I was wondering. Do I need a Kinect? The real answer is most probably - No.
But I've just seen this, £17.99 delivered and had a little read about and found this on Reddit. Worth it?...
Things you can do with Kinect now:
Play some great Kinect games: Fantasia, Fru, D4, Dance Central Spotlight, Fruit Ninja Kinect 2, Kung-Fu for Kinect, Kinect Sports Rivals, Air Guitar Warrior, Blue Estate, etc.
Skype in 1080p with auto-digital zoom
Broadcast your game via Beam or Twitch with camera inset or do the same while making clips in Upload Studio
Use it as a microphone for game chat, party chat, or streaming
"Xbox, on" to start up your console; "Xbox, turn off. Yes" to turn it off.
fanboy noun 1.a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction.
verb 1.(of a male fan) behave in an obsessive or overexcited way.
Great and Kinect games in the same bullet point is pushing it a bit.. :wink:
esq3585
20 Jul 173#2
Good luck get anything delivered from Grainger games !
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joanddan7
20 Jul 171#1
Are many Kinect games compatible with Xbox one?
Had considered Kinect but tempted... isn't there a dodgy Star Wars one??
BuzzDuraband to joanddan7
20 Jul 171#7
Wikipedia list 21, but I think they're games totally aimed at Kinect usage. I know there's a lot more such as the previously mentioned use of it in Alien Isolation. I'm not sure if it's applicable in the latter FIFA games, but you used to be able to make substitutions with it.
esq3585
20 Jul 173#2
Good luck get anything delivered from Grainger games !
mrtonyalmeida
20 Jul 172#3
Decent price. I have an Xbox One S which means i need the adapter. Microsoft gave it away for free but now charge £30
Marcoos to mrtonyalmeida
20 Jul 17#15
Interesting to see if they will offer the same deal when the X comes out
willyzippy89 to mrtonyalmeida
20 Jul 17#17
WHAT? Was free but now £30?? That for real?
joanddan7
20 Jul 171#4
Oh dang really... I have an S too, the 2.0 to me suggested it would work I thought it was original Kinects that didn't work
Rickardo to joanddan7
20 Jul 171#16
It's 2.0 because 1.0 was the 360 version.
Sawb
20 Jul 171#5
Whilst its fairly obvious to most people its used given the price, should probably still mention in the title.
BuzzDuraband to Sawb
20 Jul 17#6
My apologies :disappointed: Amended now.
mrb30
20 Jul 172#8
Save your money. I've had one since day one and used it a handful of times
tomwatts to mrb30
20 Jul 173#10
See, we use it every single day. Clearly YMMV.
Marcoos
20 Jul 173#9
Great and Kinect games in the same bullet point is pushing it a bit.. :wink:
BuzzDuraband to Marcoos
20 Jul 175#12
fanboy noun 1.a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction.
verb 1.(of a male fan) behave in an obsessive or overexcited way.
Dead Rising 3 made use of Kinect to detect movement to shake off zombies
UberPark
20 Jul 17#13
this Kinect is a very high tech piece of kit it's unfortunate no developer actually used it well. this is a £100 camera so this is a bargain but again there is very little content. I hope they make 360 kinect games backwards compatible with Xbox one and Kinect 2.0 but no one cares enough I guess
Rickardo to UberPark
20 Jul 17#18
Yeah, still the best and highest quality way to Skype that I've found, especially with several kids together on sofa. Auto sign in useful as a family of 6.
math5871 to UberPark
20 Jul 17#27
I do :sunglasses:
Marcoos
20 Jul 171#14
*cough* PSVR *cough*
:stuck_out_tongue:
joanddan7
20 Jul 171#19
With the need for a £30 adapter I'll let you know where I am at......
I'm ooooooooooooooooooooooooot
Cepultura
20 Jul 17#20
This is abandon-ware at this stage.
mrtonyalmeida
20 Jul 17#21
They offered them free for anyone with a Xbox One S but then stopped the offer. Now on the microsoft website for £29.99
Will they offer the adapter for free when the Xbox One X comes out....
leechris82
20 Jul 171#24
Get if from cex that price, well close and 12 months if it breaks
aLV426
20 Jul 17#25
I use mine to turn on the Xbox - handy to tell it to turn on when reaching for the controller, saves a few seconds... Also comes in handy to tell it to "record that!" when I manage to pull a fly move in game! Other than that it doesn't get much use (in fact I have it pointed at right angles to the TV so face detection doesn't work)
Heat added btw...
dr_spaceman
20 Jul 171#26
Really recommend checking out FRU for the Kinect...
That's pants! Microsoft should always offer the adapter for free as they removed the port out of the updated hardware. So much for one big Xbox family. Come on Microsoft you can do better!
