Bekka Kitila IT 103
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The Kinect allows users to operate the Xbox 360 dashboard user interface as I said with voice commands and hand guestures. The Kinect needs 190 MB of storage space in order to function properly (Microsoft, 1). The Kinect was made possible by software technology developed by the company Rare. Rare is an auxiliary department of Microsoft Game Studios owned by Microsoft. Another vendor that helped with the Kinect was Prime Sense which helped make the Range Camera and 3D scene information, (Andreas, 2010). This is done by the 3D scene being projected from infrared structured light. The Kinects sensor outputs video at a rate of 30 Hertz, has a practical ranging limit of 1.2–3.5 m, and operates the audio channel processing at a 16-bit audio range at a sampling rate of 16 kilohertz, (Microsoft, 2010). Now with the ability for one small accessory to do all these things allows for secondary vendors or scientists to use this technology for something greater for potential benefits.
