Kudo Tsunoda Takes G4 Into The Secrets of Microsoft's Kinect

Kudo Tsunoda, Mircosoft's resident glasses-wearing, motion-controlling developer took us inside the secrets of Kinect earlier this week so that we would have a bit more insight into the mechanics of it while we flailed, jumped, ducked, kicked and punched the empty air all around us. Oh, and you can talk to it as well, and Kudo tells you how. Watch the video below to get the details as everyone braces for a lot of arm-waving on November 4."

-g4tv.com

[DoctorXpro]

Is that a new sunglasses

[UNCyrus]

god... they're so bad

[darthv72]

crazy hair doo's, big sunglasses, big ear rings, members only jackets. Say what you will, fashion trends are always rotating and never really going out of style.

[Fishy Fingers]

Hopefully gaming follow suit and we'll eventually go back to the god damn pad.

[Masamori Sumimura]

Dude is clearly a hipster type of guy that doesnt care much about fashion. I dont mind the way he dresses I dont think thats the point here.

[rroded]

in shame or jus ta cover up them buggy drug eyes?

No remote needed just talk to your xbox trust us its cool nvm the lack of games or that its a overpriced eye toy light ;)

edit lol @ the disagrees so he's not saying the kinects coolest feature is that its a 150 dollar remote replacement with bonus fail built in?

[Lastcall]

Guy looks like a bum off the streets, and he likes Kinectimals the best..Homo..Thank God the Kinect is launching soon so this guy can buy some new glasses and get some decent clothes and a shave...ROTFLMAO

[ShinMaster]

Lol :D

[Blacktric]

I wonder if he ever takes them off when he's taking a sh*t or when he's in the shower or even when he's sleeping?

[DoomeDx]

"Ever wondered what the bottom of an avatar shoe looks like? Well BAM! Here it is!"

*Shows a spastic Kinect-Xbox Avatar*

awesome dude.

[darthv72]

why is that such a meaningful moment for some people?

I wish I could see the bottom of my avatars foot in home. I swear someone spit gum out and I stepped on it.

[Karum]

Because as they demo what it looks like the Avatars leg twists in ways the human body would not be able to without remove the bones from your legs and thus being completely unrealistic by virtue of it doing anything but following how you moved your body. And it kind of spazzes out as he did the movement.

[DontShoot-Me-Bro]

woot there it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[DoomeDx]

Unbelivible! Even his avatar looks like a douche..

[D4RkNIKON]

lol I hate this Kudo Tsunoda, he is a douche

[Lastcall]

He needs to take a bath really bad..guy reeks of bullshit.

[JokesOnYou]

yeah of course he's a douche because he works for micro and not sony, makes sense only on n4g

[hazelamy]

no, because comes across as a total douche, seriously, the whole never takes off his sunglasses even indoors in the dark thing is a major indicator of douche status, look at tomonobu itagaki for further proof of that.

seriously, whenever i see and hear this guy, i'm wondering what he's on.

[MajestieBeast]

I know a secret psst it does not work (shocked face)

[Killed4Less]

I've spent about 30 minutes with it and it seem to work just fine.

What game were you playing?

[number47]

it was laggy and didn't work 1:1. Plus, it doesn't work with any game that appealed to my xbox purchase for the past 5 years.

[ElementX]

Riiiight, I believe you. Why'd you spend 2 hours with it if it didn't work? Because you were having fun! If sometohing isn't fun, you sure as heck don't do it for 2 hours.

[R2D2]

Good one element - cant wait for his response : )]
I only played it for 2 Hrs because some one was holding a gun to m my head.

[Dbone]

What secrets? All this video is, is this crazy homeless looking dude regurgitate the same things that have been said about Kinect already. Nothing new here.

If it's really so awesome Kooter, lets see you demo some stuff so we can judge for ourselves how amazing this device is before people go and blow $150 on it

Bonkers.

[k-Lan]

I can't wait for his response also.

[number47]

Fun isn't what the problem with kinect is, as its the same fun you have with those Projection screen kiosks at movie theaters or ces expos. The same fun you can have with any device. Its the same exact fun you have with any webcam that does the same exact thing. Fun isn't Microsofts advertising slogan or theme. Its Revolutionizing gaming as we know it, where you are the controller. This has all been hidden by previews/paid testimonies/actors/pre-rendere d game footage with actors catching up to the kinect 'gameplay.' You can't ignore every single lie of Natal, which has been any time the product was shown -- and cover it up with the question of fun. I'm not stupid, and many people aren't either. Fun wasn't what Milo was about, remember? Revolutionary A.I which spawned articles about such a revolution. None of this is true. Not one bit of it. Which why for gaming, Nintendo & Sony passed up on this device to play games due to its limited scope. Again, Fun is just saying that you have no argument to defend the fact that Microsoft is miss-directing people with its advertising this device. Especially its 1 to 1 interaction that leads you-as a consumer- to believe that the thing is a virtual you inside of a gaming world. Its not. Its hitting target areas of a screen. This is a ball coming in your direction, or moving your arm left to keep balance of a base of cubes and shapes. This technology isn't new, has been done, and is free for all to see & use at home on their PC's.

