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Xbox One] Microsoft Kinect Sensor 2.0 (Pre-owned) - £17.99 Delivered - Grainger Games

£17.99 Grainger Games20 Jul 17

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BuzzDuraband

20 Jul 17

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.
Voice commands to navigate ("Xbox, watch TV", "Xbox, pause", "Xbox, volume down").
Auto-sign in via facial recognition
Use the Microsoft Camera app to take pictures or record videos

Things you used to be able to do with Kinect but which Microsoft took away:

Gesture navigation (you could literally control your entire Xbox One without ever using a controller; it was pretty rad)
Exercise via Xbox Fitness (can still do it in other games, like Shape Up, but Xbox Fitness was the best)
Have Xbox identify players by the controller they are holding
Create your own custom animations and sounds in Project Spark

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.

Top comments

BuzzDuraband to Marcoos

20 Jul 17 5 #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.

Please see for reference [link ]

:smile:

tomwatts to mrb30

20 Jul 17 3 #10

See, we use it every single day. Clearly YMMV.

Marcoos

20 Jul 17 3 #9

Great and Kinect games in the same bullet point is pushing it a bit.. :wink:

esq3585

20 Jul 17 3 #2

Good luck get anything delivered from Grainger games !

Latest comments (49)

golfer2007

23 Jul 17 #49

You mean it didn't show much :smile:

craigbob

21 Jul 17 #48

She put on a thermal app and it showed my area :disappointed:

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

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

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 .

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 17 1 #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 17 1 #40

The One S has an IR blaster on the console

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

jyonda

21 Jul 17 1 #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.

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

Steelman111

21 Jul 17 #32

I love the smell of flopped technology in the morning.

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.

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 17 2 #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.

math5871

20 Jul 17 #28

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!

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:

dr_spaceman

20 Jul 17 1 #26

Really recommend checking out FRU for the Kinect...

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/fru

http://www.opencritic.com/game/2976/fru

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...

leechris82

20 Jul 17 1 #24

Get if from cex that price, well close and 12 months if it breaks

mrtonyalmeida

20 Jul 17 #23

Will they offer the adapter for free when the Xbox One X comes out....

Sawb

20 Jul 17 1 #22

all is forgiven (y)

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

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/d/kinect-adapter-for-xbox-one-s-and-windows-pc/8v64qz8clmb9

Cepultura

20 Jul 17 #20

This is abandon-ware at this stage.

joanddan7

20 Jul 17 1 #19

With the need for a £30 adapter I'll let you know where I am at......

I'm ooooooooooooooooooooooooot

mrtonyalmeida

20 Jul 17 2 #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 17 1 #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 17 1 #16

It's 2.0 because 1.0 was the 360 version.

Marcoos

20 Jul 17 1 #14

*cough* PSVR *cough*

:stuck_out_tongue:

Marcoos

20 Jul 17 3 #9

Great and Kinect games in the same bullet point is pushing it a bit.. :wink:

BuzzDuraband to Marcoos

20 Jul 17 5 #12

Marcoos

20 Jul 17 1 #11

Dead Rising 3 made use of Kinect to detect movement to shake off zombies

mrb30

20 Jul 17 2 #8

Save your money. I've had one since day one and used it a handful of times

tomwatts to mrb30

20 Jul 17 3 #10

See, we use it every single day. Clearly YMMV.

joanddan7

20 Jul 17 1 #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 17 1 #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.

Sawb

20 Jul 17 1 #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.

esq3585

20 Jul 17 3 #2

Good luck get anything delivered from Grainger games !

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