Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Kinect integration

[Devin]

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Windows Phone 7 is set to combine with Kinect for some novel control elements for Xbox gaming. Microsoft has been pushing greater and greater device integration ever since the success of the Xbox platform. Windows Phone 7 has already been bestowed with Xbox Live integration, but now it seems as if Microsoft is trying to leverage its two newest technologies to bring together some intriguing gaming possibilities.

Microsoft executive Joe Belfiore, who heads Windows Phone Program Management, unveiled a technical demonstration of WP7 Kinect integration at MWC. The video (included after the break) showed off a WP7 device being used to control some elements of the gaming action. While the video is showing real code and something Microsoft is genuinely working on in the lab, don't get your hopes up for an imminent release; according to Cnet, it's not something that's going to be delivered within 2011.

An exciting prospect indeed, and while what we saw in the video isn't coming to a WP7 device near you any time soon, that doesn't mean we won't see more device and service hook-ups coming out of Redmond in the near future.

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[RupeeClock]

Are they for real?
First they make a huge fuss about "not having to use controls" and "you are the controller" and now they're doing crap like this?

Edit: Actually, this does look good, but nothing that you couldn't just do with the 360 pad.

 

[Frogman]

pfft looks funny

 

[shakirmoledina]

kinda reminds me of the integration btn wii and DS games like batman tht allowed u to control the minibatman (some other name) from your DS by dropping bombs and stuff while 2 ppl played on the wii

 

[Chaz.]

Zelda Wind Waker and Tingle Tuner perhaps?

 

[Slyakin]

It's kind of funny how they're torturing him.


But still, "You are the controller. Now, have a buddy with a controller! No big deal."

 

[Deleted_171835]

It looks quite interesting.
BRAH. incomplete post.

 

[Deleted_171835]

It looks quite interesting.
It's nothing really new, though. It's just co-op using a Windows Phone and a Xbox Kinect. I got to admit, though. I'm interested. It works well in the Kinect 'ball game' but I can't think of many other games this would work well in.

 

[Maz7006]

i love how they advertise their stuff, it puts a WOOOOOW effect on you and then after spending some moments thinking about it your like -WTF IS THIS CRAP

 

[Maedhros]

The Kinect is something more amazing outside the games... the applications this thing is getting are amazing.

 

[KingVamp]

More like have fun by other people a spent.