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  • @GirlfriendReviews
    @GirlfriendReviews  Год назад +236

    Matt and I would really like to live on your shelf… but since we can’t, please put tiny versions of us there before it’s too late! youtooz.com/products/girlfriend-reviews

    • @skyounkin
      @skyounkin Год назад +18

      So you to can collect our data instead of Microsoft?? I'm onto you GFR!!

    • @alister101
      @alister101 Год назад +5

      Sure, just know rent ain't cheap.

    • @Beerbaby
      @Beerbaby Год назад +1

      Matt really won the lottery when he got his girlfriend into the studio to read somthing he wrote!

    • @usernamesareforidiot
      @usernamesareforidiot Год назад +4

      Hello Fresh are union busters, please stop advertising for them

    • @Beerbaby
      @Beerbaby Год назад

      @@usernamesareforidiot looking forward to buying from hellofresh!

  • @99v6cam
    @99v6cam Год назад +3166

    Fun fact: Kinect cameras are now using in tons of medical imaging devices. Turns out that it’s really good at 3D measurements when the subject is NOT moving.

    • @islamsalma60
      @islamsalma60 Год назад +50

      Lol

    • @MastermindAtWork
      @MastermindAtWork Год назад +221

      Its also decent for affordable motion capture too, especially the Xbox One version.

    • @TheJerbol
      @TheJerbol Год назад +36

      used in *some devices

    • @darlhiatt8136
      @darlhiatt8136 Год назад +47

      That reminds me of when the GBA was the cheapest medical computer for something or another in hospitals.

    • @Infozentrale
      @Infozentrale Год назад +49

      yeah I started giggling when I looked up next to a CT scanner during my first internship and saw one lol

  • @ginger_nosoul
    @ginger_nosoul Год назад +1916

    I think iv seen engineers repurpose the kinetic senors for random projects more than iv seen them used to play xbox games 🤣

    • @christianfarren1179
      @christianfarren1179 Год назад +17

      Sounds about right.

    • @christophmayer3991
      @christophmayer3991 Год назад +81

      The sad thing is: It is unironically awesome for those "hacked" random projects. You can do SO many creative things with a Kinect it is sad to see it never found love for its intended purpose and therefore was discontinued. On a hardware level the device is astonishing and a true "hacker's"/maker's dream.

    • @NimjaIV
      @NimjaIV Год назад +21

      The Kinect technology started its life outside the games department, so it's only fitting it gets most used outside games applications.
      I still remember buying it on launch day. I was so excited about it. At least I got a few gaming sessions out of it with friends before never touching it again.

    • @BertPdeboy
      @BertPdeboy Год назад +3

      Can confirm, I did some funky UX experimentation and hardware hacking with the camera's.

    • @honestgoat
      @honestgoat Год назад +7

      Absolutely the case. I know I have for sure seen more Kinects attached to robots than to xBox's.

  • @wumbol0gy871
    @wumbol0gy871 Год назад +842

    What I've heard from developers was this thing actually worked exactly as advertised which is why it's still used for so many engineering products over the years and to this day. The colossal failure wasn't the hardware, but the horrible dev tools. Microsoft aparently made it a nightmare to make the sensors work as intended and developers inevitably had to take shortcuts to release games on time.
    The reason you see sensors on instagram and snapchat filters working so well now isn't because the tech improved. It's actually using the same tech that was in the kinect from the start. They just took the time to properly write the code.

    • @islamsalma60
      @islamsalma60 Год назад +16

      That's sad

    • @KenMathis1
      @KenMathis1 Год назад +19

      That's not true. Kinect didn't work well even with Microsoft's own apps. Also saying that the tech is the same is like saying we currently have the tech for self driving cars because a future actually working version should be able to work with just a few cameras for input.

    • @wumbol0gy871
      @wumbol0gy871 Год назад +45

      @@KenMathis1 Developers had to use Microsoft's dev tools when making their own apps, as well, and were just as crunched for time.

    • @wumbol0gy871
      @wumbol0gy871 Год назад +16

      @@KenMathis1 The self-driving cars analogy isn't awful, but it's just a different problem entirely. The fact is that there are a lot more factors that go into driving than a simple action in a kinect game or instagram filter. Those simpler examples worked just fine when coded properly.

