HilariousXD! As for Kinect, it gives me another reason to ignore it. Not that I needed one.Chainsaws_of_War_2 said:
Asian Models Demonstrate Kinect Badly
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They quite clearly should've hired professionals.
Models who CAN play games.
I'm sure they exist somewhere.
Models who CAN play games.
I'm sure they exist somewhere.
Surprised after so many posts, I'll be the first to point this out. Any video featuring girls in bikinis attempting to demo something always turns out bad. Be it Kinect or girls shooting guns, it often ends up with it failing.
I don't know that I can say I've seen a realistic demo of this equipment. Nobody lives on a stage or has a few dozen people or more flashing cameras at them while they try the device, and at least from this video they weren't even following the on-screen prompts to move (maybe because they don't understand english, but that's a minor point). MS never said this technology was absolutely ready to go, so I'll make an exception this time for bugs in the system. Nothing is ever going to work perfectly, as even non-motion controllers are liable to do from time to time.
I'm getting too old to even think about trying any sort of motion control, but there is promise in the technology for there to be a return on the investment. Look at the unlimited amount of lousy games out there that people buy all the time and often the developers at least make their money back on it. If people don't invest in Kinect, then it is highly unlikely that MS will put more money back into it in order to finish eliminating the bugs, similar as to what happened with the Virtual Boy. There are already what, four different versions of the DS and they all basically do the same thing. It isn't worth investing more time and research into it if no one is going to buy it, so if no one buys the thing and they don't get any pre-orders for the device, MS will just chalk this up as a bad idea and dump it and we'll only read about it on Wikipedia in a few years as a technological failure. I'm not saying everyone should buy one, but I'm fairly confident that enough people will buy one to keep it around for at least a year.
And I prefer real-life demos of products over staged commercials that have been corrected to show off how something is SUPPOSED to work, regardless of the reality of the situation. I'd like to see more examples of the technology both before and after it is released to get a better gauge on whether they improved the design or just boxed the thing up and shipped it out as it currently is. And no MS, don't count on getting another $150 out of me either way.
I don't know that I can say I've seen a realistic demo of this equipment. Nobody lives on a stage or has a few dozen people or more flashing cameras at them while they try the device, and at least from this video they weren't even following the on-screen prompts to move (maybe because they don't understand english, but that's a minor point). MS never said this technology was absolutely ready to go, so I'll make an exception this time for bugs in the system. Nothing is ever going to work perfectly, as even non-motion controllers are liable to do from time to time.
I'm getting too old to even think about trying any sort of motion control, but there is promise in the technology for there to be a return on the investment. Look at the unlimited amount of lousy games out there that people buy all the time and often the developers at least make their money back on it. If people don't invest in Kinect, then it is highly unlikely that MS will put more money back into it in order to finish eliminating the bugs, similar as to what happened with the Virtual Boy. There are already what, four different versions of the DS and they all basically do the same thing. It isn't worth investing more time and research into it if no one is going to buy it, so if no one buys the thing and they don't get any pre-orders for the device, MS will just chalk this up as a bad idea and dump it and we'll only read about it on Wikipedia in a few years as a technological failure. I'm not saying everyone should buy one, but I'm fairly confident that enough people will buy one to keep it around for at least a year.
And I prefer real-life demos of products over staged commercials that have been corrected to show off how something is SUPPOSED to work, regardless of the reality of the situation. I'd like to see more examples of the technology both before and after it is released to get a better gauge on whether they improved the design or just boxed the thing up and shipped it out as it currently is. And no MS, don't count on getting another $150 out of me either way.
This is pretty hilarious but I'm going to give Kinect a break and just say that it may not have worked simply because...well the way those two were running was a little bit odd :/
Odd enough that Kinect is probably thinking "WTF they doin?"
Odd enough that Kinect is probably thinking "WTF they doin?"
*sigh* You know, they say perception is 90% of sales. How people see you and your product tends to matter a heck of a lot more than the actual quality or capability at time of sale. Demonstrations like this? Don't help.
I really REALLY want Kinect, and its technology to work and to succeed. But Microsoft has made so many mistakes marketing this thing, honestly, they've probably really shot themselves in the foot here. Move may or may not succeed, but at least they seem to be playing it smart and safe with their marketing. I hope for Microsoft's sake they work out a plan B for losses in case this thing tanks...
