Probably far-fetched... but it would be damn cool if the Kinect remains in a standy mode, and if I walk into the room I can just say "Xbox On" and the thing turns on.
Seems pointless, but for the times I don't play games, it'll be great to not have to hunt down the remote or get up to turn the thing on.
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Anyone know if the Kinect can turn the Xbox on?
Agreed, that would be really useful. They wouldn't even need to keep the 360 on in standby. You can plug the Kinect into a separate outlet and only run power to the Kinect sensor.
As far as your question is concerned on April 20th a Project Natal developer kit manual leaked to website Multiplayer.it The manual included some 600 voice commands for Natal which included a command for Xbox to turn on. Whether this was just something experimental for developers or something that will make it into the final product remains to be seen.
www.pocket-lint.com/news/32683/natal-manual-caught...
As far as your question is concerned on April 20th a Project Natal developer kit manual leaked to website Multiplayer.it The manual included some 600 voice commands for Natal which included a command for Xbox to turn on. Whether this was just something experimental for developers or something that will make it into the final product remains to be seen.
www.pocket-lint.com/news/32683/natal-manual-caught...
It wouldn't work for me since I have a AV receiver hooked up to my entertainment system.. I would need some-sort of voice control to turn on the TV, the Receiver, then to change to the correct inputs/outputs. Let me know when something like this is created!
Yeah that's disappointing to hear. This seems like an important stumbling block to overcome if Microsoft wants casual and non-gamers to use the system. If you need the controller or a remote to turn on the system you are losing some of the magic and convenience. I hope they are considering it for the future.
I'm sure they will bring Netflix functionality soon for Kinect, hopefully around the time when they launch Hulu Plus. The other big ommission is the lack of DVD control. I suppose the problem there is how would they handle DVD menu navigation. <--Not an easy problem to solve.
I'm sure they will bring Netflix functionality soon for Kinect, hopefully around the time when they launch Hulu Plus. The other big ommission is the lack of DVD control. I suppose the problem there is how would they handle DVD menu navigation. <--Not an easy problem to solve.
You also managed to answer my followup question (Netflix). Definitely disappointing, and silly as it seems... drops my interest in Kinect enough that I'm not likely to buy it.
To me, having a 'remote' system without a physical remote was the main reason I was excited... and the games would have been a nice benefit (and something to justify the $150 cost to myself).
Hopefully Microsoft works these two things out, as I'd love to get this. With it not turning it on and not working with Netflix, I still have a remote in my hand... making the Kinect a gimmick.
To me, having a 'remote' system without a physical remote was the main reason I was excited... and the games would have been a nice benefit (and something to justify the $150 cost to myself).
Hopefully Microsoft works these two things out, as I'd love to get this. With it not turning it on and not working with Netflix, I still have a remote in my hand... making the Kinect a gimmick.
Having played around with Kinect all evening, it's not a gimmick. You can see this is the direction all electronics are going to go in the near future. We're only in the early days and I see all TV's and cable boxes in the future adopting this speech recognition and gesture control. After using Kinect I felt sorry that I couldn't just naturally tell my cable box what channel I wanted on or my audio receiver to quiet down.
Netflix and Hulu are coming to Kinect soon. They're just not ready yet. The Kinect Hub software is very early still. The technology works great. It is very responsive and fun to use, but the content is lacking. It is like when the Xbox 360 launched in 2005 and there was very little content on the Marketplace (no background downloading), but each software update made the system exponentially better. You can tell they aren't going to do the once a year dashboard update anymore. Hulu Plus has already been promised for the beginning of next year and speech recognition for most countries by the Spring. At the very least we will see 2 dashboard updates a year like it was back when the Xbox 360 launched.
Netflix and Hulu are coming to Kinect soon. They're just not ready yet. The Kinect Hub software is very early still. The technology works great. It is very responsive and fun to use, but the content is lacking. It is like when the Xbox 360 launched in 2005 and there was very little content on the Marketplace (no background downloading), but each software update made the system exponentially better. You can tell they aren't going to do the once a year dashboard update anymore. Hulu Plus has already been promised for the beginning of next year and speech recognition for most countries by the Spring. At the very least we will see 2 dashboard updates a year like it was back when the Xbox 360 launched.
I can see it having a future... but as it stands now you need a remote beside you for all the instances where Kinect doesn't work. Making it a gimick. With a remote, you can navigate much faster so you're basically using Kinect for the sake of using it.
If they get to the point of turning it on and navigating ALL menus and options of the 360, then it'll be something I consider. That, or a game that actually looks good.
If they get to the point of turning it on and navigating ALL menus and options of the 360, then it'll be something I consider. That, or a game that actually looks good.
Nah you're using Kinect because it's a better experience. Everytime I sit on the couch with my family the remote gets lost between the cushions or someone else is holding the remote and has to hand it off. I can switch off control with Kinect to whomever wants it just by waving or by speaking. No more fighting over the remote. The Kinect signs me into the correct Xbox Live account just by seeing my face.
I think what you don't get is that you become annoyed at the remote control not at the Kinect.The Kinect is working great and making the experience better, the remote control is the nuisance. Everytime I pick up the remote to change the volume I am annoyed at my AV receiver, not at the Kinect. I would not choose to use the remote unless I was being forced to and the first company that comes out with an AV receiver with voice recognition like Kinect will get my money.
The Xbox alone is never going to make your AV setup 100% remote control free, obviously. It's going to take TV manufacturers and/or AV receiver companies adopting this voice and gesture technology for that to come to fruition. But that's going to start happening soon, especially if Kinect sells as well as expected.
I think what you don't get is that you become annoyed at the remote control not at the Kinect.The Kinect is working great and making the experience better, the remote control is the nuisance. Everytime I pick up the remote to change the volume I am annoyed at my AV receiver, not at the Kinect. I would not choose to use the remote unless I was being forced to and the first company that comes out with an AV receiver with voice recognition like Kinect will get my money.
The Xbox alone is never going to make your AV setup 100% remote control free, obviously. It's going to take TV manufacturers and/or AV receiver companies adopting this voice and gesture technology for that to come to fruition. But that's going to start happening soon, especially if Kinect sells as well as expected.
Oh no, I get it. The problem is that you can't fully control all aspects of the 360 with the Kinect (yet), this making the remote still a necessity. Thing is, I just assumed that this would have been a givin at launch
Unless Kinect fully replaces the need for a remote to control the 360, it's not fulfilling it's potential (and what I thought it was aiming to be). Imagine I showed you an A/V receiver that allowed me to control the volume with my voice, but I had to turn it on and change the input with a remote still. While that's a cool addition, and an improved experience you'd tell me that I own a gimmick.
Unless Kinect fully replaces the need for a remote to control the 360, it's not fulfilling it's potential (and what I thought it was aiming to be). Imagine I showed you an A/V receiver that allowed me to control the volume with my voice, but I had to turn it on and change the input with a remote still. While that's a cool addition, and an improved experience you'd tell me that I own a gimmick.
