Entering its second year in market, Kinect seems to have lost its freshness, but Microsoft is not afraid of that as it believes it still has some cards in its sleeve.
During his keynote at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer assured the audience that "Our second generation [of Kinect applications] is now happening."
Ballmer revealed that this holiday will see a noticeable increase in Kinect titles. "We announced a partnership today with Sesame Street and National Geographic to bring kids' learning and entertainment to the Kinect," he explained. "You'll see a raft of new games from us and third-party publishers this holiday."
"We've announced and demonstrated work that we're doing with people who provide video content -- live TV as well as other [video on demand], etc. content -- to really let you access and find [content] and control it, completely via the Kinect, gesture and voice being a part of that. Bing-powered by the way, that will be out this holiday season. So you're going to see a range of important innovations coming to Kinect on Xbox this holiday."
Kinect has sold more than 10 million units since its launch in November 2010.
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the only cool apps ive seen,
the only cool apps ive seen, were from hacked version of the kinect, i mean, gaming is the last thing this should be used for, Kinect is garbage for games.
they used to be called
they used to be called programs man. then apple started this whole app shit now everyone's calling everyting an app
App means application, its
App means application, its been around before iphone's, people used "App" back in 95 (and earlier). here a term you dont here anymore, "Lamer"
LOL, a raft?
A raft of new rafting games no doubt. Where is Kinect support for the PC, Microshit you greedy assholes?!!! It took the hacking community to force you to finally start paying attention.
I'd also like to say to megalame.com that I am no more likely to buy a Chevy Volt or use FedEx to ship something than I was before I came here. GM sucks & they always will.
Just a heads up, switch to
Just a heads up, switch to audio and use that captcha. If you type in what one of those ads tell you to, then "Megalame" as you call it, gets paid. It's like a way to confirm you have seen the ad.
Sesame Street and National
Sesame Street and National Geographic... oh wow, I'm so excited /sarcasmoff
Ahaha
Bing-powered by the way... ahahahahahahaha!
read the article...he said
read the article...he said applications not apps.
Apps
They're called apps because of how worthless they are.
Meh
They are called apps because Apple created the term.
I've always used "app", it's
I've always used "app", it's short for "Application"
That's how the term has been
That's how the term has been used for decades. It's just that kiddies tend to associate 'apps' with 'smartphone apps' because they dont know any better.
Software
Back in the day it was called software.
I have no doubt,
that if given enough time Jobs would've tried to patent the term so no one w/out a device containing a $500 logo of an "app"le on it could ever use an "app".
Jobs got his karma.
Jobs got his karma.
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