2. The technology behind kinect isn't utilized in any of its games.The best utilization of Kinect is for the WiiFit type titles, but even then you're doing what you would do simply by watching a fitness video. You have to slow down your natural speed to compensate for kinects speed -- as hinted to by any representative thats explaining to you HOW to play it. Its not just jump in and play -- as advertised. Its "do it how we are doing it, and alter your natural reactions." Even for the dance game. Its pre-canned animations that hit/miss if you make a pose. It doesn't copy your body movements 1:1. If you just stand still, it will keep moving until you crap out. Its all an illusion...

If Kinect was advertised as "Well, it may be buggy, Milo was a lie, its nothing like minority report.. but look, you'll have fun with it.." Then I'd have to say that yep, that would be dead on. But the Wii & Move also provide that same basic fun, and more so with their more complex titles that appeal to anyone that bought a 360 at launch.
But its just as fun as playing Ball in Cup, or scategories with a group of people. Fun was never an issue. But people like all of you, seem to take comments on its latency/bugs/laughable game lineup to mean it can't provide a basic level of entertainment. Kickball can produce a basic level of entertainment as well, but its surely not a revolutionary or unique product.

I'd never play a wii game for 2 hours, or move, or kinect unless I was paid to give an honest opinion about it. As a gamer, looking at this mystery device of the future, its not. As a gamer, looking at its game lineup, its not appealing.. The ideas of the games are, dance central would be amazing if you were put into a virtual avatar and danced around -- which people think it is, but thats not how it works. All of Kinects hype would be an amazing addition to gaming, if it worked as hyped/advertised. Anyone would be a fool to say otherwise. Buying a car of the future, which promises all of these new things, only to find out it just barely drives doesn't make up for the fact that you bought a car of the future. Right now, you guys are saying "so what if the sign said car of the future, can you still drive it to work?" Well yes, but I can also drive anything else, and even better intuitive controls.

[yippiechicken]

Did it feel good to get that off your chest? :)

[Joostin]

Sounds like he is trying to sell himself on Kinect....so if you are saying "Xbox sucks, play PS3 or Watch a movie...would it play the movie? Voice recognition is shit and will always be shit unless you can train the system to understand the way you speak. What if you speak Engrish.

Just stupid features instead of making games that aren't shit.

[Trroy]

I hate addressing my Xbox 360 by calling it "Xbox".

I should be able to address it by its given name, "BobJoe RedHoops", when I'm speaking to it.

Kudo "I couldn't dance... until Kinect"

[yippiechicken]

LOL!

[Bass_fisherman]

Kinect can be an sucess if its games were appeling for the core plus most non-gamers prefer the PS3 for its price, bluray, ps move and its simplicity to understand it in a whole.
Plus all PS3 games aimed for casuals like eye pet, buzz, singstar, etc have already move support for that reason.
It saddens me to see how casual gaming is that influencial in todays market but at least i have my games and that is what really matters.

[creeping judas]

But the sad truth is that there are more casual gamers in the world then there are core gamers. Us core gamers bought our console the day it came out, the casuals buy it when ever it suits them.

They should do an official survey or something.

[Lastcall]

Funny how all the main dudes from Microsoft look scuzzy and like bums. First we have Steve Ballmer who looks like a modern day Frankenstein and a prick, then the dirty unshaven, can't dress himself Aaron Greendouche, and now this loser..What can I say? Something for Xbots to be proud about. No professionalism, no class, and best of all, NO BRAINS!!

[yippiechicken]

Why don't you let everyone know what you really think.

:)

[JUDALATION]

too mamy ps3 exclusives coming out that are better than any xbox game. I was going to get the 200 dollar xbox but then I found out that its a 4 gig... no thanx

[Karum]

The 360 has some good exclusives, there just aren't enough of them which is my main problem with the damn thing.

[free2game365]

Is it just me or does anyone else get massive douche chills for this guy?

[DJMarty]

Gullable brainwashed sheep r gonna buy this?

Probably same ones that bought into HD DVD. lol

Look forward to laughing at your YouTube vids

Pew Pew Pew

LOL

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

I'd like Kinect a tad better if the face of it wasn't that douchebag Kudo Tsunoda.

Why the hell does he have that name anyway? He looks more like a Frank Rogers, maybe Luke Murphy.

[SpideyNut]

Kudo has a rare eye condition, whereby he is ultra-sensitive to light.

And if he worked for Sony, you'd think it was just funny and/or cool...but he works for MS, so you feel the need to let your ignorance and stupidity show.

[jarrod1981]

gotta laugh at all these sony fanboys that troll the kinect articles. they must be jealous or something. and this thing is aimed at families and kids, you know the casuals. and i bet these people are gonna have alot of fun with this thing. im not into motion controls at all but these games will probably be a blast to play with my wife and kids. i havent been on this site for very long, or reading the comment sections anyways, so i cant say if xbox fans were this bad a couple of years ago or not, but this site is full of so many sony trolls its just annoying to even read the comments of any article that has anything to do with the 360.

[SpideyNut]

...the useless mods for N4G allow their comments to stay up, because they're Sony fanboys as well.