that Microsoft could be selling Kinect for less than it costs to build (parts + assembly + transportation) with the belief that they would recover costs on game sales. If this is the case, Microsoft won't be happy, but there won't be anything they can do about it.
Similarly, the US goverment attempted to buy 2200 Sony PS3's to build a supercomputer - and Sony refused to sell them.
actualy, they already proved that M$ is selling it for 3 times the price it costs to make it XD, you could make it for i think it was 57$, but lets just go for 50-70 bucks to be on the safe side. dont worry bout those margins, they WANT everyone to buy one off them XD
@GundamReviver Is it possible to watch anything cool and Linux related on Youtube without having to listen to the rantings of a Internet Leftist?
Your still spelling MS with a dollar sign? What is this, some Usenet group for bearded loser hippies from 1995?
Jesus Chris what is MS going to do, just hand them out for free at Max Creek fests? Maybe set up a Kinect kiosk right next to the dirty girl selling stupid necklaces?
Go fuck yourself you idiotic, irrelevant anti-capitalist.
yes, i still spell microsoft with a dollar sign. because its still highly apliccable, i mean, they ARE the biggest moeny grabbers ever. and i dont blame them. i do though, still spell their name with a dollar sign, for fun and ease.
also, no im not a leftist, actualy, im a rightist, i LIKE the capitalist market, improving it will be my JOB soon. havent ever heared of that fest you were talking about, its probably a hippy thing.
the only faggy problem wich kinect is u have to stand far away from the camera thats not that handy when ur working onn a pc but what u made is so kewl its shows how kelw this tecnolegy is
You've made your name and mail address visible in the video...crawling legal gremlinz will come knocking the shit outta your door soon, with the sole purpose of serving your ass legal papers for a legal lawsuit... man, you had such a bright future in front uv ya, and now you blowed it to smithereens...
As a MT developer, i have to say WIN!!!!! one thing to add for future releases is motion smoothing, since the tracking is quite sensitive (lowering sensitivity is not a good way of doing it) the motion appears jerky.
lol at everyone thinking it was hard to hack kinect. Microsoft made it easy to hack to hackers like this can make cool applications and work for them for free.
I'd rather just get the photos printed on to paper and save myself a bunch of money.
StackCityEntOfficial 5 months ago
We have own solution for Gesture Recognition Interface with Stereo Camera.
We don't use prime sense solution as laser sensor.
Our New solution doesn't have Calibration step and Skeleton that mean it is easy to apply any general purpose usage.
Get in my place!!
jhk2022 5 months ago
so what if you had that like under a glass table with a projector then you could have something like Microsoft surface
Inversions51 6 months ago
@Inversions51 hmm, you'd also need a projection screen and the kinect wouldn't be able to see through that...
floemuc 6 months ago
@floemuc i was thinking about that after i posted i guess you could have the kinect on the other side of it or you could have it up on a wall now that would be cool
Inversions51 6 months ago
vo chorar
CafimABF 9 months ago
XBox 360 Kinect Console giveaway contest. Infos in my profile.
ernietra 9 months ago
i don't trust my mom with windows .. so i've installed Ubuntu for her
pixelr0 9 months ago
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ernietra 10 months ago
I seem to be gettign some make errors on fedora 14 . probably some libraries missing; gonna check it out
MrPandaDork 10 months ago
Amazing job guys, You are helping the Ubuntu community !
Ultimoore 1 year ago 8
this is a complete Eye Toy rip off, dont believe me? /watch?v=jYHr0I-iFHE&feature=related
1996bonny 1 year ago
@1996bonny The short bus called.. they are one helmet short on their count.. hurry up and get back on the bus.
See that video was NOT about the eye toy. The video is about 3DV system's Zcam, NOT THE EYE TOY. It was a pitch for Sony to make the kinect.
Sony didn't listen to Dr Richard Marks and PASSED on the tech.
Get over it.
Microsoft's Kinect is in the Guinness book of world records for how many units were sold.
