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Is Next-Gen Kinect Facial Scan As Magical As It Seems? Mixed Results

Stand in front of the next-gen Kinect, the one that can read your heartbeat just by looking at you (it's true; I tried it), and in theory it can scan your face. In the Xbox One game Kinect Sports: Rivals, Kinect 2.0 should be able to turn you into a video game character. But can it really?

2cents4317d ago

The female reporter for Xbox scanned really well, but major Nelson looked meh.

They are caricatures though so its not meant to be a 1:1 scan but more an exaggerated version of yourself.

It's better than I thought it would be so I'm happy.

n4rc4317d ago

ya you get made over with "the incredibles" as a template it seems.. cool enough especially in a sports game..

kinda curious how accurate it can get..

JokesOnYou4316d ago

Agreed 2cents, its not 1:1, but some look closer than others, either way just being able to play with the tech out of the box is a good thing, surely future iterations will bring better details and new features because kinect is included.

ATi_Elite4316d ago

I'm sure the NSA thinks it's Magical.

XBone it only does everything including SPYING on you while you sleep!

THamm4316d ago

Yeah wait until you show up to court and they use your kinect character to make a re enactment video. The jury will say " It looks just like him, he did do it!"

n4rc4317d ago (Edited 4316d ago )

dumb title..

"and in theory it can scan your face"

while the posted video shows EXACTLY that happening.. great theory!! lol

Edit.. just another reason this bubble system is broken..

spam spam spam old news.. doesnt matter what it is, just post it again and again!

Xsilvermist4316d ago

But u find urself on it everyday

CalamityCB4316d ago

From what I've seen from Kinect so far it may not actually be shit, still I hope it is only used in games when it is needed like in Dead Rising 3 where you can shout to alert the zombies and shake the control to push them away if they are grappling with you.
In the end I hope Kinect shines best with the small things.

Also remember in Metal Gear Solid 2 when you are facing against Psycho Mantis when he reads your memory card to freak you out? Imagine if Hideo ever features him in another Metal Gear game and Hideo uses him again to do things such as describe the appearance of the player (e.g. shirt colour, hair colour, laying position lol), that would scare the shit out of me.

1lawrence4316d ago

Well if hideo don't scare u there's this developer name NSA who's doing those same things scaring a lot of people to

CalamityCB4316d ago

I live in England, I honestly doubt NSA of all people would be looking at me, I've got my own government to worry about thank you very much.

Also this NSA bull crap with the Kinect sensor was dis-proven a while ago, you can take your tinfoil hat off.

R00bot4310d ago

The guy didn't really work out.

The girl was good.

When it's scanning your face, the screen it shows with all the cubes making a model of your face is really creepy.

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15 Xbox Games With Absolutely Horrible Sequels

When an original game becomes a hit, it can be difficult to re-configure its secret sauce into an equally enjoyable sequel.

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Christopher2939d ago

Would you say absolutely horrible hyperbole? :D

4Sh0w2938d ago (Edited 2938d ago )

Halo 5?....pffft to each his own but Halo 5 is a great game, every Xbox owner I know enjoyed it, the campaign was nice I like the teamwork concept and the multiplayer keeps 'em coming back with great gameplay & modes so much content, 343 did a helluva job.

Christopher2938d ago

@4Show: Uh... going to assume that's a comment intended for someone else.

spicelicka2938d ago

Not Halo 5. It had a bad story COMPARED to past games but it didn't have a bad story overall. The gameplay was top notch, and multiplayer is still one of the best on the market right now. Custom games browser is the single greatest thing 343 did which I'm grateful for.

ninsigma2938d ago

Nah it really was a bad campaign. MP was great but seriously, that was a hugely terrible story mode.

spicelicka2937d ago

The story maybe, but some of the missions were extremely fun. The Sangehlios ones are right up there with the best missions in the franchise.

Kingthrash3602938d ago

Halos mp was great but became boring quicker than most.
The story. Naw that was bad and it's marketing was a lie. Made it seem like old master chief was gunna fight that new fake master chief but the conflict ended up being a one punch cgi sequence.
Not to mention fighting the same boss over and over and over....plus add the no split screen mp and whala! You got the worst canon halo ever made

brich2332938d ago

Compared to Halo 4, Halo 5's story was trash and not memorable at all.

ninsigma2937d ago

That's not really saying much though cuz that was pretty bad as well.

ninsigma2937d ago

Agreed on sanghelios. That was one of the very few times it actually felt like halo.

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Aenea2938d ago

And another article with 15 items from this website *shakes head*

MadLad2938d ago

Halo 5, FarCry 2, Dragon Age 2, Nuts and Bolts, and Gears of War: Judgement were all far from bad games. Hell, even Crackdown 2 was pretty fun.

There's a difference between a lesser sequel, and a bad game.

rlow12937d ago

With a Title that says "horrible sequels", most of these are far from that. Better title should be disappointing sequels. But I'm sure they went with the former to get clicks and bring in the fanboys.

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Battlefield Hardline $10, Star Wars: Battlefront Deluxe $35, Kinect Sports Rivals $12 & More

"Some good digital games for PS4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 are on sale at Amazon. Deals include Battlefield Hardline $10, Star Wars: Battlefront Deluxe $35, Kinect Sports Rivals $12 and more!"

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Get Your Young'uns Gaming With These Fun Games for Kids

If you got young kids around the house, you don't want to be playing games like COD or DOOM. These are some kid friendly games you could get to keep your kiddo's entertained.

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