Raw DLC: Kinect in a hardcore FPS: extrapolating the possibilities

Five years from now… It’s a typical spec ops mission set in the terrorist country called Fakeasthistan. I’m not however playing a typical First Person Shooter. Sure, I’m using an Xbox 360 controller and it employs the classic controller mapping (left stick moves, right stick looks, the two triggers distribute lead-based justice), but there’s something that makes this much more immersive. I have a Kinect connected and its HAL 9000 eye is scrutinising everything my body is doing whilst I play. Most of my movements will not register on screen, but key subtle movements will – and the result is a sense of immersion that I’ve never felt before.

[manumit]

Extrapolating the possibilities? haha Wrong! Telling a story of pixies and fairy dust.

[ConanOBrien]

if one thinks himself a hardcore gamer, grab a real Glock or M4 (not the fake one with buttons) blow your hd tv up and just buy a new one the next day

make your friends n neighbours proud

[ko-zee-ii]

Hey... It could happen

[Varodor]

This is a FPS on Kinect

[dannybohy]

or you could just play FPS games on a PC!

[Apotheosize]

it would be cool to see a hands free fps, but i dont think it could work with kinect

[Britainz-Fin3st]

I think its the only console it will work on,
back when natal was announced this was exactly what I imagined.

I dont see any reason at all why what this author has said couldnt be done, im sure ms are looking into games like this with Kinect there just keeping it on the hush.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Hands free is stupid. Have a gun prop and be able to move around and dodge incoming attacks. An arcade game called Emergency 911 was like this and it was a blast.

[Jezuz]

would be interesting

[dannybohy]

why go to all that trouble and still play with a Gamepad which would limited your response and accuracy!. A Gun prop with system/buttons for strafe movement while the aiming and free look is dealt with by the kinect and gunprop might work, but then im guessing the current Kinect tech wont be able to keep up as well as a decent gaming mouse?
*roll on the console Cod fanboys with the disagrees! lmao*

[Britainz-Fin3st]

Personaly, to me that sounds like a horrible idea, i like the 360 game pad, i like how its used, the buttons and i certainly like the idea of being able unjam my gun by slapping the control, or throwing a grenade by pretending to throw one, the zoom in would be a cool idea, giving orders would be sick, they could even calibrate the kinect camera so you can controll where you point as your doing it, imo adding this features would be a plus, and the only people who wont like them, are the ones who wont dont own a kinect.

Essentialy it seems possible to patch this into existing games, i dont imagine them having trouble doing it, simply use the camera to say "this action" is the same as RB or R1 in CoD for exmaple. Or say, tapping the underside of your control is the same as reload, there wouldnt be no need for new animations, the games could stay as they are be patched in and i dont see this doing anything but adding to the experience.

[dannybohy]

Your own reflexes,body movements, aiming are still limited by the use of analog stick on the gamepad. With a gun prop, your aim is only as good as your real life aim/reflexes. Gamepads are good at leveling the playing field,as in dumbing most peoples skills down!. With a Gun prop or for that matter a mouse, it separates the wheat from the chaff!

[Britainz-Fin3st]

yes but what i meant was surely they can implement actions as a means of doing things like reloading, giving commands, throwing a grenade, i don't mean no controller at all imo that wouldn't be fun at all.
I like the idea of using the same principles with the controls only having afew extras which you can use the controll for if you wish, or your arms.

[mac_attack]

He brings up a lot of interesting possibilities, I hadnt thought of using motion commands to tell AI teammates what to do.

I dont see a shooter as the best use of kinect but if there were one I would expect a handheld gun-like controller (something you could use as pistol or rifle, maybe collapseable stock) with a trigger to know when you shoot.

If it could sense where you were shooting on screen and rotate the screen view if you pointed to the edge that would probably work. Movement is really the tough one, I guess you could jog in place ;)

[btk]

All the potential....
Now where is the current impressive games?