Perhaps Sony exec's should join you on the short bus.
abram730 9 months ago
Minority Report, anyone?!
hessischbynature 1 year ago
looks like "Minor Report" is closer than ever...
koobbbiiii 1 year ago
@koobbbiiii
In a way this is more advanced than the system in Minority Report. They had to use input gloves :)
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orange7coder 1 year ago
For anyone looking to implement this system into a game, try Penumbra: Overture, Penumbra: Black Plague, Penumbra: Requiem, or Amnesia: The Dark Descent. All 4 already have a unique physics and interaction system built in that would work perfectly with this software.
zircon05 1 year ago 4
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chacaler 1 year ago
i NEED to invest in a kinect JUST so i can use my computer like this , at themoment im using 2 a 2 mouse setup on ubuntu with 2 cursors , one cursor for each hand .... SO not as efficient as this , this is exactly hat iv been looking for , if someone else has done it , atleast i know its doable thanks man (Y) keep up the good work (Y)
dougiep123 1 year ago
There are already interfaces that exist that have a "Minority Report" type feel. Not exactly as futuristic and high tech as in "Minority Report" of course, but they do exist. But it's pretty awesome to see that someone did this with an everyday gaming device. Neat. Even though it's 2010 and we don't have the tech most of us thought we'd have by now, we're slowly but surely getting there. Lol
lmviverette 1 year ago
@lmviverette
Yes there are interfaces like this but find me one for the price of the kinect and available to your average joe. There is a LOT of futuristic technology that we would have right now and expected to have by now except one problem. There is no easy way to make that technology affordable. Cost is everything. The only thing that can hold the kinect back from taking the next step towards such interfaces is software development. Fortunately, the hardware is there.
ElecJack74 1 year ago
@ElecJack74 You speak as though this small kinect thing is some miracle discovery. Don't get me wrong now, it's cool that the guy got it to work that way, but FAR from refined and developed enough to imitate the real technology that's capable of that. And it is affordable, for those of us willing to work hard enough to have that privilege. There are smart homes, although very expensive, that have a sense of it. but as for now, really no need for it. People are getting along just fine without it.
lmviverette 1 year ago
@lmviverette I do not recall saying it was a miracle device or as refined as those technologies. I simply stated they were not affordable to the average joe. A smart home is a poor example because your average person can't afford one. If you reread my post, you might notice I said it would take us to "the next step towards such interfaces." Not the whole way. The difference is that the kinect is more affordable to all making it more realistic to become useful to the public in the near future.
ElecJack74 1 year ago
@ElecJack74 Lol Umm, I also don't recall saying that you said it was those things, I said you spoke of it as if it were those things. And no, it's not a poor example, because I also don't recall saying that the average person could afford it, I stated that those of us that are willing to work hard enough to have that privilege. Lol So in the end, I think I got my point across.
lmviverette 1 year ago
@lmviverette Actually, I think we both got our point across. Lol Because I understand what you're saying.
lmviverette 1 year ago
@lmviverette Actually your "point" never answered to my original challenge which was to find a technology capable of doing what the kinect can do for around the same price. Let me know if you find anything.
ElecJack74 1 year ago
@ElecJack74 Umm, You presented NO challenge at all so what the heck are u talking about? Those of us with high enough intelligence and awareness of the world around us know that this simple gaming system is definitely not the first nor will it be the last to try to imitate that technology. I pointed out the smart house, and you claim it doesn't count because "average" people can't afford it. Boohoo. It's still an example. Come to New York, you'll see plenty. Lol End of discussion dude. Lol
lmviverette 1 year ago
anyway u can make a how to vid i would love to buy kinect now i see wat u can do kinda @floemuc
inr21sevier 1 year ago
Nice, now I can do in two hours what it usually takes me ten minutes.
guzguz21 1 year ago
u should have had schubert's unfinished symphony playing over this too
thesir27 1 year ago
oh yeah.... this dude'll NEVER get laid!
lol
oehieze 1 year ago
And you don't have to wear those stupid lighted gloves from Minority Report.
gemini6179 1 year ago
@gemini6179 or condoms
cfhdude 1 year ago
Why are people so into this technology? M.R. was a movie. A movie is a visual experience. So the movie designers came up with an interface design that would look cool visually (instead of somebody typing on the keyboard). They did the same for Avatar's...again, for visual story telling purposes.
In reality, this is not an efficient way to work. Try raising your arms in front of the screen and wave for more than 10min. Unless you work out daily, you will get tired quick.
Fengdesigns 1 year ago
this like the the future o.o
DudeFlu57 1 year ago
you can use the virtual key board to
eredy 1 year ago
hmmm....last i checked you could do the exact same thing with the move on the xmv with photos ,music and the videos
ajsm83 1 year ago
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IntFinder 1 year ago 3
Ubuntu FTW! Take that Microsoft!
linuxxc 1 year ago
Nice, but all I care about, from sci-fi to reality, is flying cars.
