{"id":48862,"date":"2017-10-26T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=48862"},"modified":"2017-10-26T06:06:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:06:19","slug":"microsoft-has-stopped-manufacturing-kinect-but-its-technology-will-live-on-with-the-hololens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/microsoft-has-stopped-manufacturing-kinect-but-its-technology-will-live-on-with-the-hololens.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing Kinect, but Its Technology Will Live on With the Hololens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing Kinect, but Its Technology Will Live on With the Hololens<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing Kinect, but Its Technology Will Live on With the Hololens:- Microsoft\u2019s Kinect which debuted on the Xbox 360 is dead. Production of the motion-sensing depth camera and microphone accessory has ended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">According to an interview with Kinect creator Alex Kipman and General Manager of Xbox Devices Marketing, Matthew Lapsen, Microsoft will no longer be producing Kinect and will continue to support it for customers on Xbox One.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cTrust is something you earn in drops and lose in buckets,\u201d said Kipman in conversation with Fast Co Design, alluding to industry-wide concern over consumer privacy when the Xbox One launched with Kinect back in 2013. \u201cI\u2019d say Kinect started the process in 2010 in having to earn drops of trust. Any number of [bad]events in the world, each one, you lose a bucket.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Considering the PS4 is handily beating the Xbox One in terms of sales and the target demographic demanded extra horsepower (leading to the Xbox One X) over new methods of interactivity, Microsoft\u2019s final stab at Kinect was just a matter of time. More so when you consider than neither the Xbox One S or Xbox One X have ports for the Kinect, requiring users to spend for an additional accessory to use it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cWhen we introduced Xbox One, we designed it to have the best experience with the Kinect. That was our goal with the Xbox One launch,\u201d says Lapsen. \u201cAnd like all product launches, you monitor that over time, you learn and adjust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Nonetheless, Kinect has sold over 35 million units since its 2010 debut. Fast Co Design reports that the tech used in Kinect \u2013 particularly its sensor \u2013 will power Microsoft\u2019s augmented reality Hololens that Kipman also created and the team behind it have gone on to work on Microsoft technologies such as Cortana, Windows Hello, and a user interface for the future that the company calls Gaze, Gesture, and Voice (GGV).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/gearsofbiz.com\/microsoft-has-stopped-manufacturing-kinect-but-its-technology-will-live-on-with-the-hololens\/153332<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/microsoft-has-stopped-manufacturing-kinect-but-its-technology-will-live-on-with-the-hololens.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing Kinect, but Its Technology Will Live on With the Hololens Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing Kinect, but Its Technology Will Live on With the Hololens:- Microsoft\u2019s Kinect which debuted on the Xbox 360 is dead. Production of the motion-sensing depth camera and microphone accessory has ended. 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