Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Official Thread - Page 32

I tried to use the Kinect as the Vision camera in Pinball FX 2 but that didn't work either.

What's the consensus on cheap mounts? I just got a new 32" Samsung.

I don't think there's a consensus. If you want to save money, but a center speaker shelf for the top of your TV. Those run like $15+.

I was lucky enough to have a broad enough top edge to my 65" TV to use mounting tape for mine.

I'm hoping that MS can update the system to accept use of the Kinect for the Vision cam games. seems silly to force people to have 2 cams hooked up to the 360.

That's exactly what I meant.....that's awesome. Thanks for the info.

you do know that the Kinect is supposed to be at least 6 inches away from any speakers, right?

i was wondering if anyone here is actually using Kinect as a game mic, instead of wearing a headset, and if so how is it working out? i run my HTS kinda loud when playing games because i like to hear things that i normally wouldn't hear with tv speakers, and there are times when my headset mic pics up background noise (like say a helicopter or loud explosions in COD type games) that i don't want it to, and i'm guessing this would make it even worse. anyone try it out yet?

Not the most precise platforming ever, but here it is. Mario played with Kinect.

You do know that people have reported that their setup has been working with them on the speaker.

i have my kinect sitting ONTOP of my left floorstanding speaker and my kinect is really accurate and works flawlessly. dont listen to that guy above, hes talking NONSENSE.

had a big kinect party with my girlfriends family and some of my family today

kinect adventures was probably the most fun, most were too scared to try dance central after I showed it off

might look into getting kinect sports soon, I think it'd been a big hit

I refer to Kinect Sports as the "gateway drug" for Kinect. IMHO once people play that they *get* the whole idea of Kinect moreso than any other game.
Personally it's my favorite so far out of the 5 games we have.

How does the kinect work when it's off center like that? Say for example that you're bowling in kinect sports, if you still face the screen wouldn't the kinect think you're aiming for the right gutter? Or do you have to face the kinect?

Just curious.

I've been playing around with this too...I had it on my center channel speaker above the tv at 6-1/2' high which did not pick up my 5 year old very well...I can put it to the side of the speaker on the shelf which lowers it to about 5' 9"...it definitely picks up my son better but I notice with games like Dance Central I was getting lower scores all around (I did recalibrate beforehand)...I did ok if I faced the camera but then it felt weird because I wasn't facing the tv directly anymore...

I'd be curious of other peoples' experiences with "off-center" setups...

im facing the kinect more than the tv, see, my tv is in the corner of my room, so this setup is the best for me and god it works soo good. also the kinect is tilted towards where i would stand in the center of the room more so in reality its like i have it in the center of my tv but its really ontop of my left floor standing speaker, i thought id have problems but i got used to it and its a blast.

Im getting awesome scores in dance central and kinect sports but yes i do have to aim at the kinect rather than the tv BUT i have the kinect tilted towards me in a way that im actually %95 facing the tv, its hard to explain but its awesome.

Okay, I'm a 64yo male couch potato with serious circulatory problems. I survived 3 major operation in 2006 and have never played video games other than to install devices like joysticks. With 45 years in IT I fell in love with this Kinect technology.

I have the Kinect sensor sitting on the center speaker 5 feet off the ground and above the TV. My play space is 6' x 6' and 2' in front of the TV. It works best in the 6' to 8' range.

Unpacking and setup was straight forward, as was a profile, wireless setup, xbox live membership, facebook etc. Well, I am a professional.

As for the games:

Kinect Adventures - worked fine but a bit young for me.
Kinect JoyRide - same as above.
Kinect Fighters Uncaged - Now this is why I fell in love with the technology. I can double my heart rate in just a few minutes while kicking the shite out of the guy on the screen and yes I check my BP often.

Controller based games:

Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011 - I always liked to shoot things, now I have my own wild animal shooting galery. The Top Shot Elite controller gun works great but it doesn't quite look as neat as my Thompson SMG.

Call of Duty Black Ops - Haven't really formed an opinion yet as I have to learn how to hold the controller and figure out all the buttons, sticks and D-pads. Anyway, I was playing Kinect Adventures before I even unpacked the wireless controller and put the batteries in it.

hey, if you're a kinect gamer, add me as a friend. so far, my kinect friends are usually the Lips friends I already had.

