[ale] Official open source driver for Kinect

[Charles Shapiro]

You _are_ an old fart.  Better video games than TV I say.

-- CHS


On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> I had seen that the xbox was a loss leader for M$. I have also seen that
> they make it up in fees to the developers of games for the xbox.
>
> I have a WII already. An xbox (regardless of the politics) would encourage
> additional gaming purchases and further expand the time my son spends glued
> to the couch.
>
> Maybe I'm just becoming an old fart, but if someone wants to add more
> realism to their daily experiences, they should try turning off the
> TV/computer/ipod/etc and get outside in the big blue room more often.
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, arxaaron <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2010/12/15, at 11:37 , Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>> > Can this gizmo be used without an Xbox? (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason)
>> >
>>
>> Short answer:  Yes.
>> The Kinect is a separate interface device, just like WII remotes,
>> which have also been extensively hacked and re-purposed.
>>
>> As to (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason), it is my understanding that
>> the Kinect, like the Xbox itself, is a loss leader device and that
>> Mafia$oft looses money on every purchase.  I think they are
>> conceding to the open source drivers because the djin is out
>> of the bottle now and they can't do anything about that except
>> try to steer the hacker development focus back to their platform.
>>
>> peace
>> aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Watson, Keith <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu
>> > > wrote:
>> > Official open source driver for Kinect
>> >
>> > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html
>> >
>> > http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt
>> >
>> > keith
>> >
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>> > Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
>> > Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
>> > keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
>> > (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>> >
>> >
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