[Closed] X Box Kinect.......

Was planning one for my kids as they look like they have some pretty cool features, but was put of by the amount of space required and the fact that players in my lounge would have a window right behind them and I didn't know how well the kinect would cope with the lighting, worth looking into though in my opinion,
PJ.

Big space (6 foot back from the tv minimum I think, plus lots of room to move and an uncluttered view), plus it is supposed to be a bit laggy to play, and the blatant wii rip off family games look pretty rubbish.

I reckon it will be brilliant in a few years, but if you want family fun now,a wii might be a better bet - not that different in price to the kinect thing (or cheaper 2nd hand)

Have a Wii already, just want to banish it back to the kids playroom and replace with an XBox in the lounge - just need some family orientated facade to mask my blatant boy toy purchase.

playstation move 😆

How well does it cope with anyone other than the players moving around the room?

Supposed to be a bit poop!

Very laggy and missing movements.

Don't get it, the government use it to watch you. 😆

It is meant to be pretty good...Supposedly...

Oh and Playstation Move FTW! 😀

It's amazing, not laggy, handles two playing at once with no issues, doesn't get screwed up when others walk across the playing area. But you do need space, the more the better.

The your shape game is scary accurate on movements and my boy (age 4) can't get enough of adventures, he's good too.

Highly recommended!

Some games are really hard. Watch the effort from the guy playing this one.

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its awesome. not laggy at allway better than the Wii. kids love it. and it can tell the difference between people as well! looking forward to some proper games coming out for it too. oh and it is an awesome workout.

That link is ace Samuri. 😀

Have a Wii already, just want to banish it back to the kids playroom and replace with an XBox in the lounge - just need some family orientated facade to mask my blatant boy toy purchase.

In which case, if you've got the money, do it! 😛

The space requirements are:

For a single player game you need to be 6ft away from the Kinect, and have 2ft on either side of the player

For a two player game you need to be 8ft away from the Kinect, and again have plenty of room between the players

These numbers will increase if you're above average height - it tends to struggle with people who are over 6ft. If you're 6ft 7, it'll struggle to recognise you as human. 😛 It can be a bit finicky about lighting/clothing still, but most games have been designed to take into account the slight lag and occassional loss of detection.

The games vary in quality, but Dance Central, Kinectimals, Kinect Adventures and Kinect Sports are the current best of the lot. Dance Central has multiplayer, but it's turn based, hence lessening the crazy space requirements. Kinectimals is obscenely cute.

Like the Wii it's mostly mini-game compendiums and fitness titles, but unlike the Wii you've also got a huge selection of traditional FPSs, 3rd person shooters, racing games etc.

So the people that have used it think it's great, and the people that haven't think it isn't?

Great work to the latter.