    • @KenMathis1
      @KenMathis1 Год назад +11

      @@wumbol0gy871 You can't say, _"I've heard from developers was this thing actually worked exactly as advertised"_ and _"Developers had to use Microsoft's dev tools when making their own apps, as well, and were just as crunched for time"._
      Those are mutually exclusive. The fact is that Kinect NEVER worked as advertised. That is why Microsoft had to fake demos of it. Even the improved Kinect 2 with Xbox One never worked like MS advertised the Kinect 1 would work.

  • @timothylewis2527
    @timothylewis2527 Год назад +661

    Say what you will about Kinect. Dance Central was a blast and one of the last times my house was full of kinda cool people having fun with a gaming console.

    • @HEMAYATC
      @HEMAYATC Год назад +25

      I loved Dance Central so much. I would regularly play with my friends in college. Sometimes we would even reserve study rooms with big tvs to play together in an open space.

    • @NeoFighterX
      @NeoFighterX Год назад +2

      It was one of the main reasons i stayed with Xbox for X1 and that kinect experience was fuckin shite

    • @Meteorgun7
      @Meteorgun7 Год назад +7

      I play Dance Central regularly, tons of fun and a workout!

    • @geolawie
      @geolawie Год назад +7

      I liked the idea of Dance Central but found the coaches too judgemental. Just Dance was more forgiving of my bad flailing.

    • @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898
      @vagabundorkchaosmagick-use2898 Год назад +1

      That's so sad, with so many games you could have been playing all these years with your friends.

  • @danielbalderas9796
    @danielbalderas9796 Год назад +329

    There's only one reason why the Kinect exists, and that's DANCE CENTRAL. I spent part of my first ever freelance paycheck on buying DC 2 and 3 because THEY'RE SO GOOD. I loved Dance dance revolution and dance central was the closest amazing dance game that there is. I don't even like just dance, dance central was so precise you had to sweat your ass off just to complete a song

    • @HEMAYATC
      @HEMAYATC Год назад +5

      Dance Central was the BEST!

    • @aedanlycanth8464
      @aedanlycanth8464 Год назад +11

      Dance Central is a workout, and absolutely agree that’s the only viable reason anyone would still want a Kinect.

    • @ArthurHLI
      @ArthurHLI Год назад +4

      Dance Central is the best game made for the Kinect!

    • @Max-qz4tw
      @Max-qz4tw Год назад +1

      Only reason. Too band dance central with the 1 was beyond trash.

    • @kobuseksteen411
      @kobuseksteen411 Год назад +3

      I have all three dance central games. They are incredible. I used to do like 5 songs everyday for exercise and was exhausted. Also both seasons of kinects sports are fun.

  • @HEMAYATC
    @HEMAYATC Год назад +202

    I actually loved the Kinect and am sad it was discontinued. Games that used it well such as Dance Central, Kinect Sports and Fruit Ninja were a blast to play with casual friends. If they had more realistic marketing and didn’t try to force it down everyone’s throats, I think it could have worked out as a nice option for the (admittedly few) people who enjoyed the games.

    • @GirlfriendReviews
      @GirlfriendReviews  Год назад +66

      Agreed! The marketing is really want did it for me

    • @Pedro_The_Neco
      @Pedro_The_Neco Год назад +3

      The Gunstringer deserves more love. People should try it!

    • @YouTubeCensors
      @YouTubeCensors Год назад

      Not a Kinect fan but they should have kept it as a peripheral Not included with Xbox one with Kinect 2.0

    • @brettlovell8761
      @brettlovell8761 Год назад

      @@Pedro_The_Neco it was one of the better Kinect experiences, I have to say.

    • @eyepatchlolz
      @eyepatchlolz Год назад +3

      @@GirlfriendReviews ah yes the marketing really want did it for me too

  • @donq4483
    @donq4483 Год назад +250

    didn't expect GFR to rip the Kinect this morning, but I'm not complaining

  • @samuelLambert97
    @samuelLambert97 Год назад +190

    Weirdly Kinect still is one of the best camera for motion tracking for computer science research project.

    • @arianoooamari6949
      @arianoooamari6949 Год назад +20

      It’s not one of the best lol. It’s one of the cheapest cause the sensor would otherwise wind up in the trash. I know that for a fact cause we got tons of these sensor as a donation to our university. That’s why they being used all over the world even to this day. Pfff best ones…yeah sure…best one my ass!

    • @NeoShameMan
      @NeoShameMan Год назад

      IPhone called from simless hell

    • @mcmadness110
      @mcmadness110 Год назад +2

      Microsoft still sells a variant of the Kinect called the Azure Kinect.

