I have to say the whole Kinect idea fascinated us enough to buy and XBox 360 Kinect Bundle. It is truly a fantastic technology, but the poor product capability release cycle has left us a bit befuddled and confused. It seams there are Kinect connectivity difference between and original XBox 360, an new XBox 360 S and a Kinect bundle.
In an attempt to simplify the connectivity of the Kinect camera/devise, Microsoft combined the information cable and the power cable. This means you no longer have to plug the Kinect Camera in. But they missed a user profile in their design efforts. That user is me and at least a few other adults who have their equipment across the room from their fantastically clean wall mounted (mine above the fireplace) TV's.
Their 10ft cable and optional $50 9ft extension cable just doesn't cut it. Additionally, the limitations are not clearly communicated in any of their marketing materials so I was unable to make an educated decision. The misstep leads me to believe -- Microsoft either doesn't understand a portion of their users or they chose to ignore us.
You be the judge. User design is far from clear or clean cut to even the most heavily invested corporate giants.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
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