Author Topic: Kinect thread(Avatar Kinect out now) (Read 60919 times)

Himu · « **Reply #420 on:** December 28, 2010, 04:52:20 PM »

You know what I mean. The premises are similar: using a camera to put people into their own games.

maxy · « **Reply #421 on:** December 28, 2010, 05:15:08 PM »

I agree,but that is kinda like saying that 360 is a supped up N64 because they both have transistors and play games.

Having the right hardware is the key here,people are 3D objects,Sony did the first step but they were not brave enough to do the second,fatal mistake

Besides I really don't understand why are some people so obsessed with marketing

PS3 underperforms...marketing,marketing
PS3 exclusive game underperforms...marketing,marketing
PS3 multiplatform game underperforms...marketing,marketing
PS3 accessory underperforms...marketing,marketing

Marketing

Himu · « **Reply #422 on:** December 28, 2010, 05:22:37 PM »

Because marketing is important. Everyone of my cousins has a ps3 but no one knows what the fuck move is. On the other hand, EVERYONE knows what kinect is.

Himu · « **Reply #423 on:** December 28, 2010, 05:43:53 PM »

The Eye Toy was successful? Well, I didn't know.

maxy · « **Reply #424 on:** December 28, 2010, 05:51:04 PM »

Quote from: Billy Rygar on December 28, 2010, 05:26:19 PM

The Eye toy ended up selling millions of units and being very profitable for Sony. You guys are idiots and should be banned from this forum.

ps. Both are embarrassing and defending them is embarrassing. SMH maxy.

Playing games is beyond embarrassing for majority of population,sorry that is a weak argument

Millions of units,in Europe?I know,PS2 was so popular and casual here that people were buying various shit just because it said "compatible with PS2"
But it didn't transform into some huge dev support

Quote from: Stringer Bell on December 28, 2010, 05:43:53 PM

The Eye Toy was successful? Well, I didn't know.

Blame marketing
In Europe it was

pilonv1 · « **Reply #425 on:** December 28, 2010, 05:59:52 PM »

Eye Toy was a ridiculous success in Europe. As was Singstar

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But it didn't transform into some huge dev support

Because Sony's first party stuff was leagues ahead of everyone else. It's much like the current Wii situation.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #426 on:** January 02, 2011, 08:16:15 PM »

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I don't think they are trying to clamp down on it anymore,somebody probably realized,hey this is good for us

They were never trying to clamp down on it, some MSFT representative was just confused and thought the open source "hacking" effort was targeted at the software running on the Xbox, which was and still is locked down. But it was just targeted at the hardware interface, which was never locked down. If someone tried to hack the software they would still try to clamp down on that. The media can never be bothered to grasp these distinctions however

maxy · « **Reply #427 on:** January 03, 2011, 05:53:27 AM »

^^
true

Some new stuff
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

RTS with Kinect...there might be even better way to do that,but you would have to sit closer or you could just bring Kinect closer

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
piano on your desk

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #428 on:** January 03, 2011, 08:26:54 AM »

The mocap stuff is AMAZING. It would be great if indie devs could use a Kinect for bargain basement mocap solutions. The costs of doing it professionally are ludicrous.

Mupepe · « **Reply #429 on:** January 03, 2011, 12:48:48 PM »

Am I the only one who's going to buy the MJ Experience game for Kinect? It's going to be so awesome.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #430 on:** January 03, 2011, 12:50:48 PM »

film yourself playing and upload plz

Mupepe · « **Reply #431 on:** January 03, 2011, 02:47:05 PM »

oh i will.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #432 on:** January 03, 2011, 03:32:06 PM »

I got a Kinect for Xmas, kinda regretted my Bro spending big monies on it and only used it while setting it up, but am pretty excited about the future for it, especially when I have a better space.

maxy · « **Reply #433 on:** January 05, 2011, 04:56:07 AM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on January 03, 2011, 08:26:54 AM

The mocap stuff is AMAZING. It would be great if indie devs could use a Kinect for bargain basement mocap solutions. The costs of doing it professionally are ludicrous.

Another attempt

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Here's a quick preview of some experiments on streaming a skeleton from a Microsoft Kinect into MotionBuilder, in realtime.