Doofus
21 Jul 17#29
What are the space requirements for the XBox One Kinect compared to the 360 version?
For the 360 I had to buy a range reduction adapter to get it to work in my small room.
Jamborello to Doofus
21 Jul 172#30
Much better, this was improved for the Xbox one Kinect. I don't use it for gaming but the facial recognition sign in is handy. When my daughter uses it it defaults to her age appropriate settings without any sign in being required.
K1LLER_HORNET
21 Jul 17#31
Ah Kinect, the biggest pos in xbox history. Originally including the £100 camera with every system is the reason we ended up with such an anemic soc.
"xbox snap party"
Regularly snaps 4oD
Xbox go home you're drunk.
Steelman111
21 Jul 17#32
I love the smell of flopped technology in the morning.
captainbeaky
21 Jul 17#33
If you look at the success of the Amazon Alexa products -Microsoft were on to something with Kinect technology but just targeted the wrong audience
jingaboys
21 Jul 17#34
Not to mention the best use case of Kinect for XB1, as an IR Blaster. You can basically configure it to turn on/off your TV/amp/soundbar via Xbox.
Buy an Xbox media remote and you can control volume too. I basically use just one the media remote to control my TV, Xbox and soundbar.
schmunk to jingaboys
21 Jul 171#38
This functionality is built into the Xbox One S console - it has an IR LED in the front of the console, which doesn't require line of sight - it's like some kind of witchcraft...
tomwatts to jingaboys
21 Jul 171#40
The One S has an IR blaster on the console
jyonda
21 Jul 171#35
Seconded for FRU, then there's Fruit Ninja which is good fun too. Kinect comes into it's own when you've got a group of kids (or big kids) to amuse but it's not really been well utilised by game devs.
golfer2007
21 Jul 17#36
Mines been playing up lately, doesn't turn on when i turn on my xbox, I usually have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it working. Is anyone else having the same problem/s?
btw Its plugged into my xbox one s via the adapter, could it be the adapter?
SoaresLX to golfer2007
21 Jul 17#39
I had the same issue with my OG X1, I though the console was giving up as sometimes apps and games wouldn't launch. Traded it in, got the X1S and free adaptor, same issue. I then figured my external HDD (Seagate) was causing the problems so I now only plug the HDD when needed and everything works fine, including a nearly 4 years old Kinect that I still use a lot with Skype and occasionally with some games.
rcourtman
21 Jul 17#37
thanks op
Dobko
21 Jul 17#41
Is there a way to get the adapter for X One S cheaper than £30?
xborg to Dobko
21 Jul 17#43
Search ebay for "Kinect AC" . There are lots of cheaper options.
darknoiz
21 Jul 17#42
If you are in Xbox preview program you will have no end of trouble getting Kinect to work properly, since I withdrew from program and factory reset my Xbox one s the Kinect works perfectly, when on preview software it would turn itself off intermittently , all sorted now I’m out .
zombrex
21 Jul 17#44
No they offered them free to anyone who upgraded from the original Xbox one to Xbox one S...and still do have always charged £29.99 otherwise
craigbob
21 Jul 17#45
Put me off using this at a "mates" house as had a thin pair of shorts on and picked up my "area" and she went cold on me and asked me to leave. I am packing but not until the main event :disappointed:
haileris to craigbob
21 Jul 17#47
What?! Do you logon using 'p***s recognition' or something?!
haileris
21 Jul 17#46
According to the stock check there is -1 new in Doncaster - Philadelphia Experiment eat your heart out
craigbob
21 Jul 17#48
She put on a thermal app and it showed my area :disappointed:
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Opening post
But I've just seen this, £17.99 delivered and had a little read about and found this on Reddit. Worth it?...
Things you can do with Kinect now:
Things you used to be able to do with Kinect but which Microsoft took away:
I had one on my OG Xbox One and it was really enjoyable playing Alien Isolation with. I've just picked AI again so I think I'm going to bite.
CEX have it for £18.00 in-store.
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Had considered Kinect but tempted... isn't there a dodgy Star Wars one??
noun
1.a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction.
verb
1.(of a male fan) behave in an obsessive or overexcited way.
Please see for reference [link ]
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:stuck_out_tongue:
I'm ooooooooooooooooooooooooot
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/d/kinect-adapter-for-xbox-one-s-and-windows-pc/8v64qz8clmb9
Heat added btw...
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/fru
http://www.opencritic.com/game/2976/fru
For the 360 I had to buy a range reduction adapter to get it to work in my small room.
"xbox snap party"
Regularly snaps 4oD
Xbox go home you're drunk.
Buy an Xbox media remote and you can control volume too. I basically use just one the media remote to control my TV, Xbox and soundbar.
btw Its plugged into my xbox one s via the adapter, could it be the adapter?