WESKERfromEVIL 1 year ago
Hey is it possible to use kinect to replace the mouse and act like a touchscreen but without touching the computer?
Instead of just moving pictures around, could you be able to open files, play games and work with your computer just by using kinect?
Dalun 1 year ago
@Dalun
I would say that the potential is there. It'll be a long while before something like that becomes widely available for the general consumer and will most likely be a basement project for years.
watford16 1 year ago
@Dalun that would be awesome and yes it is most likely possible, but i have not figured out, but what you say i believe is the future
persevere67 1 year ago
Ok, so when is "Slayer" going to be released!? I can't wait to play an inmate.
"FYI, if you watched the movie "Gamer" you may know what slayer is.
Cristobalh22 1 year ago
this is AMAZING, and it SHOULD have had the ability to do this. think you can make a video as to how?
SGTHartsock2 1 year ago
SOOOOO SLOW!
melhellhell 1 year ago
Now all they need to do is invent a hologram projecting device. :-)
korllark1 1 year ago
LOL. Microsoft XBox 360 Kinect hacked by Linux Ubuntu. xD
KasimirMalfos 1 year ago
Actually, ghazkul666 has a better pricing method then DJABZuk. Let me educate you!
There are two possible pricing methods a company like Microsoft could do on this product, either Price Skim or Price Penetration.
They have rightly chosen to Price Skim based on the fact they first want to recover as much of their entire project costs as quickly as possible and to do this with a high demand product, they will aim at the people with the most
jonsmyname1 1 year ago
@jonsmyname1
Money! There is surely no issue in this and its nothing new!
I would like to know how many of these PS3 units were sold at a lower cost in this marketing promotion? I for one remember the £500 pricing of the PS3 every where for the first 6 months.
You are correct in pointing out that a pricing method like price penetration could be used to enter the market, but this is only used when the market is saturated i.e. Xbox was well established before the PS3!
Kinect is unique > price
jonsmyname1 1 year ago
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jonsmyname1 1 year ago
LETS HACK KINECT
gussy031 1 year ago
Idea win! I wish I could control my entire computer with Kinect by next year. Technology does grow up fast.
sacumblousi 1 year ago
what do you need on your laptop (or computer) to do this? does it only work on macs? and what do i have to download in the link to do this? thank you for you awesomeness x]
surfskatesmile 1 year ago
Now imagine this on Windows 8 or Mac OS XI - Pluto - man they should gimme a job there
Paulwander 1 year ago
gentlmen! you can now,,, HALO
LulzAreGud 1 year ago
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alexutubeutube 1 year ago
Megatouch Photo Hunt would be a cool game using Kinect.
urpimpnes 1 year ago
wow alot of people just buy the kinect to hack it
Swooshie101ify 1 year ago
Can you even call it multi-touch? You aren't touching anything but air.
Also, I remember watching a TED video of a guy who did something similar with a Wii remote. Then he went on to make a kind of moving 3D image where when you moved left with the sensor, the screen turned so it looked like you had actually moved to the left.
ViggyNash 1 year ago
Linux ftw
fullmetalmc 1 year ago
And again, like anything on linux, people make huge technology improvements, only for the benefit of doing so, just so microsoft, apple and other real companies find some real world use to the technology and sell it to people who actually have productive work to do, rather than wasting time randomly shrinking pictures.
razorhanny 1 year ago
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288mauricio 1 year ago
@razorhanny i agree!!
cartic 1 year ago
Looks awesome! Let me know as soon as I can do mouseclicks, move windows, and maybe even type somehow using this.
WarriorIng64 1 year ago
only linux can do that lol the best
okton6 1 year ago 10
@okton6 eeeh - nope - u could do this in windows too :)
sthazeb 1 year ago
@sthazeb lol legit my mac craped out on me after a year and a half what a piece im on seven right now but linux ftw windows is beast awsome
okton6 1 year ago
This might be a stupid question, but do you do you actually connect the kinect cameras to your computer?