A base application acquires a color and depth image from the Kinect and processes this into a 3D pointcloud.
(Not shown here but these can be dumped to disk as polygon objects as well)

PrimeSense's NITE is used to recognize the user and track a skeleton.

It then streams that data over TCP (could be done over a network connection) into MotionBuilder.
Using a custom device plugin the regular MotionBuilder toolset can then be used to map this onto a character.

All still very alpha and proof of concept at the moment, but hey it kinda works and is fun

More info at:
http://www.brekel.com

Note, this all runs on 30+ fps on a core2quad, the screencapture software had difficulty with it though.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

maxy · « **Reply #434 on:** January 05, 2011, 09:56:55 AM »

Things are moving fast in Kinect land

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Be a superhero

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

pilonv1 · « **Reply #435 on:** January 05, 2011, 10:07:43 PM »

archie4208 · « **Reply #436 on:** January 05, 2011, 10:15:41 PM »

RIP gaming 1972-2011.

iconoclast · « **Reply #437 on:** January 06, 2011, 12:23:31 AM »

Steel Battalion will save Kinect

From Software does no wrong

cool breeze · « **Reply #438 on:** January 06, 2011, 12:57:34 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on January 06, 2011, 12:28:24 AM

This is like when Big Mama's House was #1 at the box office.

so in a few years we'll have a sequel to kinect co-starring that one non-famous actor from tropic thunder?

I don't even know what that means

maxy · « **Reply #439 on:** January 06, 2011, 01:48:14 AM »

I expected something like this,device has a good word of mouth especially among casuals,december NPD will be massive.

Avatar Kinect looks good and natural.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #440 on:** January 06, 2011, 12:06:18 PM »

Probably the dumbest thread ever.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407664

I love the moving goalposts which is how fanboys operate. Read the beginning of the thread and then the latest posts in the thread and how the argument has completely shifted to a different argument.

magus · « **Reply #441 on:** January 06, 2011, 12:20:51 PM »

i'm sorry i lost all my reading abilities after reading "pure uncut pwnage" and the crow dish picture

maxy · « **Reply #442 on:** January 06, 2011, 01:55:20 PM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on January 06, 2011, 12:06:18 PM

Probably the dumbest thread ever.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407664

I love the moving goalposts which is how fanboys operate. Read the beginning of the thread and then the latest posts in the thread and how the argument has completely shifted to a different argument.

No point in arguing with those people,they are not capable to admit that they were wrong.In other words they are not humans,just some concrete blocks that unfortunately can write.

Now something different,MAME Gladiator with Kinect
[youtube=560,345]#![/youtube]

You can do that with any Windows application now,just download this
http://people.ict.usc.edu/~suma/faast/

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FAAST is middleware to facilitate integration of full-body control with games and VR applications. The toolkit relies upon software from OpenNI and PrimeSense to track the user's motion using the PrimeSensor or the Microsoft Kinect sensors. FAAST includes a custom VRPN server to stream the user's skeleton over a network, allowing VR applications to read the skeletal joints as trackers using any VRPN client. Additionally, the toolkit can also emulate keyboard input triggered by body posture and specific gestures. This allows the user add custom body-based control mechanisms to existing off-the-shelf games that do not provide official support for depth sensors.

FAAST is free to use and distribute for research and noncommercial purposes (for commercial uses, please contact us). If you use FAAST to support your research project, we request that any publications resulting from the use of this software include a reference to the toolkit (a tech report will be posted here within the next week or so). Additionally, please send us an email about your project, so we can compile a list of projects that use FAAST. This will be help us pursue funding to maintain the software and add new functionality.

The preliminary version of FAAST is currently available for Windows only. We are currently preparing to release code as an open-source project. Additionally, we plan to develop a Linux port in the near future.

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January 1, 2011
Our video demonstrating control of World of Warcraft using the Microsoft Kinect has received over one million views on youtube in less than a week!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #443 on:** January 06, 2011, 05:19:23 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

DEFEND THIS, ASSHOLES

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #444 on:** January 06, 2011, 05:28:26 PM »

The tech would be great for sex chats. Even the shy girls would be down with getting nasty.

