How The New Kinect Makes Entertainment Simpler

OXM UK - "For most of us, multi-tasking is when we successfully manage not to burn the toast while boiling the kettle. With Xbox One's Snap feature, you can be surfing the web through Internet Explorer while setting up your next race in Forza Motorsport 5, or catching up on the football while playing a virtual version of the match in FIFA 14."

[Bigpappy]

Exactly. These features actually make the console seem better without changing the actual gameplay of the actual games.

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

it does this too!!! :DDD

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[kingdip90]

That video seemed pretty damning, they even had trouble selecting the dawn game! I'm not seeing this as the future unless something major comes kinect way...

[kingdip90]

I don't want or need simpler entertainment, I want better, more immersion, more innovative gameplay...

[KingDadXVI]

I personally am not looking for total full motion gaming. It just does not interest me. Fighter Within is just not my type of game. I am more interested in the uses they listed in the article and added integration in games to complement the controller. That to me is where it will shine.

It presents a unique tool for developers to play with. I am really interested in seeing what the Indie scene will come up with for it. We may see some crazy fun shit from the Indies.

[kewlkat007]

I'm a tech junkie and buys it all. Kinect has changed how I interact with my TV. ..While I still game traditionally..

[thebudgetgamer]

More easy than pushing a button, I think the credit should go to the operating system.

[objectivePSfan]

kinect is useless for gaming and is a glorified mic. The voice commands ARE awesome but the camera is unnecessary. That's been my experience with it so far.

[objectivePSfan]

and the snap feature is useless imo, I haven't found one good use for it. I tried snapping a college football game while playing forza and the audio plays at the same level for both sources with no ability to change one or the other. It's impossible to enjoy either experience with this huge flaw.

[Volkama]

Volume control is coming later. I agree that snapping TV is pretty useless until it's in place though.

I also don't want to snap things alongside my game anyway really, but I can imagine snapping TV while I use XBox Fitness.

[Cherchez La Ghost]

Walking into my man cave and saying "Xbox On" and having my HDTV, reciever and cable box come on with a voice command is cool.

[strickers]

That is the problem. While it may be cool, it is also unnecessary when pressing a button next to you is perfectly serviceable. It's "fixing problems" that aren't there.

[gamer7804]

I actually use my 360 for anything other than xbox one games. Right now, it is confirmed that the xbox one suffers frame drops/stutters on all streaming video. This makes xbox video, netflix, hulu etc very distracting to watch. I really hope they patch it soon.