I don't doubt that the device actually exists - it's the 100% fake application "previews" that make me cringe ... Anyone who has ever used Skype before (or ... a Kinect !) knows that it just doesn't work or look like that ...
The only people I know who use Kinect are people who abuse the shit out of it for cheap mocap :P Honestly if the end result was as good as the ads, I'd love to try it with zBrush. But I severly doubt that it will be. Maybe I should get a RIFT with some of those fancy tech gloves. Same results. Also can someone invent real,…
Watching the marketing spin, I have flashbacks of when the kinect debuted and it was highly choreographed and still out of sync. They have this habit of talking big and then not delivering. I don't want to hear how cool they think it COULD be. Let me know when they have something cool that you're ready for me to buy.…
Pior, I agree. The complete lack of skepticism in the articles is fishy, especially since all similar techs have all performed much less than expected in the field. But I don't go to conferences, workshops, seminars or have friends with a lot of money, so what do I know? I suspect they have things at a working level and…