News - Kinect for Windows 1.5 released with facial movement tracking
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Also seated skeletal tracking included.
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Re: News - Kinect for Windows 1.5 released with facial movement tracking
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.
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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.
Re: News - Kinect for Windows 1.5 released with facial movement tracking
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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.
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/