    • @DeLuciosX
      @DeLuciosX Год назад +2

      @@NeoShameMan Apple actual even bought the team that created the depth-sensory system. So, Iphone kinda uses technology from Microsoft.

  • @MinistryOfMagic_DoM
    @MinistryOfMagic_DoM Год назад +27

    The Kinect is actually one of the best 3D spatial measurement cameras. We use them extensively in prototyping for engineering. They are really good cameras. The tech isn't great for video games, but it's absolutely amazing and dirt cheap for spatial tracking.

    • @itsd0nk
      @itsd0nk 11 месяцев назад

      The tech is fine for video games. MS just lost their talented team that started Kinect on the 360 and hired a completely inexperienced new set of employees to make the software for the xbone Kinect. That's why my 360 Kinect still works great and is fun to use, while my xbone Kinect is still sitting at the GameStop I immediately traded my console in at for a PS4 in January 2014.

  • @AtomicWaffle14
    @AtomicWaffle14 Год назад +50

    The Kinect was more useful for software engineers' senior projects than it was for gaming.

  • @Clara_Page
    @Clara_Page Год назад +70

    To be fair the Kinect 2.0 was actualy pretty good, I was addicted to Dance Central on that thing and navigating the Xbox one's ui with motion controls actually worked pretty well.

  • @robingoodfellow8097
    @robingoodfellow8097 Год назад +187

    The most impactful thing that came from Kinect might be that it gave a bunch of devs experiences that helped VR grow in recent years.
    Fun fact, the Zune guy is actually a project lead at oculus now. Had Kinect not died a horrible death, VR might be in a much worse spot today.

    • @danilooliveira6580
      @danilooliveira6580 Год назад +8

      I'm not sure about that, VR use a lot of different technologies, only some of them use camera tracking, and it was something that already existed before kinect, mostly in the animation industry. sure Kinect was a trailblazer in a way, nowadays you can do what the kinect was trying to do with your phone without even needing stereoscopic camera, but I'm pretty sure the technology would be fine without the kinect, maybe it would just be a bit slower to come to popularity because of a lack of a commercial push.

    • @sepg5084
      @sepg5084 Год назад +5

      VR? Yeah, maybe in a decade or so. Even today, VR has negligible market share. I ain't holding my breath, and the Kinect scam isn't worth it for the consumer.
      I guess XBOne requiring Kinect to be always plugged in will pave the way for VR to do the same? 😁

    • @sepg5084
      @sepg5084 Год назад

      @@danilooliveira6580 kinect was just a scam, a lame attempt to copy nintendo.

    • @_NekOz
      @_NekOz Год назад +3

      @@sepg5084 Unlike the Kinect, VR is actually growing and has a strong core pillar of passionate indie developers with some turned into proper game studios willing to experiment and find out what works. AAA are dipping their toes into VR and the results have been kinda mixed so far.

    • @HeloisGevit
      @HeloisGevit Год назад +1

      @@_NekOz VR will fail, same as Kinect and 3D before it.

  • @ittbpbit6361
    @ittbpbit6361 Год назад +19

    The kinect V2 is actually still used in research fields, as the hardware and middleware in it is damn good 🤣

  • @hauck96
    @hauck96 Год назад +24

    Marky Mark's look when he realized he was being filmed is a truly timeless classic.

  • @Minesteve07
    @Minesteve07 Год назад +44

    I actually had a Kinect and a Wii, and I can confirm I looked like a fool playing on the Kinect more. Thank you Girlfriend Reviews for unlocking that memory.

  • @arkhitekton1
    @arkhitekton1 Год назад +31

    this is easily one of my favorite videos that you guys have put out. really appreciate all the excellent content you both put out!

  • @ivann200
    @ivann200 Год назад +29

    You know, kinect was an incredible device for kids specially to play. I got my first xbox with a kinect and i spent tons of hours playing just kinect sports, beating world records on it. The main problem in opinion is that the games were poorly developed. A lot of them just asked you to move your hand, or do the same movements over and over. Games like kinect sports that were multiplyier and forced you to do a lot of different moves with your whole body were the best.

