Kinda creepy they monitor how people use the UI and Kinect. NSA box after all?
I don't see why remove something even if few use it.
Well, maybe not entirely, but the general consensus (at least on GAF) is that Kinect is basically dead (aside from voice commands and other user interface stuff). I think it's definitely not as popular as it was on the 360.
How does repeat volume adjustment work?I also use it for volume and turning it on.
It breaks my heart that they are taking this feature away. I might be a rare use case, but when my daughter was an infant, there were a million occasions where I was holding my daughter with one arm, and navigating the UI with the other. It was perfect for those times where I didn't want to speak commands out loud to wake the baby or find the remote. In that period I came to really like the gesture controls for scrolling through content in Plex or other apps.
so, apart from twitch broadcasting/skype is the camera used at all?
Xbox One could have been at least just as powerful as PS4. What could've been..
The former, but you can set how many steps you want it move each time. I have mine set to 5 steps per command, so if I want to go from 50 to 45 I would need to do two commands (my receiver goes in 0.5 increments).How does repeat volume adjustment work?
"Xbox, volume down, down, down, down, down"
or
"Xbox, volume doooooooooowwwwwwwwwwnn"
?
Sounds like a PITA if you regularly adjust volume in smaller and larger increments.The former, but you can set how many steps you want it move each time. I have mine set to 5 steps per command, so if I want to go from 50 to 45 I would need to do two commands (my receiver goes in 0.5 increments).
It's pretty perfect for turning down volume for commercials and turning it back up when your show/sporting event is back on. Plus when Cortana launches you'll be able to say how many steps you want to adjust it.Sounds like a PITA if you regularly adjust volume in smaller and larger increments.
It's pretty perfect for turning down volume for commercials and turning it back up when your show/sporting event is back on. Plus when Cortana launches you'll be able to say how many steps you want to adjust it.
Well most of Gaf has hated kinect since the beginning, especially when it was all the rage on the 360, so it's not really a signn. Heck there are many people here who are proud to say they didn't even take theirs out of their box, which baffles me tbh (you bought it, why wouldn't you at least try it ?)
Anyway kinect on the new generation is certainly less popular as a gaming device as it was on 360. There is a lack of support from the devs, and the audience is not the same as the one of the later part of the generation (both are certainly related).
I think MS could have done a much better work promoting it, and I'm disappointed they give signs of dropping features now, when the new dashboard and Cortana would have been a good opportunity to build on it.
How does repeat volume adjustment work?
"Xbox, volume down, down, down, down, down"
or
"Xbox, volume doooooooooowwwwwwwwwwnn"
?
This feature is actually really annoying and activates for me all the time while watching Netflix. It will start fast forwarding or rewinding if someone is talking and moving their hands. I have been hoping just for an option to disable it, but this works, too.
Probably protected by EULA.Something I'm genuinely curious about here:
- Microsoft advertised Xbox One as having gesture controls
- Someone could have theoretically bought the Xbox One with this as their main selling point
- Now Microsoft has completely removed an advertised function (could be considered a CORE function to this theoretical user)
Is there any legal precedent here? Class action lawsuit type of thing? I'm not starting one or anything like that, but didn't they just advertise a feature and strip it out of the console? Isn't that... false advertising or something?
Does the EULA protect them to the point where they can straight up remove functionality?
That's still not much good if sometimes you make small adjustments (you need to set the steps-per-command for this) and sometimes you make large adjustments because you'd still need to say it multiple times for the large adjustments.Xbox, volume down.
Xbox, volume down.
Xbox, volume down.
You can set the increments somewhere in settings to be 1, 2, 3 based on your TV.
Gestures mean hand waving stuff and not voice commands, right?
Why? It's entirely optional now and I love it for voice commands, especially for system stuff. It's sad to me how few games actually use it now, especially since last gen games like Skyrim and Mass Effect 3 used it to great effect.Good. Next step, drop Kinect entirely.
Good. Next step, drop Kinect entirely.
Ah, memories.
Xbox One could have been at least just as powerful as PS4. What could've been..
So the Kinect is completely useless now? Except for the games that use it?
Good. Next step, drop Kinect entirely.
R.I.P.
I disagree that Kinect was the culprit to Xbox One having less power than the PS4. MS was set on having 8GB of ram, and at the time, chip density did not allow for more than 4GB of GDDR5, therefore DD3 + eSram had to be used. eSram took extra space in the GPU die which in turn meant sacrificing some compute units which is the real reason why the PS4 GPU is more powerful.
Budget wise, MS actually spent more money than Sony according to sources that priced each part (eSram is expensive).
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/te...-costs-90-more-than-ps4-to-make/1100-6416404/
Kinect was added on top of the cost and brought the price up to $499, in other worse Kinect did not cut into the budget at all. Without Kinect MS would just end up with the Kinectless package they have today. Sony pretty much lucked out that 8GB of GDDR5 became possible right on time, because I can't imagine the PS4 experience with just 4GB of ram for games plus the OS.
Jup.Isn't that image from a Sony patent filing?
I LOVE the voice commands. Use them everyday, and it is quite handy. So they better not take that out.
Shhh, you'll wake the baby!Isn't that image from a Sony patent filing?