News - Kinect for Windows 1.5 released with facial movement tracking

[HEXUS]

Also seated skeletal tracking included.

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[crossy]

I've got to wonder whether any of this capability will be making it's way into Windows 8? Reasoning for this is the obvious point that since Windows 8 is really designed for touch, adding Kinect into the mix would be a way for folks to access that part of the UI without needing to replace their monitor with a touch-enabled version. Plus it'd be a way to allow folks with multi-monitor setups (I'm not one of them) to also be able to use the new UI "better".

And it's not as if Kinect is a ridiculous price - I'm sure I've seen "2nd user" ones locally for around the £40 mark.

Skeletal tracking in near mode (including seated skeletal near mode). Good for computer users at their desks

Any chance of getting that feature in "proper" (i.e. XBox) Kinect - it'd be nice not to have to be 6ft+ away to be able to use the gestures.

[mikerr]

I've got to wonder whether any of this capability will be making it's way into Windows 8? Reasoning for this is the obvious point that since Windows 8 is really designed for touch, adding Kinect into the mix would be a way for folks to access that part of the UI without needing to replace their monitor with a touch-enabled version. Plus it'd be a way to allow folks with multi-monitor setups (I'm not one of them) to also be able to use the new UI "better".

And it's not as if Kinect is a ridiculous price - I'm sure I've seen "2nd user" ones locally for around the £40 mark.

Any chance of getting that feature in "proper" (i.e. XBox) Kinect - it'd be nice not to have to be 6ft+ away to be able to use the gestures.

Meanwhile LeapMotion's "200x more accurate" $70 version gets all the headlines:
http://www.techradar.com/news/comput...device-1081365

They have a very nice video of it, here http://youtu.be/_d6KuiuteIA

but whether its fake or not is open to question,
especially with their wildly silly accuracy claims:
"accurate to 1/100 of a millimeter"
which is thinner than a human hair

http://live.leapmotion.com/about/