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Xbox questions

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I've got a couple of questions for any Xbox fans out there. I'm doing some research on it. Best work project ever...

Have you used kinect or kinect with voice commands? If so, how do you like to use it (outside of a game)?

Do you use your Xbox to watch TV or movies? Explain.

Thanks!
 
I've got a Kinect, and it's not too bad. I don't have any games for it, besides Kinect Adventures. I mainly use it for the voice commands. When I come downstairs to play some Xbox I'll start that us first and then get set-up, so I can use the voice commands to sign in to my profile and launch the game, before I need to pick up the controller. I don't really use the gestures for it because I set in a beanbag inside Kinects usable area.

As for TV and movies, I've never used it for it. I don't have a credit card attached to my account, so I rely on MS Points, which I save for game add-ons and such.
 
it works if you talk really well and aren't half mumbling to yourself.

thought my wife will play with the kinect, because controllers are strange for her, but she still gets frustrated.

its simple buttons don't fail. all you need for the kinect to piss you off is one misunderstanding.

if you have a conversation with some one else in the room some times it picks it up and changes what ever is going on for no reason.

the biggest problem right now for the kinect is not the swiping or the voice recognition its the fact that the menu system is now bogged down and very slow. making any thing you do twice as long. so its just easier to just take a controller.

so the tech is not really there. it feels more like a tech demo.

and then we can get into the ideal room size and space for the kinect most people dont have it or its not always the best space. adding to it being more of a tech demo.


thought you dint ask for in game I think it relates to how the system works.

most games don't even work really well with it.

as a system for "kids games" where the kinect can fail with out it being noticeable or there is less consequence if it dose fail, then it's actually really cool and kinda fun.

these are some great working examples:

Double Fine Happy Action Theater
http://www.giantbomb.com/double-fine-happy-action-theater/61-36716/

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster
http://www.giantbomb.com/sesame-street-once-upon-a-monster/61-34156/

bottom line I feel like the "Durango" (the next xbox) will have better tech and maybe then most of this will have been figured out. its projected to be announced in 2013 so who knows. but as it stands not something I would use all the time.

as for the movies thing netflix with its small selection has still replaced rental. and its prob one of the most used app on any console. (hulu or hbo in the U.S.) thought we use the wii for that cause the bandwith in canada is killer if you try to view things in hd.
 
Voice recog on the xbox is super poor for me. I expected a lot more out of it.

Login never seems to work voice recog only works for the zune maarketplace for videos and music. Never works for mp3s or dvds or even avi's. The functionality in my opinion is severely lacking in many aspectts.

Agreeing with lofp if it is going and there's a conversation it will change or something.

Kenect motion controlls. Yes you need lots of space. I have to move my couch that is far from the screen for the dam thing to work that's a good 15 feet fron the sensor.

It has clumbsy controlls. Works great on some games (kenect adventures and just dance series) other games it fails so missirably. (Eden I need to get a controller)

The kenect is also not user frendly to someone sitting down. Usually or near another person.

That's my horrible review... enjoy!
 
Don't have kinect but I've used my Xbox as a media center before. Tbh ps3 does a better job streaming video (especially when paired with ps3 media server on a windows computer handling the transcoding)

Tbh I'm probably going to be cancelling my gold account as I don't really use it.
 
Jangles, I be working at microsoft right now, don't really use the xbox but if you need anything from me here, I'd be glad to help :)
 
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