IMcoil 1 year ago
@IMcoil No. The data spontaneously creates itself on the PC from the kinect. It's like magic but more sci-fi
Sneaklemming 1 year ago
Minority Report!!!
icaropcf 1 year ago
link is broken by the way, has extra token '(' appended to it
omfg4all 1 year ago 2
@omfg4all thanks, fixed
floemuc 1 year ago
@floemuc I'll pay you to hack my kinect(s) so i can use them on everything i own. I'm serious
ComedyPoet 1 year ago
watch NEW Video of Kinect controlling Windows 7 and other multitouch apps on channel evoluce1
evoluce1 1 year ago
Open source FTW
Ranc00r 1 year ago
minority report and iron man here we come!
madjunir 1 year ago 2
ok, it's only up to precogs now.
treedemax 1 year ago
Fan va coolt:D
Tonycrona 1 year ago
what a fail...
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103 No one asked for your life story.
GeneStarwind09 1 year ago
@GeneStarwind09 cool story bro...
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103 what? why?
Cdmas2 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103 i know really, you failed so much with your comment.... it could have been enlightening and insightful....
omfg4all 1 year ago
@omfg4all LOL Your Opinion Is Bias and Your A Faggot LOLOLOL
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103 mister as licker wants his pet back...
omfg4all 1 year ago
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@omfg4all Please Refrain From Trying To Insult Me....Dumb Faggot
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103 *cough* weeaboo *cough*
omfg4all 1 year ago
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@omfg4all Wow What A Fail Faggot....Btw Stop Being A Damn Porch Monkey.
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103 *cough* still a weeaboo *cough*
omfg4all 1 year ago
@omfg4all Still A Faggot I Presume...
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
@TheDragonlord103
To whoever commented on who starded the internet dumbery: DON'T FEED THE TROLL!
Arguing/discussing/exchanging insults/general trolling on internet is like running in the special olympics: Even if you win, you still retarded.
rodsk8dude 1 year ago
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@rodsk8dude Please shut the fuck up dumb faggot thats old get over yourself its 2010 dumb fuck.
TheDragonlord103 1 year ago
Meh - have fun getting tired arms after 2 mins.
jgrayperry 1 year ago
your link is not working =( please can you send it to me?
shadow_479@hotmail(dot)com
It looks great ! great job !
shadow479 1 year ago
try to delete the last bracket :)
nephthyse 1 year ago
I think it's helpful to superimpose a ghost image of the person on top of the screen image so that the user can orient themselves and essentially control this set of virtual arms.
I have another method that would be brilliant but I'm considering getting a patent. Or I might cave...
robvh2 1 year ago
Well done sir!
SebSorano 1 year ago
Yeah, soon like in Minority Report ! Great job ! Really impressive =)
trytodosth 1 year ago
Pc NEXt control like Minority Report movie , thank for all your efforts to hack KINECT 3D camera to use with PC
3DFULLHD 1 year ago 2
The first thing I thought of when I saw this was Iron Man. I guess we're not too far from having houses like Tony Stark as I once thought.
Nice job :)
zeldaparty8 1 year ago
Those of you who complain that, god forbid, some company is selling something for higher then its production cost. Are you guys stupid? Every company in the world do this!!!! No company can grow or even have employees if they don't earn something by selling something. Also, did you guys even consider how much money Microsoft has spent researching this tech? ofcoz that has to be part of the selling price or they would loose money big time!
Ghazkul666 1 year ago 41
@Ghazkul666 Every video game console sells at a loss because the company makes their money back through selling the games. That they sold kinect at a profit shows complete lack of faith in kinect games selling well.
TheRealFrostie 1 year ago
@TheRealFrostie No, it shows that they knew how wonderful an object they were creating, and wanted everyone to be able to use it. If they didn't think games would sell well AND they didn't think the hardware would sell well, they wouldn't produce it. They produced it, they're making a profit on the hardware, ergo they believe it's a great piece of hardware.
rpresser 1 year ago
@Ghazkul666 People mostly complaining in the first place cuz the kinect is laggy and shitty.
M00sedog00 1 year ago
@Ghazkul666: You are plain stupid. Don't you remember how Sony sold PS3 units' under the production cost? It was part of their marketing strategy to maximise profits by increased sales in software (consumers buying the games). You are a plain retard and have very little knowledge in how companies operate (big companies anyway), for you to even make the statement "Every company in the world do this!!!!" You are a complete retard just like the people that liked your post. Congratz
DJABZuk 1 year ago
@DJABZuk But this is unsustainable for an accessory. If they lose money on accessories and consoles, then where will they make a profit? Accessories are often the biggest money-maker for most electronic companies, especially for devices with proprietary technology. Kinect is an accessories, not a new console. Same with the Playstation Move, which costs $100 for just 1 controller. The Kinect acts as 4 controllers. Its pretty obvious it has to cost more. For new consumers its just $100 for Kinect
yssispoop 1 year ago
@DJABZuk Point being: If you can't afford it, then wait it out until it drops in price (which it will). Guarantee: Next fall, it'll cost $100 or bundled with all 360's with far more appealing games. Then it's gonna fly off shelves.
