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Kinect only works while standing?

June 17, 2010 by Gameranx Staff

All the cool options to grab a slider and advance through frames of a movie you are watching only work when you are on your feet.

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If you’re one of the few people who likes to play games sitting on your couch, Kinect will probably not work for you. According to a report from IGN, Kinect only works when you’re standing up because it has issues calibrating your skeletal frame while sitting down.

All the cool options to grab a slider and advance through frames of a movie you are watching only work when you are on your feet. Kinect, we’ve been told, has problems handling your skeletal frame while sitting. The voice commands still work, but every game we’ve seen and even simple menu navigation have to be done with you out of your seat.

According to Microsoft, you can play some Kinect games sitting down. It “varies” by experience. However, several developers told IGN the exact opposite. If this turns out to be the case when Kinect makes its way into stores this will add insult to injury to Microsoft’s mediocre showing at this year’s E3.

This pretty much explains the fact why we saw Forza Motorsport being played at E3 in stand up mode. We understand the fact that you might have to stand up while playing a majority of kinect games, but standing up “to grab a slider and advance through frames of a movie” would not go very well with consumers. Kinect, previously known as Project Natal, will be launching in November for Xbox 360.

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