Rare’s Henson: Kinect 2 “is already here”

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The first wave of Kinect compatible Xbox games did a decent job of showcasing Microsoft’s unique hardware, but according to a couple of Rare execs, the surface of Kinect’s potential has barely been scratched.

Rare studio head Scott Henson implied that much of Kinect’s power has been so far left untapped when he claimed that “Kinect 2 is already here” at last week’s Develop conference.

Says Rare software director Nick Burton, “Yeah, there’s a sensor bar there, but everything is dealt with in software, which means we can continue to push it.”

Rare fully intends to push Kinect further than it’s gone before in their upcoming sequel, Kinect Sports: Season 2. Burton is confident that his team is comfortable enough with Kinect to introduce precision-based games like darts and golf. In the golf game, Rare hopes to implement a “virtual caddy” who can understand over 300 phrases so that players can change from a 9-iron to a wedge by just speaking a command. That sounds cool, but also unnecessary.

Hardware longevity has certainly been a theme in the videogame industry for this generation. It sounds as though Rare believes that the original Kinect can last just as long as the console it’s supporting.

http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/27/rares-henson-kinect-2-is-already-here/

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unholyonePosted:

i find there is no point having a better kinect microphone as people already have the standard headphone coming with the xbox and even if they put a new mic on its still gonna awfull as if its more "sensitive" it means its going to pick up more sound from the tv. which means people getting angry and juts unplugging the kinect. Even right now my kinect is there unplugged and on the tv stand to show people i have it and the games are okay but creating a new sensor wont help creating a new game will.

Jacob8hockeyPosted:

Some of you people are so dumb or dont bother to spend 1min to read.

Kinect 2 = The kinect yyou already bought dumbasses

What he is trying to say is that Kinect hasnt even reached close to its potential so the next wave of games could almost be like playing on a brand new kinect(2).

TheBrownGuyPosted:

Holy crap they want even more of our money...greedy bastards

VenenoPosted:

whats the point of haveing a multi array mic if it ends up sounding the crap comming through the other persons head phones

CerebalAsassinPosted:

1yoyo105 The original mic is sensitive enough. A multi array mic? Damn they can hear me take a piss.


Wow, can't detect sarcasm. He was saying that because nobody has harnessed the true power of kinect that to the developers that do/will harness it, it is like having a kinect 2. The kinect currently in peoples houses has a multi array mic in it. There is nothing new.

RozyPosted:

all the want is more money, wont be any different i bet.

VEVOPosted:

The original mic is sensitive enough. A multi array mic? Damn they can hear me take a piss.

XxSGTxDEATHxXPosted:

C4ESiUM their better be something in game shops that swap kinect for kinect 2 and pay 50 or something likethat coz most ppl aint gonna buy another 1!!

Kinbect 2 is the Kinect dumbass
you would know that if you yaknow READ THE DAMN ARTICLE

XxRayanXxPosted:

meh...

quintenPosted:

so what they are gonna make us buy another kinect or they will just have software for us to download