How dare the Xbox Kinect | Girlfriend Reviews 

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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..

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This was an excellent return to form! Love the video

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

OMG the car exploding literally killed me from laughing.

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.

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.

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

3:55 doggo strolling in killed me🤣

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*.

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.

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

Try PSVR! ASTROBOT RESCUE MISSION!!

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

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

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.

kinectimals? i hardly knowimals

Dance Central >>>>>>> Just Dance

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.

This was sooo good. You guys should do more “retro” stuff.

Pee and poo

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

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.

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I remember hearing about this when it was announced as project Natal and was so excited. Pre ordered it and played dance central and connect for a month and never touched it again 😂 it was very cool as a novelty but such a disappointment in practice

Never heard of you before. Great video. You're funny. Happy to subscribe!

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

Yay more old style content! Keep it up!

This was hilarious! You guys are the best!

This video is great! I was all about Dance Central. I feel like you guys should fine the Horror Game for Kinect “Rise of Nightmares”. I can see that be a hilarious review and since you guys already own a Kinect. I’m a new subscriber and I’m binging all the videos!

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.

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

Love the writing btw

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

That Godfellas-style speech was gold 😂

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Matt when we getting the kings fall team together ? I know how that destiny 2 fever hits buddy far too many hours on that game and would only sometimes recommend but it keeps me coming back

The observatory in salt lake has like 20 kinects for cool science demonstrations

So some VR headsets feature finger tracking, with some games that leverage this. Might be something to try while that hand is healing.

i remember going to the supermaket and they having a kinect space where you actually could play kinect those were the days

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

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.