I had seen that the xbox was a loss leader for M$. I have also seen that they make it up in fees to the developers of games for the xbox.<br><br>I have a WII already. An xbox (regardless of the politics) would encourage additional gaming purchases and further expand the time my son spends glued to the couch.<br>
<br>Maybe I'm just becoming an old fart, but if someone wants to add more realism to their daily experiences, they should try turning off the TV/computer/ipod/etc and get outside in the big blue room more often.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, arxaaron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 2010/12/15, at 11:37 , Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
<br>
> Can this gizmo be used without an Xbox? (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason)<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Short answer: Yes.<br>
The Kinect is a separate interface device, just like WII remotes,<br>
which have also been extensively hacked and re-purposed.<br>
<br>
As to (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason), it is my understanding that<br>
the Kinect, like the Xbox itself, is a loss leader device and that<br>
Mafia$oft looses money on every purchase. I think they are<br>
conceding to the open source drivers because the djin is out<br>
of the bottle now and they can't do anything about that except<br>
try to steer the hacker development focus back to their platform.<br>
<br>
peace<br>
aaron<br>
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> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Watson, Keith <<a href="mailto:krwatson@cc.gatech.edu">krwatson@cc.gatech.edu</a><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> Official open source driver for Kinect<br>
> <a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html" target="_blank">http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html</a><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt" target="_blank">http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt</a><br>
><br>
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