I have given many demonstrations on programming against the Kinect (for Windows). I'm able to calculate your BMI if you stand in front of the camera, for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8GlZ8LcZ8o
The Kinect 2.0 has fantastic technology. It now tracks fingers (amongst other joints), and the NEW depth/IR sensors are so accurate - it can detect your heart beat/rate by the micro-fluctuations of your clothes and skin. It can track 5 players at once (instead of 2), although most people won't have room for it. It has facial emotion recognition built in (the original Kinect required extra code).
ELmO
if you are annoyed by the lights on the controllers, look into these
http://lightdims.com/store.htm
after
before
if you are annoyed by the lights on the controllers, look into these
http://lightdims.com/store.htm
after
before
Like the people that buy these to resell them?
That said, back from my DC trip today and just caught up on this thread. Kind of underwhelming really. Lots of PC elitist bickering and other off topic comments, and only a small chunk of comments bout the games / system.
The greatest thing I've gathered from all this is that the PS4 UI is very snappy, and Knack seems like a sleeper hit. Oh also the Vita streaming seems to be a success? Has anyone tried the voice commands (if you got the Eye), and with that - the interactive room or whatever it was called?
Overall it seems like I made the right choice by waiting... let these bugs get worked out while I finish up some 360/PS3 games I have that I want to complete.
I was going to suggest a piece of tinting film. Or any translucent or opaque tape, for that matter.
Semi-related
It seems like they beefed up their servers quite a bit for this launch, as even downloads on my Vita are going incredibly quickly. Things never used to download this fast, and it was always a source of frustration for me on the ps3 as well. Glad to see they invested in their PSN infrastructure as it makes all of their systems and services better for it.
It seems like they beefed up their servers quite a bit for this launch, as even downloads on my Vita are going incredibly quickly.
All useful in devices that are not consoles.
Thats good news. My DLs were fast on the PS3, wonder what they'll be like on the PS4.
My friend purchased the camera (mainly to do the playroom thing with his 2 year old who freaking loves it to no end). Playroom is a fun little tech like demo and fun to kill a little time, but kids seem to really like it messing with the robots. The voice commands actually worked really good and it does facial recognition. When we went to play something and it came up with the profile log in, it automatically saw who had the controller and recongized his face and logged him into his account (since it was his PS4 it had his face data saved obviously). It was neat, better than I expected, but nothing I personally really cared about much.
They're going to be adding some free game modes to The Playroom at a later date as well. The interesting part is that it's not going to be Sony that does it but rather third-party developers. The first addition is from Double Fine.
Mine just sold for $520 plus actual shipping. Well... Until the "buyer" sent me a message saying that he can't afford the shipping. Ugh. People suck.
i relisted it and changed some settings in my preferences to try and not have that happen again, and ended up selling it for $581. after fees + shipping i will net $85. definitely the last time i sell a console at launch, just not worth the hassle.