  • @Scruffi
    @Scruffi Год назад +52

    Microsoft was a victim of its own success with the Kinect. They sold so many in such a short time during the 360 era, that they came to the conclusion that they had a legitimate hit on their hands. Combined with real data showing that people had been using their 360 on their living room TV to watch all kinds of media on disc and through apps (I watched tons of Netflix on mine, plus sports on the ESPN app, and so on). The timing was perfect with the Xbox One in development, and the pressure from products like Apple TV (which seemed at the time like a threat to take over the living room media experience - by this time MS had become really paranoid about Apple’s resurgence and their own string of failures in mobile and other products), and MS really thought it had a trend to jump in front of. All the data supported them. And then they went and tried to pitch this whole vision at E3 to a room full of people who only cared about games, and they set it on fire. Wrong message to the wrong audience. If they had stuck to a gaming-centric message to that crowd, and then quietly marketed the media capabilities to a broader, more casual audience, they might have had a much better time of it. Playstation did exactly that and, well..

    • @IronWish
      @IronWish Год назад +10

      Ah, yes. Classic move, currently known as a "Do you guys not have phones?" moment.

    • @Scruffi
      @Scruffi Год назад +8

      @@IronWish Yes, exactly. Wrong message to the wrong audience. Show some D4 concept art to Blizzcon, to let the PC gamers know you're working on it and everyone is happy (if not satisfied :). Show the gacha mobile Diablo at an Asian games show, and they would soak it up. But mistake one for the other and you get combustion.

    • @teehundeart
      @teehundeart Год назад +3

      Even then I'm not sure all of the focus on media capability was a good idea considering that most people prefer to use smartphones rather than PiP and also Smart TVs were popping up that didn't require you buy a $500 console to play Netflix.
      And they didn't even get the TV functionality right from a technical perspective. On 50Hz programs like you'd see in Europe the TV signal looked more choppy when passed through an Xbox. It was literally a downgrade to just watching regular TV

    • @_-ghostfps-_8651
      @_-ghostfps-_8651 Год назад +1

      @@teehundeart eh i have smart tv but I'm still using the xbox as a media center

    • @graysontowler136
      @graysontowler136 Год назад +4

      At the launch of XBox One, Microsoft was announcing predictions of 1 billion unit sales. Which would have been (at the time) be more than all console sales in history combined, going back to the original Pong system. I think it's safe to say they were a bit optimistic.
      My take was that they thought that, in Kinect, they had managed to create the next touchscreen--that is, the Kinect interface would do to the TV market what touchscreens did to phones. In marketing terms, this is technically known as "huffing your own farts."

  • @murcielagoXO
    @murcielagoXO Год назад +5

    Fun fact: Kinect was used in Paranormal Activity 4 as a horror story device.

  • @Samurix16
    @Samurix16 Год назад +11

    Sure the kinect wasn’t the best but I did have a lot of fun playing it with my siblings.

  • @SoniasWay
    @SoniasWay Год назад +18

    I automatically start smiling when I see a new post by you

  • @suspendedhatch
    @suspendedhatch Год назад +4

    Kinect works excellent with the dance games. Dance Central and Just Dance. A smoke machine, a disco ball, a subwoofer, and booze is all it took for me to throw wildly successful Meetup Group parties. Non gamer women loved it. Hence local guys loved it, and the brave ones would join in on the dancing. It also helped that I lived near a seasonal ski resort and that there were a lot of strippers in the area. I also had a full Rock Band setup to switch over to as the evening wore on.
    Recently passed the whole setup to a friend who has a couple kids interested in dance. They absolutely love it and have learned a lot of early 00 dance moves.

  • @nadeshani
    @nadeshani Год назад +5

    As I'm reading it from all the comments is that the Kinect walked or crawled more like so that VR, medical applications of kinetic sensors and DANCE CENTRAL could run and I think that's brilliant.
    I remember giving Xbox a chance during the kinect phase and then I sprinted back to my playstation safe space within a month. It was fun though, for a week.

  • @djkatscan
    @djkatscan Год назад +8

    There’s a current product called Azure Kinect that built on the original. It’s used in enterprise/edu/gov/medical. It was a huge leap in spatial awareness and body tracking. Maybe it was actually ahead of its time?

  • @alejandrovivas8567
    @alejandrovivas8567 Год назад +11

    I had a Kinect and I had a blast with Kinect Sports, Dance Central, Just Dance and Your Fitness Evolved, I honestly don't understand all the hate the kinect gets

  • @sirjarko8762
    @sirjarko8762 Год назад +25

    The writing is so on point, I couldn't stop smiling

  • @RyanCoomer
    @RyanCoomer Год назад +89

    at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffe

    • @989Nexus
      @989Nexus Год назад +6

      Finally, some ACTUAL medical advice from a real professional.

