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Thread ID: 113841 2010-11-06 04:31:00 Xbox Kinect Metla (12) PC World Chat
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1150702 2010-11-25 09:09:00 He sounds like a weapon, You should give him your credit card and send him into town to get heaps of awesome stuff.

Though those games will rock when they are built around Kinect.

If I gave him my debit card he'd be lucky to get lunch, let alone a game :p

:pf1mobmini:
pcuser42 (130)
1150703 2010-11-25 09:17:00 im quite interested on getting one - but not for a long time - both cars of mine need a lot of cash draining work - so after that's all sorted ill have a look - by them more games and whatnot should be out? MAC_H8ER (5897)
1150704 2010-11-25 12:18:00 I wouldnt say its been hacked. It only moves the motor / moves it up and down / round, and nothing else

It's a bit further along than that. Ladyada had that in a tutorial on interfacing with USB, using the kinect as an example, but other than that, people are already getting good 3d data out of it. See hackaday.com
ubergeek85 (131)
1150705 2010-12-25 06:53:00 So did anyone end up getting one (Metla/Chemical Ali)?? somebody (208)
1150706 2010-12-25 07:52:00 The Kinect proved to be a massive success at the Metla household Xmas celebration. Metla (12)
1150707 2010-12-25 20:57:00 The Kinect proved to be a massive success at the Metla household Xmas celebration.

I caved and bought one this morning. I must say, I'm very impressed.
somebody (208)
1150708 2010-12-25 23:04:00 I caved and bought one this morning. I must say, I'm very impressed.

How much did it cost?

I want to buy one too and already have the Xbox so don't need the full bundle pack that I have seen advertised.
CYaBro (73)
1150709 2010-12-25 23:08:00 How much did it cost?

I want to buy one too and already have the Xbox so don't need the full bundle pack that I have seen advertised.

I didn't have an Xbox so got the $389 Xbox + Kinect bundle from The Warehouse. It includes the Kinect Adventures game which gives you some nice party games.
somebody (208)
1150710 2010-12-26 00:38:00 The kinect by itself is $210-219. Depending on where you buy it. Only diff is, it needs power. Whereas the kinect bundled with the 360 S doesnt. Dont know if if its worth getting the 4 GB Xbox, which is cheaper. Buit dont know where you get the hdd, if you wanted to use one. Instead of the 4 GB Speedy Gonzales (78)
1150711 2010-12-26 01:02:00 4gb of memory really doesn't cut it for any high level of gaming, but fortunately you can use flash/ext hd drives as storage now too.
Not sure if it lets you install games onto them though, which is where the primary wastage of space comes from. I have the old 60gb pro, and I have to continually chop and change what games I have installed. Pretty much the ones I play most at any time are the ones installed. Given that games go from 4 to 7gb in size, the space on your poor harddrive can go really fast, especially when combined with stuff like downloadable content and music and whatever else.

As for where to get a harddrive, www.mightyape.co.nz
8ftmetalhaed (14526)
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