Also, the chicks in the commercial are pretty cute.

magus · « **Reply #445 on:** January 06, 2011, 05:47:18 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on January 06, 2011, 05:19:23 PM

DEFEND THIS, ASSHOLES

did i somehow time-jumped to E3 2011? has nintendo announced mario bros for 3DS and another bad cell-shaded portable zelda? did sony announce god of war 4?

maxy · « **Reply #446 on:** January 07, 2011, 08:59:48 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Brehvolution · « **Reply #447 on:** January 07, 2011, 09:11:14 AM »

Terrorists can use this technology to safely fabricate explosive devices in another cave!

maxy · « **Reply #448 on:** January 08, 2011, 06:54:57 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Reggie

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #449 on:** January 08, 2011, 12:40:31 PM »

I'm still confused how they were doing hand animation in that Steve Ballmer video. Facial tracking works but his hands were going through quite a few different configurations.

maxy · « **Reply #450 on:** January 08, 2011, 01:07:21 PM »

Not sure,maybe that part was done by normal means,without Kinect

Although in some interview they said that Kinect is focusing on upper body part,head and hands specifically.

maxy · « **Reply #451 on:** January 09, 2011, 03:51:41 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #452 on:** January 09, 2011, 04:13:13 AM »

god damn it japan.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #453 on:** January 09, 2011, 05:05:23 AM »

@ the second video.

maxy · « **Reply #454 on:** January 11, 2011, 03:18:54 AM »

The Tech Behind Avatar Kinect

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]
Sound is little crappy

Minecraft is next in line

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/10/kinect-hacks-build-a-monument-to-yourself-in-minecraft/

How it works
http://www.orderofevents.com/MineCraft/KinectInfo.htm

Yeti · « **Reply #455 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:03:41 AM »

Soul Calibur Kinect

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[youtube=560,345]hNAXVs8rydU[/youtube]

[close]

Brehvolution · « **Reply #456 on:** January 11, 2011, 09:05:38 AM »

Best use I've seen yet!

maxy · « **Reply #457 on:** January 15, 2011, 05:08:53 AM »

EG has an article about Kinect "hacks"

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-kinect-hacks-article?page=1

Something just for Archie

Air Guitar prototype
http://vimeo.com/17669981

maxy · « **Reply #458 on:** January 16, 2011, 11:09:38 AM »

This is pretty cool

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

First Kinect app on Mac app store
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/kinect-3d-viewer/id409696421?mt=12

cool breeze · « **Reply #459 on:** January 16, 2011, 11:12:24 AM »

they should make a G Gundam game for kinect.

all this tech demo stuff people are doing on computers looks really cool. I hope the next (or after the next) wave of games do neat things too.

maxy · « **Reply #460 on:** January 16, 2011, 11:20:18 AM »

I'm looking forward to see indie dev games,cheap and crazy stuff...
Not sure what MS is waiting,Kinect stuff is now even on Mac store

magus · « **Reply #461 on:** January 16, 2011, 12:26:22 PM »

Quote from: maxy on January 16, 2011, 11:09:38 AM

This is pretty cool

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

First Kinect app on Mac app store
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/kinect-3d-viewer/id409696421?mt=12

wait... wait....
THAT'S IT! I GOT IT!
R.O.B REVIVAL AS WII2 LAUNCH TITLE!

maxy · « **Reply #462 on:** January 17, 2011, 09:36:26 AM »

[youtube=560,345]#![/youtube]

cool breeze · « **Reply #463 on:** January 17, 2011, 10:09:24 AM »

aka bob dole controls

maxy · « **Reply #464 on:** January 17, 2011, 11:21:52 AM »

i think that he is using z axis(pushing the hand forwards or backwards,slowly),check hand color change
There has to be some neutral position

or this is some well made trolling attempt

maxy · « **Reply #465 on:** January 25, 2011, 03:55:24 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

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Using a single Kinect camera and standard graphics chips, MIT researchers demonstrate the highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video.

magus · « **Reply #466 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:15:28 AM »

ehy maxy did you see the kinect video i posted on random gaming talk? it combines kinect + wiimote + VR googles for making some weird japa FPS

maxy · « **Reply #467 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:19:51 AM »

Yes i did,nice stuff

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

maybe one day someone will create a fps that japanese will like

pilonv1 · « **Reply #468 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:22:23 AM »

I am now Kinect enabled

$:-\$

pilonv1 · « **Reply #469 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:35:46 AM »