I really REALLY want Kinect, and its technology to work and to succeed. But Microsoft has made so many mistakes marketing this thing, honestly, they've probably really shot themselves in the foot here. Move may or may not succeed, but at least they seem to be playing it smart and safe with their marketing. I hope for Microsoft's sake they work out a plan B for losses in case this thing tanks...
"What are you Gay?!" ~ Zap Branniganmidnightalone said:
on the off chance u are a girl, its a mostly male audience, and we all know sex sells. If nothing else it'll make the passerby pause a moment and have a look ^-^ (Walk down the block half naked and tell me ppl won't stop to look XD)
For what its worth, I laughed.Ironic Pirate said:
Then again I'm tired too, and have an assignment due! ^_^
I'm personally a guy, a promiscuous one at that, and I must say they either have to be a whole lot hotter than those chicks, or atleast have a decent excuse for those clothes.DTWolfwood said:
Then again I'm a sucker for good excuses.
From a Sony fanboy: "Way to PSPGo that new tech, Microsoft." That's right - 'PSPGo' is a verb now.
Strangely enough, I did want this to be really cool and to work; for the life of me I just couldn't wrap my head around how it would be any good and I wanted to be surprised.
Strangely enough, I did want this to be really cool and to work; for the life of me I just couldn't wrap my head around how it would be any good and I wanted to be surprised.
First off I have walk down the street half naked but was to busy to notice if people were watching and secondly yes I am a guy.DTWolfwood said:
It's not that they girl are half naked, I have no prob with girls at convention like this been dressed in as little as possible to show off a new game characters or whatever, it's just here their outfits didn't fit what they where doing.
If they are going to have girls jumping and running on the spot have them do it in something that matches the game they are playing (and then make it about 20% smaller)
-M
It's funny; before E3, Microsoft's biggest PR problem was Milo. Now, everyone seems to have forgotten about that little hellspawn.
It feels to me like they're trying waaay too hard to make Kinect a "big thing" before it is. Like they're trying to get the attention of people that don't even play games, and that's just kind of weird. All the advertising they've paid for like the Justin Beiber thing and all that, is just pushy and strange to me. I don't own a 360 anyway, but if I did, none of this is making me want Kinnect.
This just helps reinforce the notion that the PS2 Eyetoy was better. The eyetoy could track 4 people, even if they had a long skirt and clothes matching the background. In function, both are quite identical minus the microphone in Kinect but they are vastly different in terms of tech.
Kinect is very advanced. Unlike the eyetoy which just tracks movement, Kinect tries to isolate the player. This isolation process is where all of its tech flaws are, it is just too picky. You have to be a in the field of view (at least 3 ft. away if I remember right) and it looks for certain parameters and is easily confused. Longskirts make it hard for it to detect legs and matching the background color makes it hard for it to distinguish between your body and the background it has to ignore. It has to fully find your whole body or it won't register.
I am guessing you are a 360 "knight" trying to defend its master without yield. I am also guessing you are going to be one of the dummies that goes out and buys it, plays with it for a few hours before going back to real games. All needless gimmicks have the same fate for the dedicated gamer.
Kinect is very advanced. Unlike the eyetoy which just tracks movement, Kinect tries to isolate the player. This isolation process is where all of its tech flaws are, it is just too picky. You have to be a in the field of view (at least 3 ft. away if I remember right) and it looks for certain parameters and is easily confused. Longskirts make it hard for it to detect legs and matching the background color makes it hard for it to distinguish between your body and the background it has to ignore. It has to fully find your whole body or it won't register.
The one that Kinect was telling to move left was the one on the right who couldn't move anymore to the left due to the person on the left being in the way. During the game itself, the one on the right was told to move right. So either Kinect wanted them to fuse, or do something that isn't FCC approved.Midnight0000 said:
I am guessing you are a 360 "knight" trying to defend its master without yield. I am also guessing you are going to be one of the dummies that goes out and buys it, plays with it for a few hours before going back to real games. All needless gimmicks have the same fate for the dedicated gamer.
Might have something to do with the cameras flashing like hell at the device plus the lack of wall/backdrop behind them.
Not that I care to really defend it, it's an overpriced camera that everyone is laughing at while they keep trying to push it. I wish they put this kind of money into fixing the system it runs on, or maybe the abysmal Dpad they put out on their controller.
Not that I care to really defend it, it's an overpriced camera that everyone is laughing at while they keep trying to push it. I wish they put this kind of money into fixing the system it runs on, or maybe the abysmal Dpad they put out on their controller.