    • @boy_of_war
      @boy_of_war Год назад +1

      What 😅

    • @jiffylou98
      @jiffylou98 Год назад

      my favorite comment

    • @rofyle
      @rofyle Год назад

      Oh yeah? Well I impersonally sneak them in.

  • @Temascos
    @Temascos Год назад +9

    I remember the general format of several Xbox E3s in a row; Halo, Gears, Call Of Duty/Battlefield and Kinect. There were live reaction threads I used to read and people would go nuts (And not in an "Oh yeah!" way) when Kinect would dominate half a press conference. Glad those days are gone.

  • @theexpatriate
    @theexpatriate Год назад +22

    It is a desperate day indeed when a gamer is reduced to gaming on a kinect. Get well soon buddy

  • @nerrickk9024
    @nerrickk9024 Год назад +3

    The one thing I really miss about the kinect is the video controls. Not the motion controls, but voice controls ("xbox pause", "xbox play") worked in every video app. So you don't have to turn on your controller, hit play, then turn your controller off to save battery life

  • @clarissakrigger4599
    @clarissakrigger4599 Год назад +24

    Matt really be having me rolling😂😂 between the edits and commentary he has me laughing hard

  • @Ratworks
    @Ratworks Год назад +8

    so true about the parents thing. My mom hadnt touched a video game since Tetris and my stepdad never played anything yet they used the Wii they got me for getting good grades more than I did.

  • @misteridiot123
    @misteridiot123 Год назад +7

    The technology behind kinect v2 was amazing. But xbox didnt know what to do with it. Its great for some interactive art projects :)

  • @Rrrrichy
    @Rrrrichy Год назад +1

    The Kinect is a wonderful device and it did work almost perfectly for me. I had done several projects with it and was surprised how good it works

  • @ftavis
    @ftavis Год назад +8

    I work electronics at a thrift store. We get our fair share of kinects. But we don't have games that work with it. I looked up the value and stuck a $15 tag on all of them. I didn't even know what they did until now. Thank you for the history lesson.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat Год назад

      Kinect games were going for silly money during the pandemic lockdowns. They went from worthless to some of the most in demand preowned games.

  • @davidschrauben8958
    @davidschrauben8958 Год назад +5

    Bruh I had so much fun with family and friends on Kinect sports. And don’t even get me started on kinectimals as a kid. I had my bear and we were best buds.

  • @mrpayback519
    @mrpayback519 Год назад +3

    Dance Central made me think I could actually dance. Then I went to a club and learned the sad truth.

  • @BarnyFizzl
    @BarnyFizzl Год назад +1

    Hey, I WATCHED MOVIES ON MY ZUNE! As a wee lad I specifically downloaded and formatted a finely curated batch of movies into the correct video format and loaded my Zune to the max and boy did I feel cool as hell on my summer European trip riding trains while watching The Bourne Identity and you can never take away my fond Zune memories!

  • @mikeglasswell-gameplay
    @mikeglasswell-gameplay Год назад +1

    Loved the voice command feature for dragon shouts in skyrim and Dance central was pretty rad.

  • @bananadane
    @bananadane Год назад +6

    it's so hackable, I've seen dozens of interactive art made with Kinects and for that, I will eternally

  • @playsoloraptor
    @playsoloraptor Год назад +8

    Matt!
    At the same time you got it, I also went down with a case of trigger finger (probably because Hollow Knight on Switch).
    I tried a lot of stuff but I think what got me a lot of relief was using a TENS-machine.
    One that uses electric impulses to stimulate your muscles.
    I hook up both my hands 🙌 and let it vibrate the muscles around thumb joints and I feel it helped a lot!
    I’m in the middle of creating my own gaming content and so I was pretty down because of the set back but I think this helped me to get back at it :)
    Hope it possibly helps you as well!

    • @GirlfriendReviews
      @GirlfriendReviews  Год назад +1

      Thanks for the tip!

    • @jayweaks
      @jayweaks Год назад

      I also have trigger finger that came out of nowhere. Getting old blows.

    • @diegoferreira3444
      @diegoferreira3444 Год назад

      that is a common treatment in physiotherapy

  • @chrishall8378
    @chrishall8378 Год назад

    The quality of every video you guys put out is amazing. This channel definitely deserves at least 5 million subs.

  • @micalishis
    @micalishis Год назад +5

    It amazes me how this channel's joke and memes are always so on point.

