subject: The xBox Kinect As A Modern Entertainment System [print this page] The xBox Kinect As A Modern Entertainment System
The Xbox 360 console is the newest motion sensing game system. You can dodge, jump, punch, and kick your way through heart-pumping adventures set in a selection of interesting locations with Kinect Adventures. This device includes a built-in Wi-Fi for convenient and fast connection to Xbox LIVE, and comes with matching metallic black controller and headset. You have the ability to connect with friends and family with user-friendly and interactive game play, video chat, and more.
The bonus when you use this state-of-the-art entertainment system is that you can control it using your whole body. Gone are the days when you can cheat the system by pretending to exercise and while sitting on your couch. The sensors actually detect when you are jumping, kicking and moving around. Your whole body is the controller with Kinect. You can also command your Xbox 360 with a single gesture or wave of your hand. Navigating through the games, menus, music, and movies' using your voice is a cause for great celebration. This is only something most people would imagine to see in science fiction movies, but now it is here. Voice command gadgets are simply breathtaking.
If the earlier versions of sensing games were cool with just your hands doing the exercise, can you imagine what using your whole body can be like? This experience is completely and genuinely new. If motion games until now were limited to hand based sports, Kinect is a complete body based sports experience. You can employ everything you have. Everything, that includes your voice to command, control and enjoy the games.
Having the ability to signal at a machine or say the equivalent of "enhance, upgrade, and evolve" and have it actually know what you command in science fiction is translated into reality is pretty much mind boggling and mentally invigorating. Try to visualize doing this not only for games, but for your desktop computer, changing from your email to your browser to other applications either with a simple flick of your wrist or a quick command of "Computer, go to my website." Past is past. The future is not too far away. This IS the future.
Most people would love Dance Central as the highest achievement of this futuristic gaming platform. Learning how to dance is embarrassing enough for beginners and those without the natural talent to move gracefully. Enrolling in dance classes sometimes reveal your lack of rhythm to 10-20 people at a time. But with this morale boosting electronic personal trainer, you have nothing to be ashamed of. Nobody knows you are just a newbie except you and your living room. The gadget might be somewhat appealing to people who enjoy dancing, music games, or rhythm based activities. But if you broaden your horizons you will be able to imagine what more could be learned and enjoyed with this kind of technology within your reach.
Set your mind free and imagine what more you can discover in the privacy of your own home. The Kinect sensor is perhaps the most important part of this system, and for obvious reasons. It is a fairly large device to begin with, and it's highly recommended that you not tamper or put is on dangerous positions whether on or off. The Kinect has a little contraption in it that gives it the ability to tilt up and down. Attempting to tilt the device might damage that motor. Mount the device securely on a safe and elevated location. Finally, make sure your playing room is big enough because you're going to need it.
