*** Official Kinect Thread ***

Set up kinect yesterday, with the slim xbox.

Also bought Sports for the kids and off we went. My 3 yr old had troubles, not with kinect , but with the concept of " stop running in front of the tv " as he would be picked up and ruin the game. My 5yr old was much better. He / we played bowling, water rafting alone and together and we had good honest fun.

Space: Who put my lights at the same exact spot as the sweet kinect spot ?
I have about 8-9 feet of space in front of the tv before you hit the sofas, and about 6 -7 feet wide So it was fine for most of the time. Any less and i think it could be a compromise. Width wise, you felt as if you would have to sit still and quiet to not interfere with the other person’s game. At least in my lounger

I'm 6' and my eldest son 110cm, so Kinect generally coped with the 2 player aspects of the games we have played despite the height difference,

Not tried the voice activation yet, its not “prompted “me to explore that aspect ...

What is very good is that when it recognises your face it logs you on and adjusts the kinect device. So when my son stands there, he can play the game without any need for me to babysit him with the controls. So turn on xbox, give it a wave and off he went playing.

Only touched the surface really for all its features, price wise it’s not cheap, but the look of the kids faces is priceless. My 3 yrd old can't fully grasp the controller concept of moving and spatial awareness, but he can bowl and play football perfectly well!

Blends perfectly well with the TV so, you don’t notice the extra box sitting there.
No doubt when the killer games come out, it will be very merry immersive and popular. Just don’t get to into the hype! . Black ops currently has me a little more excited, but that isn’t a 5yr olds game.
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I have managed to 5* the first 8 songs on dance central after lots of practice also Iv just picked up Kinect sports i could not wait any longer, Since selling my wii over a year ago i need a bowling fix again lol
 
This is actually great fun, just hope it doesn't go the same with as the Wii once the novelty wears off.

Bowling, the sensor can pickup if you swipe your arm as you bowl to put spin on the ball.

Im struggling a bit with the voice controls though, as I didn't see anything in the instructions with regards to what controls there actually are? :confused:
 
Just got Kinect and sports from Sainsburys... the super markets seem to still have quite a bit of stock.

Must say I'm quite impressed, atm I'm playing the Football and really enjoying it, even if I look a fool in the videos :D


McBain said:
Im struggling a bit with the voice controls though, as I didn't see anything in the instructions with regards to what controls there actually are? :confused:
Click to expand...

Say Xbox and it show the commands that can be used at the bottom of the screen.
 
I got Kinect on tuesday and i've only had chance to play it for an hour or 2 but Kinect Sports and Dance Central (just watching the gf dance :P) are very fun

Shame about the commentary on most games and stupid replays on the table tennis.
 
We were't going to bother with this but the miss us came home with one today. So far I'm quite impressed. Liking Adventures, and she seems to like the dancing game.

Now we need something other than mini games - wonder where this will go long term.
 
My wife hates computer games with a vengeance...

This is the first time I've heard her say ' I want to play ! ' and she did LOL !

I don't game either but this has certainly captured our attention :) Overall pleased and glad I didn't sell it.
 
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