Kinect

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XBOX 360's Kinect

The Kinect for XBOX 360 was released with the 4GB special edition XBOX 360 bundles. The Kinect can also be bought separately from the special edition combo packs for 150 dollars. The Kinect works on all XBOX 360 consoles; a separate cord is included in the Kinect box to upgrade the USB port on the older consoles in order to support the functionality of the Kinect. Buying the Kinect separately from the special editions normally includes between 1 and 3 Kinect games. One of the games is always going to be Kinect Adventures which comes with a smiley face card used to set up the Kinect.

As of now MIcrosoft's XBOX 360 console also has motion sensors just like the Wii and Playstation Move. Except the Kinect is the first of its kind that uses voice commands as well as controller free movement. None of the Kinect games require an actual controller to play them, only your hands and voice are required.

Video Kinect

Besides the Kinect games the Kinect can also be used to Video Kinect with people very similarly to how Skype and oovoo work. The Kinect doubles as a webcam for people to video chat; the kinect has a built in microphone so people can talk handsfree on XBOX LIVE as well as on video chat.

Voice Activation and Movement

Since the new dashboard and title updates for the XBOX 360 console the Kinects voice function is now better and more accurate than ever. Such applications as Netflix and Last. fm can be controllede with only the sound of your voice. The dashboard is now fully integrated to work with you voice as well as the Bing browser.