Microsoft posts job ad for top secret Kinect projects

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Microsoft have posted an advert for a Software Engineer to join what we're assuming is their Kinect 2.0 team.
The advert reads:
“if you’re passionate about the potential for Kinect to continue to revolutionize entertainment and are a seasoned software engineer with the skills to prototype and build the future of premium Kinect-powered experiences “

“In this role your technical skills and creativity will be pushed to their limits as you weave together disparate technologies to tell the story of what the future of entertainment will look like. You’ll learn more than you even knew existed about machine vision, data mining, AI, voice recognition, and embedded systems”

Most interesting of all is this little gem:
“Joining this team comes with risks. Most of what we work on is top-secret; you may not know what your new project is until you’ve accepted an offer. Not all of our ideas will fly. We will fail, and fail fast, on some projects. We will celebrate those failures because they are vital to making sure the right ideas take off in a big way.“

Risks in developing future Kinect systems? Is this due to strained muscles from playing to much Kinect or the kind of risks involved in playing with experimental Kinect laser prototypes?

I hope that applicants are being offered some nice benefits from Microsoft.

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PlotPosted:

AR15 They need to fix voice recognition for the Kinect v2 aka (project natal)


yea bro they do need to fix that

PlotPosted:

Exzo
Fitzgerald I hate when people talk through the kinect. They really need to fix it.


Yeah they do.


yea i do need to fix that soon

OasisPosted:

AR15 They need to fix voice recognition for the Kinect v2 aka (project natal)


Lol. 'Project Natal' was the Kinect's original code name, not the name of Kinect v2.

CentPosted:

Fitzgerald I hate when people talk through the kinect. They really need to fix it.


Yeah they do.

StarifyPosted:

I hate when people talk through the kinect. They really need to fix it.

AR15Posted:

They need to fix voice recognition for the Kinect v2 aka (project natal)

ScufPosted:

Looks pretty cool. Current Kinect isn't very good though.

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

would be cool if it had some props that could be used in it or scanned

MortarPosted:

This sounds rather interesting, hopefully the next Kinect sensor is a lot better, and it will be interesting to see what other contraptions are developed.

VayaPosted:

kinect laser? i mean people already make infared cameras with kinect but this should be cool.