Dance Central, Adventures and Sports (gf loves bowling). They had a bundle with Motion Sports (

) and The Biggest Loser thrown in for free so I just took them to EB and traded them for real games.

maxy · « **Reply #470 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:53:16 AM »

from ssx thread
http://whois.domaintools.com/ssxkinect.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/kinectssx.com

New stuff

http://whois.domaintools.com/simskinect.com
http://whois.domaintools.com/thesimskinect.com

E3 presentation is slowly filling up,lol
:'(

edit:Lips is there too

http://whois.domaintools.com/kinectlips.com

pilonv1 · « **Reply #471 on:** January 31, 2011, 05:56:28 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on January 31, 2011, 04:15:47 AM

Quote from: pilonv1 on January 31, 2011, 12:35:46 AM
Dance Central, Adventures and Sports (gf loves bowling). They had a bundle with Motion Sports ( ) and The Biggest Loser thrown in for free so I just took them to EB and traded them for real games.

The Biggest Loser demo is pretty tough if you don't do much working out to begin with. I'm sure Your Shape is the funner fitness game.

I run and go to the gym, I have no need for that shit.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #472 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:52:15 PM »

I'm sort of impressed by this POS. The Move may actually have some usage as a proper alternative control method for standard games, but this is certainly more engaging by itself so far, with device-specific games. Limiting, but the games I've played have been a ton of fun.

maxy · « **Reply #473 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:20:09 PM »

EA is playing with fight night kinect

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-01-ea-prototyping-fight-night-kinect

Ubisoft has huge Kinect plans

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Publisher Ubisoft has said that it is considering Kinect adaptations for all of the brands in its popular stable of IP.

The company has already enjoyed big success with Microsoft's Xbox 360 motion camera, claiming third party market leadership on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to launch titles such as Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Fighter's Uncaged and Motion Sports.

And while these three new IPs have enjoyed varying success, the publisher has plans to bring some of its more established brands to the platform.

“We will be bringing some of the industry’s most innovative offerings to Kinect soon,” says chief marketing and sales officer Geoffroy Sardin told MCV.

“I think we can propose Kinect versions of all the brands that we’ve got, but it is down to the production team. I can’t announce anything, but we will have something for everyone, that I can assure you.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/42818/Ubisoft-eyes-up-Kinect-IP-conversions

Imagine babies kinect coming...

Can't wait to play Ass Creed like this

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

maxy · « **Reply #474 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:37:32 PM »

New Twisted Pixel game,"Gunstringer"

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The Gunstringer
What type of game is it?
It's a cross between a platformer and a shooter starring a skeleton cowboy that you puppeteer with your hands. There appears to be a lot of on-rails shooting sequences. The action on screen is supposed to be a puppet show, complete with an audience cheering you on.

What's the story?
Somebody did The Gunstringer wrong, and he's gonna make 'em pay. It's a Western revenge story inspired by "A Fistful of Dollars."

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/114/1146934p1.html

awesome trailer

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

From dev blog

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As you may have already gathered, The Gunstringer is unlike any Kinect game you may have played previously. There are no minigames, forced gestures, or end of level photos of you in your underwear here. You can play it sitting down, which is great if you just want to play and relax rather than burn crazy calories. Most importantly, you can aim and move with precision not seen in any of the Kinect launch titles, and with a speed and feel that’s just not possible with a traditional controller.

magus · « **Reply #475 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:27:51 PM »

that's a pretty cool concept (actualy i wished for a puppet game on the wii since forever but wii..... $:-\$ ) but it also looks kinda shitty....

well i don't own a kinect so i don't know why the fuck i'm here judging thing

maxy · « **Reply #476 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:47:40 PM »

Even if you had Kinect,you probably wouldn't be able to play it
Arcade games are hard to get for free,they are tied to console(account)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #477 on:** February 02, 2011, 06:26:19 AM »

What's so good about Your Shape?

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Edit: Fight Night should already have Kinect functionality and the next EA Sports MMA title should have it too.

Pretty sure THQ is doing a UFC Training game for Kinect + Wii/Move

The Sceneman · « **Reply #478 on:** February 02, 2011, 06:44:02 AM »

YES KINECT PURCHASE VALIDATED

maxy · « **Reply #479 on:** February 02, 2011, 03:30:39 PM »

Swimming game

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

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