  • @shiningstar737
    @shiningstar737 Год назад +4

    I remember this one game from it called “gunstringer”, was actually quite charming

  • @TeaMakerJason
    @TeaMakerJason Год назад +6

    This marketing actually consumed me as a kid. I skipped school on launch day. Pretty sure I never touched it after a week 🤣

  • @JujYFru1T
    @JujYFru1T Год назад

    another banger
    also: "HelloFresh literally taught me how to cook" same!!!! still really glad i clicked the last/first time i saw your blurb for it, been ~freshin it up~ ever since :D

  • @josephgood2704
    @josephgood2704 Год назад +1

    I loved my kinect. Legit useful for changing programs, switching channels, switching games, turning on and off the TV when you walk in the door, changing volume, and more.. never used it for playing games tho lol

  • @lampovyurge
    @lampovyurge Год назад +4

    Hmm, dunno, I got Kinect a year ago and enjoyed the hell out of it, great experiences ))

  • @cobalt2672
    @cobalt2672 Год назад +3

    If sitting through the ad read means more clips of Tato then I will continue to do so

  • @Ghost_Of_SAS
    @Ghost_Of_SAS Год назад +1

    3:56 Dog just walks past like nothing's weird
    "The humans are at it again. Whatever."

  • @RemarkableRyan
    @RemarkableRyan Год назад +1

    OMG the car exploding literally killed me from laughing.

  • @johnwiiu7005
    @johnwiiu7005 Год назад +3

    Wow! I just stumbled upon this Chanel and boy it's great!

  • @SneakyG67
    @SneakyG67 Год назад +9

    Nah the Kinect was dope af I tried so hard to keep that shit alive 🤣

  • @LeeAnneGomes
    @LeeAnneGomes Год назад +2

    The Kinect had some fantastic video chat features. You could walk around your living room and the camera would follow you.
    It would have been a handyl video chat solution at the start of the pandemic.

  • @timm7524
    @timm7524 Год назад +2

    FWIW, if you're a hobbyist nerd the Kinect is a dream. It likely inspired a handful of augmented reality programmers. You can get the libraries for this and easily program things with 3D object/hooman tracking.
    I mean. I didn't. But you can.

  • @logan_sunday
    @logan_sunday Год назад +6

    The Kinect was actually used a lot during surgeries in operating rooms to check charts and whatnot so that the doctors wouldn't have to leave and scrub up again. The Kinect was super useful, just as long as it wasn't connected to an Xbox.

  • @effortlessfury
    @effortlessfury Год назад +7

    The Kinect was amazing. It suffered the reality that all niche peripherals do: games designed around them only function if the peripheral continues to be supported and lock out anyone without the peripheral. It was an amazing piece of hardware and made some of the best games in their genres (Just Dance pales in comparison to Dance Central). It's a shame about the realities of hardware manufacturing and the limitations of game design given a niche control method, but there was a lot of potential there and I'm sad to see it die.

    • @bluehammer1245
      @bluehammer1245 Год назад +2

      Hello, I am from Microsoft. I want to thank you for continuing to uphold our agreement, and to tell you that your check is in the mail. Please continue to endorse the shit products we make.

    • @effortlessfury
      @effortlessfury Год назад

      @@bluehammer1245 the Wii suffers the same problem, so I hope you think Nintendo also makes shit products

    • @mrpayback519
      @mrpayback519 Год назад +2

      Yeah. They tried to remedy that by making it mandatory with every Xbox One. The best selling peripheral could push hardware sales and everyone would have one so developers wouldn't have a problem supporting it.
      Unfortunately, the casual ship had sailed by late 2013. Even the Wii had stagnated.

  • @AzureViking
    @AzureViking Год назад +1

    I actually work in VR development and as many have said, the Kinect is used a lot simply as a 3D camera for research and development of VR technologies.

  • @tiggzsama
    @tiggzsama Год назад

    3:55 doggo strolling in killed me🤣

  • @PerpetualDaydreamer
    @PerpetualDaydreamer Год назад +3

    The ONE thing I will give this dumb system: Buying the Kinect and the first three Dance Central games was still less expensive than buying a treadmill, and more engaging.
    That said, it's not like dancing games were exclusive to Microsoft. This was just how it worked for *me*.

  • @NathanielJordan85
    @NathanielJordan85 Год назад +4

    I have zero regrets about "missing" the Kinect era...

