Features - Xbox 360's Kinect -Strict Conditions may spoil the fun?

[HEXUS]

I want to buy Kinect but I'm worried that I can't meet the criteria for optimal performance.

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[Kjnowak]

I am still going to try and borrow/rent it before I buy methinks...

[hysonmb]

Considering what Kinect is designed to do, it's expected that they'd want you to have some space available to operate. The only surprise for me on the video was the even lighting comment. They touted the fact that it can use the IR cam and track you even in the dark. If it has a frame of reference once it recognizes the room and tracks you with the IR cam, why would it care if you move between bright and not so bright space? I hope this doesn't turn out like that horrid implementation of TotemBall with the vision cam which absolutely failed to track me properly. That thing gets more use by the kids playing with the the visualizations on the media player than anything else.

I'm not going to cancel my pre-order. I'm a bit concerned about the light because the room that I game in has flood style track lights. It's well lit, but, not exactly even. No matter what, it can go back within 14 days so it's worth a shot.