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#3491482 - 01/10/12 07:55 AM Kinect for Windows
Bib4Tuna Member Registered: 04/29/04 Posts: 1276 Loc: NC, USA	http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/ Quote: Today, we are announcing that the new Kinect for Windows hardware and accompanying software will be available on February 1st, 2012 in 12 countries (United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom), at a suggested retail price of US $249. Kinect for Windows hardware will be available, in limited quantities at first, through a variety of resellers and distributors. The price includes a one-year warranty, access to ongoing software updates for both speech and human tracking, and our continued investment in Kinect for Windows-based software advancements. Later this year, we will offer special academic pricing (planned at US $149) for Qualified Educational Users. Well, for the price it will not be competing with TrackIR. I wonder if it will be suitable for other types of motion control, like handling cockpit switches... or maybe doing an auto ejection sequence when it reads the expression of horror in my face when an SAM site is about to blow my plane out of the sky... Edited by Bib4Tuna (02/08/12 11:59 AM) _________________________ "Hello. It's me, Jesus. I'm calling you from The Matrix."
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#3491551 - 01/10/12 09:30 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
Alicatt Member Registered: 05/13/10 Posts: 515 Loc: Limburg	Bundled with Flight? _________________________ Chlanna nan con thigibh a so's gheibh sibh feoil Sons of the hound come here and get flesh Clan Cameron
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#3491556 - 01/10/12 09:34 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
Master meh Hotshot Registered: 07/12/04 Posts: 6028 Loc: NW Alabama, USA	I guess this will also go with their windows 8 xbox 360 games will play on your computer thing. _________________________ *sigh* http://agw.bombs-away.net RoF: =AGW= Master
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#3491557 - 01/10/12 09:34 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
jt_medina Member Registered: 07/06/05 Posts: 872 Loc: Destination Unknown...	Apparently it's as accurate as TrackIr _________________________ Ignorance is the worlds greatest threat
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#3491575 - 01/10/12 10:01 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Alicatt]
MaceUK33 Dirk Diggler's stuntman Hotshot Registered: 01/10/05 Posts: 8836 Loc: Darlington, UK	Originally Posted By: Alicatt Bundled with Flight? Lol, yeah you have to stand there with your arms straight like wings and flap to fly forwards _________________________ Antec 902 \| MSI GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR 3 1280MB GDDR5 \| Samsung F3 1TB \| Corsair 6GB DDR3 \| Gigabyte EX58-UD3R Intel X58 \| LG DVD±RW SATA DL RW \| Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 PSU \| Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz D0 OC'd to 3.40GHz \| Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler \| W7 HP 64 bit \| 27" iiyama monitor \| TM HOTAS Warthog #05225 \| TM Cougar MFDs \| Saitek Pro-flight combat pedals \| Track IR 5 Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
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#3491577 - 01/10/12 10:03 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: MaceUK33]
Arthonon Air Combat & General Aviation Editor Hotshot Registered: 09/28/04 Posts: 5480 Loc: California	Originally Posted By: MaceUK33 Originally Posted By: Alicatt Bundled with Flight? Lol, yeah you have to stand there with your arms straight like wings and flap to fly forwards If so, I just hope we don't also have to constantly make "brbrbrbrbr" sounds with our lips to keep the engine running... _________________________ Ken Cartwright No single drop of rain feels it is responsible for the flood. http://www.techflyer.net
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#3491581 - 01/10/12 10:13 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
Sauron Successor to Bill the Cat! Hotshot Registered: 11/09/09 Posts: 5872 Loc: Quantum Superstate	Would this not eliminate the need for peripherals completely? I mean, with this device connected to your PC and properly setup, you could use pretty much anything as...a...joystick... I think I'll quit now, before acquiring any mental images that will disturb my inner harmony. Cheers! Rick... _________________________ "We are extending ourselves in Space and Time not because of capitalism or socialism but in spite of them. The Right/Left Capitalist/Socialist establishments are psychologically unprepared for our emerging situation in Time and Space." - F. M. Esfandiary, Upwingers
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#3491598 - 01/10/12 10:37 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: jt_medina]
Master meh Hotshot Registered: 07/12/04 Posts: 6028 Loc: NW Alabama, USA	Originally Posted By: jt_medina Apparently it's as accurate as TrackIr It has bad lag though _________________________ *sigh* http://agw.bombs-away.net RoF: =AGW= Master
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#3491610 - 01/10/12 10:44 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
dutch Member Registered: 09/09/07 Posts: 367	We will see, only I think systems without that clip are the future.
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#3514432 - 02/08/12 11:56 AM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
Bib4Tuna Member Registered: 04/29/04 Posts: 1276 Loc: NC, USA	Available now... http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-L6M-00001-Kinect-Sensor-Windows/dp/B006UIS53K And this might be useful to get as well if you plan to adapt for your favorite flightsims. http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Kinect-Programming-Microsoft-SDK/dp/1430241047/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_b Edited by Bib4Tuna (02/08/12 11:58 AM) _________________________ "Hello. It's me, Jesus. I'm calling you from The Matrix."
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#3514474 - 02/08/12 12:46 PM Re: Kinetc for Windows [Re: Bib4Tuna]
Crane Hunter Senior Member Registered: 06/13/02 Posts: 3253 Loc: Vancouver B.C.	I'd strongly consider it if the lag issue and tracking resolution are improved over the Xbox version.
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