  • @alexlacusta
    @alexlacusta Год назад

    This was an excellent return to form! Love the video

  • @trevoranderson1604
    @trevoranderson1604 Год назад +2

    Dance Central is incredible and it was a huge hit at any house party I had. It was also extremely motivating as a workout routine. I would have a kinect again just for that one game alone.

  • @vcprovost
    @vcprovost Год назад +3

    Try PSVR! ASTROBOT RESCUE MISSION!!

    • @d21lewis
      @d21lewis Год назад +2

      Incredible experience!!

  • @basaltish
    @basaltish Год назад +3

    kinectimals? i hardly knowimals

  • @axelgalosoto6209
    @axelgalosoto6209 Год назад +2

    That Godfellas-style speech was gold 😂

  • @savigg174
    @savigg174 Год назад

    Good job with the GTA 4 opening music, loved it. Also Nintendo Switch controller for motion games is just amazing.

  • @SebastianGarcia-mt7zx
    @SebastianGarcia-mt7zx Год назад +3

    Dance Central >>>>>>> Just Dance

  • @snakebaker1549
    @snakebaker1549 Год назад +4

    Pee and poo

  • @DrLilo
    @DrLilo Год назад +1

    Every time I watch through the Paranormal Activity movies I get to that one that was a big product placement for the Kinect and its like, such an awkward time capsule.

  • @MrWicked187
    @MrWicked187 Год назад +1

    When shelby was cutting those scallions I was litterally screaming!
    I'm glad she's learning to cook but mind your fingers girl

  • @oldfantaguyx
    @oldfantaguyx Год назад +5

    Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen

  • @MiriusTube
    @MiriusTube Год назад +1

    Short, angry, concise. Just like Shelby! Nice work you two.

  • @ricorichie1706
    @ricorichie1706 Год назад +1

    Fun fact the company that developed the tech in the Kinect was bought by apple and is now used for Face ID

  • @forrandomsites3336
    @forrandomsites3336 Год назад +1

    Ironically the Kinect lives on, not as a motion gaming device, but for things other than gaming. I've seen a couple of military drones(specifically land drones) use this, ghost hunting tools for motion detection, 3d scanning for static objects(though kinect 2 has been used for moving objects), motion capture in smaller indie dev studios. The Kinect is actually a great piece of tech and can be a more affordable alternative to similar devices that will usually cost thousands if not hundred thousands more to get and install. Obviously it will not perform on par or better than ones built specifically for motion capture, but for the price and a bit of tweaking, it can be amazing.

  • @TruExtentChannel
    @TruExtentChannel Год назад +1

    I missed out on the launch of Kinect, so a few years backs I grabbed one for cheap at a thrift store and some games to give it a go. Most were eh to bad, but there was one that stood out to me.
    Fantasia Music Evolved is a fantastic rhythm game by Harmonix. They found a way to make their brand of unique rhythm games work by just flailing your arms. The controls made me feel like I was back in my high school band and I was the conductor, of course with Disney magic added in. Highly recommended to anyone remotely interested in the Kinect.

  • @krank23
    @krank23 Год назад +1

    I actually liked the Kinect. I liked controlling stuff on the screen by waving rather than finding wherever I put the controller. But I defiitely like the Kinect as a 3D scanner - the 360 Kinect works well as a low-price scanner for static objects, and the Xbone variant can be used for some middling-to-decent entry-level motion capture.

  • @LifeWulf
    @LifeWulf Год назад +1

    I had some good fun playing Kinect Sports with my family, though not nearly as much as Wii Sports.
    With the Xbox One, I used it exclusively for the following voice controls: “Xbox on, Xbox record that, Xbox off”

  • @DeathDiamond720
    @DeathDiamond720 Год назад +1

    The humour is on point for this one! Good job!

  • @ZacChilds
    @ZacChilds Год назад

    I had fun with kinect adventures for about two hours. It was also nice to have when I was watching tv and the controller fell just just far enough that I'd have to get off the couch to pick it up.

  • @SHADOWSTRIKE1
    @SHADOWSTRIKE1 Год назад

    I actually really enjoyed using the Kinect with Netflix when it was integrated. There was both motion controls and voice controls. As someone who constantly misplaces the remote, it was kinda nice.