More price comparisons =
Eyetoy for PS2 cost $70 at launch for just a webcam.
1 Wii remote costs + nunchuck costs $60. 4 sets = $240. No free game. Not to mention Wiimotionplus
Sega Activator = $80 in 1993, which is about $120 today. Thats 1 person. No free game.
yssispoop 1 year ago
@Ghazkul666 Dude thank you for trying to explain this to people out there! Microsoft isn't even forcing 360 users to buy the Kinect but so many people complain about the price for stupid reasons. Yes it IS a little pricey, but its not like you HAVE to buy it......just ignorant people out there...
ReneIsSoCool101Yes 1 year ago
@Ghazkul666 I agree but the 200% added to the fabrication price is just overkill
mihai2mn 1 year ago
@Ghazkul666 Actually Microsoft didn't invent or research this, they expanded upon technology purchased from PrimeSense (an israeli military technology firm).
PrimeSense is in fact, as we speak developing their own "Kinect" for PC use, in collaboration with Asus (i believe). But sure, it probably cost them a pretty penny (considering the kinect was meant for military application to start with - but hey, so was the internet... right?)
sthazeb 1 year ago
Hackers make much more awesome stuff with the Kinect in their free time than the payed Microsoft employees. =D
alf3141 1 year ago
Oh God, it's already a "Minority Report" interface! ;)
AndreyGolub 1 year ago 20
@AndreyGolub My opinion, the best part of the movie. Although the movie as a whole was amazing too.
ViggyNash 1 year ago
durrr hurr ur usin ubuntu such a noob LOWL LOWL> Why would you ever want an OS that comes fully functional right out of the box!? Use the less user-friendly/more annoying/less supported linuxes so you can be more leet like Phenrir1991 and kris9670 (and invariably many others in the previous 203 comments)
xxW00LYxx 1 year ago
The first step towards having a 3D computer like Iron man, manipulating 3d objects with just your hands :P
kawana87 1 year ago
lol UBUNTU lol
Phenrir1991 1 year ago
WooHoo, can't wait to set this up with one of the media center projects out there.
firemoon 1 year ago
Lol @ the notion of selling for profit being teh evil.
Scrythe 1 year ago 2
This is future
rebelkide 1 year ago
This isn't illegal, but it is possible that Microsoft could be selling Kinect for less than it costs to build (parts + assembly + transportation) with the belief that they would recover costs on game sales. If this is the case, Microsoft won't be happy, but there won't be anything they can do about it.
Similarly, the US goverment attempted to buy 2200 Sony PS3's to build a supercomputer - and Sony refused to sell them.
winvistainfo 1 year ago
@winvistainfo
actualy, they already proved that M$ is selling it for 3 times the price it costs to make it XD, you could make it for i think it was 57$, but lets just go for 50-70 bucks to be on the safe side. dont worry bout those margins, they WANT everyone to buy one off them XD
GundamReviver 1 year ago
@GundamReviver Is it possible to watch anything cool and Linux related on Youtube without having to listen to the rantings of a Internet Leftist?
Your still spelling MS with a dollar sign? What is this, some Usenet group for bearded loser hippies from 1995?
Jesus Chris what is MS going to do, just hand them out for free at Max Creek fests? Maybe set up a Kinect kiosk right next to the dirty girl selling stupid necklaces?
Go fuck yourself you idiotic, irrelevant anti-capitalist.
JohnnyRimShot 1 year ago
@JohnnyRimShot
yes, i still spell microsoft with a dollar sign. because its still highly apliccable, i mean, they ARE the biggest moeny grabbers ever. and i dont blame them. i do though, still spell their name with a dollar sign, for fun and ease.
also, no im not a leftist, actualy, im a rightist, i LIKE the capitalist market, improving it will be my JOB soon. havent ever heared of that fest you were talking about, its probably a hippy thing.
i wont reply to your shouting, fool.
