MilkyJoe
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So did I, it's still in the box
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New Xbox One Experience update drops Kinect gestures; usage was "very, very low"
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So did I, it's still in the box
Flintty
Member
I feel fine. I got the X1 for the games, not Kinect. It's good for voice commands and the kids like it for Just Dance but that's about it. I've lost no sleep over it.
More to the point though, I doubt many people were excited for the Kinect so your inflammatory post is mute.
Yeah I often wonder what could have been. I really hope MS learned from how much they fucked up the initial design and direction of the console.
If you're in the UK send it to me
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
We have a product for people who want Kinect dashboard gestures, it's called Xbox 360.
DerZuhälter
Member
Xbox removes motion gestures
NeoGAF: Good riddance!
Call of Duty's main characters race can't be changed
NeoGAF: This is unacceptable!
Never change GAF.
NeoGAF: Good riddance!
Call of Duty's main characters race can't be changed
NeoGAF: This is unacceptable!
Never change GAF.
MilkyJoe
Member
How much?
Are people confused? The gestures just don't work in the dash, the functionality still exists in the device and any software that uses it.
3rdamention
Member
Are there any Kinect games using motion controls in development at all? Just Dance I assume, but are there others?
Hamster Plugin
Member
Why does Microsoft keep changing their consoles UI all the time? Now they're dropping features, even if it's a minor one.
RIP Xbox 360 blades
RIP Xbox 360 blades
ebullientprism
Member
DerZuhälter;184947209 said:
What are you talking about?
I've never turned on/off my console with the power button. Same with launching games and apps. I don't think I'd know how to navigate my console without voice commands.
LOL. Protip: don't believe everything MS tells you.
Nothing inside of Kinect is as powerful as the SoC in the XboxOne or the cloud so it can be done using a mic.
sono
Member
Slightly scary thought, although presumably would depend on solid numbers of those that actually bought it for this specific feature and those that actualy used it ?
Which is why Cortana will support mics as well as Kinect.
secondspace
Member
The behind the scenes book about the development of the Xbox One is going to be amazing if it ever happens. So many unfathomably bad decisions.
DerZuhälter
Member
I...
What?
What are you talking about?
Removing options being applauded, why exactly? Yet when options just don't exist everyone is fuming.
backbreaker65
Banned
Where are the "GAMES" the "KINECT GAMES" HUH? You know better with KINECT. Spent all that money for nothing.
I bought an launch bundle but never had a ounce of excitement for Kinect. I just bought their BS that they would never unbundle the thing so I figured why wait. When they dropped it I felt like a fool.
As for gestures, never used them. But I never had much issue with false positives either.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
So basically it should have just been a web cam and a mic. So many mistakes were made.
Bright-Light
Member
DerZuhälter;184949177 said:
LyleLanley
Banned
DerZuhälter;184947209 said:
This is an excellent comparison and I'm disappointed that more people aren't bringing it up.
RoslindaleOne
Member
I won't miss it. The controller was always next to me and the voice commands were always faster to navigate.
A lot of people mixing up kinect voice command with the hand gestures. The hand gestures was a cool idea but it never worked properly, it required you tonhold your hands up in the air for a while to even notice your hands. Meh.
The voice commands are a good way to navigate Xbox, but they are good only because of how terrible the Xbox GUI is compared to PS4's. Wanna open a party? Yea it's a separate app so you gotta load it up, wanna go activate something else? It's inside a folder that takes another half a second of blank screen and then activating takes another few seconds of blank screen. Everything is an app !
Wanna unsnap? Double press Xbox button then press down, wanna quickly open a party to join a game? Open the bloody app again and then when you go to a game it will snap it automatically...what the shit ?
PS4's GUI is so quickly, simple and efficient. It also avoids using blocks so the objects don't take as much space. Going out of game to check the party chat takes no time at all !
Fake Edit: I also mute myself whenever I use a kinect voice command. It's embarrassing, especially when it doesn't work due to game audio creating a lot of noise.
The voice commands are a good way to navigate Xbox, but they are good only because of how terrible the Xbox GUI is compared to PS4's. Wanna open a party? Yea it's a separate app so you gotta load it up, wanna go activate something else? It's inside a folder that takes another half a second of blank screen and then activating takes another few seconds of blank screen. Everything is an app !
Wanna unsnap? Double press Xbox button then press down, wanna quickly open a party to join a game? Open the bloody app again and then when you go to a game it will snap it automatically...what the shit ?
PS4's GUI is so quickly, simple and efficient. It also avoids using blocks so the objects don't take as much space. Going out of game to check the party chat takes no time at all !
Fake Edit: I also mute myself whenever I use a kinect voice command. It's embarrassing, especially when it doesn't work due to game audio creating a lot of noise.
Bright-Light
Member
Same here. But I knew it was always going to be a problem with my accent.
Devilgunman
Member
Xbone should have come with just a mic since beginning. Voice command is what people use. Kinect is such a waste.
blame space
Banned
DerZuhälter;184947209 said:
this guy is definitely on to something hereDerZuhälter;184949177 said:
CloudyTuba
Member
If the latest preview build I have is anything to go by, still painfully slow.
Hoping this changes when the actual release happens.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
Every new iteration of their software they'd have to test these ridiculous features and fix any bugs that crop up. I can imagine being that tester, swiping the air every new build they're about release, begging my boss to just rip that shit out.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
I used it from time to time, but I can live without it.
I liked using it the most for Netflix and that app dropped support for it a long time ago.
I liked using it the most for Netflix and that app dropped support for it a long time ago.
Alx
Member
No the games are fine.
Same here except for when I only used them by accident.
I use voice a lot though as a way to quickly get to a game or app.
TheOhrenberger.
Banned
The gestures were actually really annoying for me. Sometimes I would kick my feet up onto the table and it would think I was trying to use a gesture. I'm glad it's gone. The main benefit of Kinect is its voice commands.
I...
What?
Couldn't have said it better myself.
DerZuhälter;184949177 said:
I wouldn't compare the reaction from missing something that has been standard in create-a-character modes for over 15 years (changing skin tone) with removing a feature that many people didn't use at all and frankly didn't make much sense to use (dashboard gesture navigation).
hydrophilic attack
Member
What does the username mean?
killer rin
Member
Makes sense, I love my Kinect for Voice Controls, but the dashboard gestures were always "meh". It would always be faster to just rattle out the voice command.