  • @emmataylorprang1311
    @emmataylorprang1311 Год назад

    I had two back-to-back foot surgeries when I was in high school and I remember wanting to play the dance and jumping kinect games with my family but I couldn't so instead I played Fable: Journey because it only uses hands/arms so you can play while sitting. Honestly? 10/10 gaming experience truly a good memory thank u kinect

  • @pseudopod
    @pseudopod Год назад +1

    Fun fact about the Wii, the guy that came up with the technology first took it to Microsoft then Sony and was turned down by both

  • @EmilyF0915
    @EmilyF0915 Год назад

    So subtle, but loved that brief clip from one of the greatest Disney Channel Original Movies, Smart House. :)

  • @Coolman13355
    @Coolman13355 Год назад

    Chariots of Fire and Wii Home Screen Music in the same video? THANK YOU
    Also once Zune got mentioned I knew a shot was coming and it didn't disappoint.

  • @GamerGuysAndGals
    @GamerGuysAndGals Год назад +2

    I loved mine for streaming camera, enjoyed the voice controls. The games I played were fun , but think people's laziness these days, and inabilty to adjust and learn modern tech led to bad word of mouth and online trolling so they canned it to soon before they could make anything really cool for it. I have the same stove btw love the blue inside.

  • @TheJadedJames
    @TheJadedJames Год назад +1

    I actually forgot why I had one of these. I remember playing a few game on it back in the day, then realizing there was an ambient internet connected camera in my bedroom at all times, and disconnecting it, never to use it again because it was ultimately a gimmick controller anyway …. seriously, until
    I saw this commercial I forgot owned one of these. I had an EyeToy too now that I think about it

    • @NostraSamus
      @NostraSamus Год назад

      It was actually capable of capturing facial expressions so that Microsoft could see how you reacted to things, in hopes they could sell that data to advertisers. It was truly a spy device. I thought people calling it that were conspiracy theorists. Boy was I wrong.

  • @quadzilla7572
    @quadzilla7572 Год назад

    5:53 that has to be the most high quality suprised pikachu I've ever seen.

  • @MrSoosas
    @MrSoosas Год назад +1

    I actually really enjoyed using it for netflix. Just telling the Xbox to turn on that also turned on the TV and doing all the navigation with voice or motion was nice and just asking it to pause when needed rather than turning the controller back on to do it was alot more seamless. The games were never there tho so it was just an occasionally useful peripheral. I'm annoyed they stopped supporting it but I'm also annoyed they changed the dashboard annually so nobody cares what I think lol

  • @drmatarkin2100
    @drmatarkin2100 Год назад +1

    And yet, I still play Kinect bowling to this day!!!

  • @ckmv2858
    @ckmv2858 Год назад +1

    "No thanks Linda!" 🤣

  • @DanMilano
    @DanMilano Год назад

    I had one really good party in 20whatever when it came out. Everyone was jumping and laughing. But it was a one-time-only dealie. Novelty wore off instantly.

  • @klti0815
    @klti0815 Год назад

    Kinnect is huge with dancing games, because it's the most accurate input method, and doesn't require you to hold a controller or a phone or something else with a gyro sensor the whole time. Just Dance 2023 just was announced by Ubisoft, and they are finally dropping Kinnect support (even though the product is EOL since like 2015}, and it's a huge thing with the fan base.

  • @BlankPicketSign
    @BlankPicketSign Год назад +2

    Now you're gonna hit me with the "long time ago" bruh? don't do a fuck'n "Bleeeh!"
    ~Poetry

  • @rsolsjo
    @rsolsjo Год назад +1

    The Dance Central games and Nike+ Kinect Trainer were still the bomb though.

  • @sherlockwastaken
    @sherlockwastaken Год назад

    I loved my 360 Kinect at the time and I will add that its been collecting dust behind my tv ever since it was released but honestly the only problem I had with it that discouraged me from continuing to play is the required space it needed. No matter what room I put it in, it kept telling me to back up. I couldn’t back up, I’d just hit the wall or a chair or the bed. And it wanted me to move around side to side, back then my room didn’t have enough space for that. And then they stopped making games for it which was another thing.
    But Kinect Adventures and Harry Potter were fun on Kinect. Good times

  • @nextInsiders
    @nextInsiders Год назад

    I had the opposite experience with Kinect, surprised to see that take on it.

  • @mitchellkenneth3854
    @mitchellkenneth3854 Год назад

    That subtle TPB reference was excellent. "French fries and onion rings. You know what I don't hear, Randy? I don't hear a heart dawg."

  • @David0gden
    @David0gden Год назад +1

    Bowling was fun and worked well.