[ale] Official open source driver for Kinect

[Jim Kinney]

I had seen that the xbox was a loss leader for M$. I have also seen that
they make it up in fees to the developers of games for the xbox.

I have a WII already. An xbox (regardless of the politics) would encourage
additional gaming purchases and further expand the time my son spends glued
to the couch.

Maybe I'm just becoming an old fart, but if someone wants to add more
realism to their daily experiences, they should try turning off the
TV/computer/ipod/etc and get outside in the big blue room more often.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM, arxaaron <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2010/12/15, at 11:37 , Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> > Can this gizmo be used without an Xbox? (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason)
> >
>
> Short answer:  Yes.
> The Kinect is a separate interface device, just like WII remotes,
> which have also been extensively hacked and re-purposed.
>
> As to (i'mnotbuyingoneforanyreason), it is my understanding that
> the Kinect, like the Xbox itself, is a loss leader device and that
> Mafia$oft looses money on every purchase.  I think they are
> conceding to the open source drivers because the djin is out
> of the bottle now and they can't do anything about that except
> try to steer the hacker development focus back to their platform.
>
> peace
> aaron
>
>
>
> > On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Watson, Keith <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu
> > > wrote:
> > Official open source driver for Kinect
> >
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Official-open-source-driver-for-Kinect-1152601.html
> >
> > http://preview.tinyurl.com/3an9gyt
> >
> > keith
> >
> > --
> >
> > Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
> > Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
> > keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
> > (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
> >
> >
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