My suspicion about this is basically what Kathleen of LRR said on Checkpoint a while back (though I'd been saying it for a while). They're banking on you not knowing what the cloud is, and maybe they don't even know themselves.Genocidicles said:
Kinect Causes Trouble for Viewers During Xbox One Reveal
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That may be true, however:UnnDunn said:
A) As this has shown alot of people don't know technology (trust me I work in IT support and alot of people are utterly useless with tech).
B) Even if it's not the system itself that causes the wrong commands,this is just an example of the fundamental flaw of the concept, the wrong word/words and the system can start mucking up misinterpreting what you want it to do. It's a games console for christ sake, people usually have split screen games, lan games and/or parties around them. It's not hard to tell these wont work as well in the real world as in the controlled MS executive offices.
As much as this stuff looks great in sci-fi it just doesn't work in real life.
THIS is news? Wow. Yeah, my kinect responded to some of the things that were said during the conference, too, but I just UNPLUGGED IT. To make an issue out of this is ridiculous.
you say: "Let's watch a movie on my new XBox! Turn off the lights!"
console hears: "XBox, turn off."
granted, i've never actually used a kinect, but i feel like that would be a potential problem. reaally looking forward to finding out though, as the XBone might be the first console I get at release.
console hears: "XBox, turn off."
granted, i've never actually used a kinect, but i feel like that would be a potential problem. reaally looking forward to finding out though, as the XBone might be the first console I get at release.
I haven't really paid much attention to Microsoft's gaming stuff lately.
I think I'll keep it that way.
I think I'll keep it that way.
this reminds me when i fist played SOCOM with the headset. you could give commands via a mic but every time i would play my brother would wait for the perfect moment during a hectic firefight and when i tried to issue a command he would yell "THROW FRAG GRENADE". needless to say, this completely ruined the experience to where i stopped using the mic completely (that and if somebody was talking during a command it would do something completely random)
voice activated commands are ok if they only respond to the voice of the profile playing, otherwise it is subject to all sorts of shenanigans. every new piece of info about the xbox one is making me swing more and more back into the playstation camp
voice activated commands are ok if they only respond to the voice of the profile playing, otherwise it is subject to all sorts of shenanigans. every new piece of info about the xbox one is making me swing more and more back into the playstation camp
OH GOD WHAT THE HELL KILL IT WITH FIRE. Welp sleeping is overrated I think I'm giving it up now -_-TizzytheTormentor said:Oh Microsoft, they have been showing how trolling is done lately!
OT: Oh this is gold, I haven't laughed this hard since all 3 of the display 360s at my local wallmart RRoD-ed
It's amusing when voice commands work in this manner.
Of course, though, this just shows the impracticality of voice commands in the first place. Sometimes, sci-fi innovations should remain fantasy rather than reality, because they turn out to be more of a hindrance than a help.
Thanks, Microsoft, for failing in every possible way.
Of course, though, this just shows the impracticality of voice commands in the first place. Sometimes, sci-fi innovations should remain fantasy rather than reality, because they turn out to be more of a hindrance than a help.
Thanks, Microsoft, for failing in every possible way.
I'm wondering how much of this "source" was just a grab for attention. I happen to have a kinect, right in front of my TV too. I am one of those ones that streamed the reveal via the 360. Not once during the video did Kinect even open up the prompt for the command, however it was telling me to wave to active the motion detection, but you don't need it to see you to use its voice commands.
I'm not saying it didn't happen, cause I'm sure under some circumstances the video could have done some random things... However getting the Xbox to power off? Yeah... I'd love to know what command was given for that, cause I'm pretty sure as much as I'd wish there was one, there isn't one.
I'm not saying it didn't happen, cause I'm sure under some circumstances the video could have done some random things... However getting the Xbox to power off? Yeah... I'd love to know what command was given for that, cause I'm pretty sure as much as I'd wish there was one, there isn't one.
This is just amazing. My entire day gets made every time I vist the News room for more of this. Microsoft, please don't stop. PLEASE. I am laughing my ass off right now. Between this failure and that EA Exec saying Xbone and PS4 are generations ahead of the PC, I am just having a jolly good ol time here. All this almost makes me feel that even if the industry crashes, it'll be worth it because it'll go out with such a hilarious bang.