According to a GameStop employee, all GameStop retailers across the US will soon be receiving Kinect (Project Natal) demo kiosks. The catch, and you know there is one, is that only the managers will be allowed to use the demo stations.
"But why?" you're asking to yourself right now. Well hold on and I'll explain why.
Apparently the Kinect technology isn't quite as robust as it was originally cracked up to be. At present, it appears as though the technology is responsive to very specific movements. Either this is a limitation of the hardware itself, a limitation of the early software, or it is a process that, over time, will adapt to a user's mannerisms and become more responsive as the technology "learns" from its user.
GameStop managers are being urged to learn the new Kinect and customers will only be permitted to test the hardware under the instruction of professionals. If this is true, that doesn't seem to bode well for the future of Kinect, but we shall see.
Undoubtedly there will be hands on reports from E3 this week.
"But why?" you're asking to yourself right now. Well hold on and I'll explain why.
Apparently the Kinect technology isn't quite as robust as it was originally cracked up to be. At present, it appears as though the technology is responsive to very specific movements. Either this is a limitation of the hardware itself, a limitation of the early software, or it is a process that, over time, will adapt to a user's mannerisms and become more responsive as the technology "learns" from its user.
GameStop managers are being urged to learn the new Kinect and customers will only be permitted to test the hardware under the instruction of professionals. If this is true, that doesn't seem to bode well for the future of Kinect, but we shall see.
Undoubtedly there will be hands on reports from E3 this week.