Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Can Kinect Make Windows Cool Again?

Pt 161

Can Kinect Make Windows Cool Again? @ Businessweek.

The original Kinect helped make the Xbox 360 last year?s bestselling game console; Microsoft has sold more than 18 million Kinects since November 2010. It?s also inspired tinkerers to put the device to unanticipated uses, such as guiding robots and doing 3D modeling. With Kinect for Windows, Microsoft aims to coax professional developers and big companies to create apps that make Kinect as essential in the home, office, and showroom as smartphones are to those on the go. ?This is a turnaround chance for Microsoft,? says James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research (FORR). ?A chance for them to say this isn?t about video gaming, it isn?t about Windows, it?s about the future of everything.?

The open source community did a great job showing the possibilities once hardware is set ?free?.

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