RIP Microsoft’s Kinect you were too good for gamers anyway

Oct25

by Sindy Cator on October 25, 2017 at 4:23 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, gaming

Microsoft today announced it would no longer manufacture its Kinect device. Most will remember the Kinect as a mediocre attempt at competing with the Nintendo Wii. As a camera that featured motion tracking and voice recognition, it was little more than a gimmick for Xbox gamers. But as a tool for scientists and researchers, it was one of the greatest inventions of the last decade. Kinect should have never been pigeon-holed into being a gamer’s gadget, and it’s obvious it was ahead of its time. If Microsoft wanted to market it today the company could put out a press release…