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I don't think at any point were there intentions to make an excellent piece of hardware, the whole thing was jast a way of generating more revenue.

But isn't making a superior piece of hardware the best way to make the most money? Looks to me like they're raising the bar and the other two have to catch up or be left behind. Kinect isn't perfect but it's sure better than the motion control on Wii, without a doubt imo. It has voice activated control and it can listen for your voice in a crowded room. I mean really, this is an ambitious project.


This article has a interesting take on the situation. Looks like Microsoft has plans to expand this technology into pretty much everything. Sounds about right to me.
Kotaku, the Gamer?s Guide

But Microsoft believes that the real potential for the voice recognition, motion-based technology is how they plan to use it with cell phones, computers and perhaps in the military and health industries.
"Think about a world where machines understand what people want from them," said Kinect Creative Director Kudo Tsunoda. "You can see that extrapolate out to a host of other devices."

"I think that both with the gesture tech and the voice recognition there are so many different types of machines with some sort of input paradigm associated with them that this could be applied to," Tsunoda said. "Is it coming to the PC and mobile spaces? Sure, but anything with an input device, keypads or things you are punching numbers into, can use this.
"This is much bigger than something just for the mobile phone and PC."
I asked Kipman and Tsunoda if we would see this technology in computers, cell phones and cars in the next decade.
"If it takes a decade to get there I should fire myself today," Kipman responded.