Kinect Soon Powerful Enough to Read Lips Rumor Suggests

The Kinect is a powerful motion controller/camera, and apparently it's going to be getting much stronger in future iterations. In a recent report from Eurogamer, the rumor suggests that sources inside the development for the controller say that an "improved motion sensing and voice recognition" version of the camera will be coming soon, and will be bundled with future Xbox consoles. While it's no surprise that Microsoft plans to increase the functionality of the device, the rumor claims that it will be powerful enough to read facial emotions and read lips.

In the report the improved device is talked about as "The Kinect 2" and it will be able to "lip-read, detect when players are angry, and determine in which direction they are facing...track the pitch and volume of player voices and facial characteristics to measure different emotional states."

Not much color other than the features was described and whether the first generation of the device would have this functionality through software updates.

By Al McCarthy on November 28, 2011

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Heavenswarrior121
If microsoft was so smart they would take there time with that and just implant that when the 720 releases..trying to rush new tech is no point,the 720 would sell very good if they release the kinect 2 with it
- AKA Zzz
  The 720 will sell regardless of whether Kinect ships with it. From a business standpoint, it would make much more sense to release Kinect 2 possibly even for Christmas 2012, leaving Christmas 2013 for the 720. This is how you would maximise sales.
- Cool dude
  @Warrior Its Business 101.
  Read a book next time.
lukeward69
i agree rushing tech only results in a massive flop weather we like it or not motion control is the futrue of gaming so why not make it the best it can be i am also very excited to see this tech grow kineck wii and move are just stepping stones to the some thing amazing
- Hoppsy
  Motion control is not the future of gaming. its a gimmick and one that at the moment performs poorly with core games.
lol
nice a$$
bozmanbeyond
That’s just creepy. If I get pissed off at a game can I expect a call from a local physiologist.
A113n
Kinect will soon be powerful enough to collect TWICE AS MUCH dust!
In other news….
Dad breaks son’s nose from flinging his arms around like a baboon while playing kinect.
Micro$oft still denies it needs a handheld, probably due to their epic failure with the zune.
Micro$oft is still too cheap to decrease the cost of their console, quoting an executive from M$ “Look at our sales, we are making money and the blind morons just keep buying it, of course we won’t lower the cost”.
- Cool dude
  Again…. this comment deserves a no….
- AKA Zzz
  http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Kinect/Sony/Vizio/Microsoft/Rumors_and_Speculation/Microsoft_Rumored_to_be_Teaming_with_Sony_and_Vizio_for_a_Kinect_TV/8182
  Care to comment, Allen?
- A113N
  Actually thank you Zzz, I would.
  Quote from the artical
  “Microsoft Kinect may not be the most wieldy gaming peripheral out there. Integration into hardcore gaming experiences hasn’t exactly been happening and most Kinect games fail to impress. Where it shines though, is in controlling the basic user interface and swiping through menus.”
  This is exactly what I keep saying. Laggy, unresponsive, misreading command $hit. Who’s one and only good game is dance central since it doesn’t require a fast response or much accuracy. But that’s it. And it can’t do hard core games.
  Also okay, the controls of swiping through menus I guess is cool. With touch screen iphone’s everyone is getting used to swiping. So I suppose one could say that Kinect is an epic fail as a gaming peripheral but may have some uses in entertainment for scrolling through menus.
  Well i’m off, going to go play some Goldeneye 007 using the PS move shooter :-)
- Cool dude
  I highly doubt you actually have Move. Its just not fun. Anyways.. kinect never tried to be hardcore…. it only targeted Core audience…
  Disney land 8.0
  Kinect Spots Season 2 8.0
  Gunstringer 8.2
  Dance Central 2 8.6
  Do they seem hardcore to you?? No,I didnt think so.
  Yeah, Ps move tried to be hardcore but it wont replace a controller. Reason why it failed to sell.
- A113N