GundamReviver 1 year ago
@GundamReviver microsoft spells MONOPOLY! illegal under congress
itsadeadmansparty 1 year ago
@itsadeadmansparty You're an idiot. You're probably posting this on a Windows machine.
jaycook777 1 year ago
@jaycook777 Explain exactly why im an Idiot, im listening
Microsoft is a Monopoly, Ask European Union, Lol They fined Microsoft like 300K a day after they were found to Anti-Trust
LOL dont act like microshit isnt criminal
itsadeadmansparty 1 year ago
@winvistainfo They already had a PS3 based supercomputer. The 2200 was to expand it. And it was the US airforce btw.
JimmyStrident 1 year ago
@Kyl3o yes - check tisch.sf.net, get the source from the SVN repo
floemuc 1 year ago 4
Ubuntu?
kris9670 1 year ago
that must be tiering
TCIstuff 1 year ago
this is soooo cool!
shadowh511 1 year ago
Very good
harry3647 1 year ago
awesome
jimijackson 1 year ago
the only faggy problem wich kinect is u have to stand far away from the camera thats not that handy when ur working onn a pc but what u made is so kewl its shows how kelw this tecnolegy is
chahid1992 1 year ago
good work :D
Themonter 1 year ago
You've made your name and mail address visible in the video...crawling legal gremlinz will come knocking the shit outta your door soon, with the sole purpose of serving your ass legal papers for a legal lawsuit... man, you had such a bright future in front uv ya, and now you blowed it to smithereens...
dilibau 1 year ago
whats the point of this bullshit
better on the 360 thats it
Jullzzzz 1 year ago
@Jullzzzz you fail
dilibau 1 year ago
Whats the point to kinect? Lol
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TheYosoy123 1 year ago
nothing original here, but a dam nice first impression
lngun4311 1 year ago
@lngun4311 really? nothing original? yeah, someone else made this code weeks ago right?
rofl
MastaSquidge 1 year ago
@MastaSquidge I was talking about the idea, and he is probably the first person to actually have a working representation.
lngun4311 1 year ago
this is extremely impressive. I would like to know more about how you did this.
abottoir 1 year ago
Can you say BADASS?
Flags2010 1 year ago
nicely done
it looks like at some points in the video you had trouble holding the pictures, how easy is it to tweak it to be easier to use?
carmatic 1 year ago
As a MT developer, i have to say WIN!!!!! one thing to add for future releases is motion smoothing, since the tracking is quite sensitive (lowering sensitivity is not a good way of doing it) the motion appears jerky.
Good luck
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Ratpack9921 1 year ago
Very nice.. hell it's ubuntu it's free :P *but how the hell did you get the idea?*
SirSn0 1 year ago
suck on that M$
V1vaRonaldo 1 year ago
It's Linux :D
llwMwll 1 year ago
kay
chuyton 1 year ago
Surely touch is much easier than this...
obadets3 1 year ago
waaat a geeekkk!!!!!!!!
shunrapper 1 year ago
@shunrapper Haha. You mad because you're not as smart? trollface.jpg
jeffhuys 1 year ago
@jeffhuys no im smart enough but thats true hes a geeek a normal person cant do that
shunrapper 1 year ago
Ubuntu FTW.
DanielRemains 1 year ago
try to load you porn and such with a hand full of loation on that set up hommer dooooh!
morfius93638 1 year ago
Send me that driver DDD=
0oSandero0 1 year ago
This is very cool. now I can control smplayer from my bed using this I'm guessing?
nanakeyks 1 year ago
@ELCASTIGADOR99 why he is from spain?)
qwantime 1 year ago
It's cool, but not really practical. Waaay faster to just use a mouse and keyboard.
Mycha31 1 year ago
@Mycha31 you're missing the point entirely.
veyronman 1 year ago
@veyronman What's the point then?
Mycha31 1 year ago
kinect is going to run native on windows soon anyways right? any idea if it will support multitouch?
nxmoparmatt84 1 year ago
This will be way cheaper than a microsoft surface table :D
mrjimmyos 1 year ago
Whats hacked? I only see an alien with red crosses at his hands, makig weird moves, while pictures ont he screen move O_O?
gitorla13 1 year ago
why would this be hacked lol i dont rlly know...
legendjoenz 1 year ago
lol at everyone thinking it was hard to hack kinect. Microsoft made it easy to hack to hackers like this can make cool applications and work for them for free.
Ambushcrysis 1 year ago