I play under my brother's account for online stuff: dndeli
For offline, I play under my account but eventually I'll pay for my own account.

I think it's good to have a kinect friends list. The Halo Reach friends list was a great idea (even though some of the AVS guys here are too good for me).

what do u mean kinect friends? what kinect game has online play?

Kinect Sports and Kinect Joy that I know for sure because I play with my son while I am deployed.

Just bought the Xbox 360+Kinect Bundle and Dance central game...ohoooooo..cant wait to see....

kinect adventures, sonic free rider, game party in motion, dance masters, dance paradise, etc. also have online multiplayer. it's more like which kinect games don't have online multiplayer (the biggest being dance central which has pretty weak multiplayer and no online multiplayer).

for those curious on what Zumba Fitness looks like from a buyer's perspective...

If anyone has it, please comment because I'm interested in this one too.

Warm up person was moving waaayy too fast. But maybe thats just my 5:55am perspective.

The reviews on Amazon are horrible, read them. Nothing like being told to spin around, but doing so logs you out.

Hey can you give more of a review of Fighters Uncaged. It has gotten some ungodly bad reviews. Basically consisting of it not being responsive to your movements. Although I have seen a few individuals give it some pretty good remarks. One guy was saying he works out with it and the obstacle course game from kinect adventures. I like that idea a lot so am wondering if its worth getting.

I tried using it on black ops and my brother told me everything that was said by other people was picked up by the kinect and echoed. Not sure if it was too close to the speakers or what but I just reverted back to the headset.

As the person officially in charge of verifying how well it works in different configurations, I'd like to say congrats on yours working so well for you, but you definately have it in a non-supported configuration, and it won't work as well for everyone who has it that close to a speaker.

Have you gone through audio calibration? If so, have you moved the kinect since then? Also, is it more than 12" from any speaker, and did you calibrate using the same volume you played at? If you have done it correctly, echo should be minimal, but there are a lot of things that can make it sub-optimal. (Over a certain volume, we're going to leak no matter what, there's only so much we can remove)

The Kinect version is broke according to the reviews. There are two cross platform exercise games, EA Fitness 2 and Zumba, the Kinect implementation seems spazzy on both.

Yeah, I read the reviews. They have the average spectrum of expectations. I learned to trust my own experiences rather than listen to random people. A great way to do this is through a service like Gamefly.

I read that they just released a patch for the game. I don't know if this is true or not since I don't have the game yet.

My brother thought Dance Central was broken until I showed him all his mistakes in his techniques. Like on the hip swaying motions, I saw his hips weren't moving. That gave him a bunch more points once he started to move them. If he had reviewed it, he said he would've given it 2 stars. But after realizing that it was him not doing the move correctly, he would've raised the rating. This is what I thought when I saw the reviews slamming the difficult UI. The UI for Zumba doesn't look hard at all. Sure, it's clunky. But it's not impossible to navigate. She seemed to be doing fine in the video.

And from reading all the reviews (a sample size of 24), it appears the high reviews came from people who already had experience with Zumba classes while the low reviews came from people expecting to learn dances or expecting it to be a game. From the bulk of reviews, I would say that the tutorial section is bad. I've read enough detail about it to agree.

I've read a couple website reviews and they liked it. But then again, just because the reviewer is a professional doesn't mean he is any more legitimate than the reviewers on Amazon. But because it's his job, you have hope that he spent more time with it.

As for the logging out upon spinning around, that would be bad. I don't have Kinect ID enabled (because I need to play online through my bro's account). maybe that was the issue. While Kinect ID is spot on awesome, I can't use it.

For me, it's almost an easy buy. I'll definitely pick it up in a few months. But I have the entire DDR series on the PS2 and Xbox. I have Dance Central. I have the Michael Jackson game for the Wii. Way way down the line, I'll get Dance Masters (after I pick up Dance Paradise which has received a number of good reviews).

I know! That's exactly what I thought too. Shouldn't warmups be slow and easy?

ahh, the resident troll is back.. the same guy that loves the horrible The Fight... LOL.

how's the holidays treating you?