  Killzone 3, Resistance 3, Golden Eye 007, MAG, Start The Party, Eye Pet & Sports Champions I have. I borrowed the fight lights out from a friend and want to get that sometime but have many more things to do.
  Why is it you didn’t think I have a move? Sure I don’t pick it up every day and no it doesn’t completely replace my controller but I do personally love the sharp shooter and do wish I had the option in every FPS.
  Counter Strike will support it and it will help since we already know Playstation gamers will be cross platform gaming with PC gamers. We need the help since it’s much faster to target with mouse/keyboard than a controller. And the move does offer that. It’s awkward at first but once you get used to it; you realize it’s better.
  i guess it wouldn’t be good with Battlefield, I don’t think you would be able to fly a plane with a sharp shooter, lol.
- Cool dude
  Sorry for me calling PS move a “Fail”.. its not. Its a decent accessory. Its fun some times, but only sometimes. Maybe LBP2 but not FPS. Anyway, I just got annoyed because Heavenswarrior121 insulted me directly.
- AKA Zzz
  Well Allen clearly the tech is advancing and just look at third party developing to see what the Kinect is truly capable of. If Sony are realistically looking at putting it in their TV’s they must be impressed by what they’re seeing. There’s no future in the Move, it’s just another controller at the end of the day. You reach a wider audience with no controller as it opens up so many possibilities. Not to mention the Kinect being used in boardrooms, classrooms and hospitals.
  The Kinect 2 will not only be much more responsive but it will be more commercially successful than the first and will be used in a LOT of fields other than gaming. Will they even bother making a Move 2?
- Brevs
  In other news PSN Move is nowhere to be seen.
Bacon
I see is a pic of an as$ not lips, does it read as$ also?
therapist
that nice ass has taken over..fuck the Kinect as for right now..i would bag that crap of that lady for sure
Heavenswarrior121
Its called dumb business if they release the kinect 2 and most likely its going to fail..if the kinect isnt that good on the 360 why would you make a kinect 2 for the 360? They should just wait and take there time so it can be much more successful and productive…something you wouldnt kno cool bitch
- Cool dude
  You want to talk about success???
  Ps move failed to to sell up to expectations. Less and less games are being dedicated only for Ps move. It only sold 0.3 million in six months. No nominations for the “Best motion game” category. (VGA Awards)
  While kinect sold 2 million in six months and claimed the title of the fastest selling accessory. TWO kinect games out of four got nominated for “Best motion game” category. (VGA Awards)
  Anyway…
  Bro, it said “Future Xbox consoles”.. which means NEXT gen and not THIS gen…
  And you wont listen to me, I told you to read a book and you didnt.
  Huge pathetic fail bro…. You failed to read the article and calling me a “B*tch” it just backfired because of your rage and hardheadedness.
therapist
hmm i just thought of something. you sure they aint talking about pussy lips? lol
X
Let me guess, $300 for kinect 2?!
- Cool dude
  Lets hope not in that price..
  Lets hope not in this gen…
Dovahkiin
If that a$$ is included in a kinect bundle; I would gladly pay $300.
Tbone
I have no love for kinect, but it seems to do the trick for the casual and party games.
Move though, seems like months since I’ve heard anything on that and most of the time it’s just about another shooter using it.
Raven
There’s no denying the faults with kinect, but really what does the move have in store for the future? 2nd choice controller for core games, last choice for casual, not much for home entertainment. I highly doubt a move 2 unless it involves sony including it with their version of kinect
Hoppsy
Most the guys on here i would say where core gamers so why else would they spend so much time on a site called attack of the fanboy?
so i have to ask the question, why do you care about kinnect or move? when a ground breaking core game is released i’ll start to care but for now they have all been gimmicky mess’s..
in fact even though the tech of kinnect is excellent the only core games that have managed to be anywhere near competent at all with motion control have been killzone 3 etc with move.
I’ll stick with my controller thanks.