Kinect hacks and unofficial mods from the Xbox community are so last year. What's really cool these days is programmers from France using an open source Kinect and a neural network to read and translate American Sign Language.
At this point, it only recognizes the ASL signs for "hello" and "sorry," but the programmers say the coding process for other words is complete, and all that remains is motion capture of the associated gestures.
I think it's pretty cool, seeing video game technology taken to be used as something useful. It's particularly nice to see the handicapped audience recognized and not ignored. How about you? Does this sort of programming excite you, or would you rather Kinect stay focused as a tool for gaming?
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KrakenAttack
I think it could only be beneficial.
ashkpa
American Sign Language.
It's not interpreting American Sign Language, it's interpreting French Sign Language. They're completely separate languages, and neither of the signs it can currently translate are in any way similar to they're American counterparts. They would have to teach it an entirely different language for it to be an "ASL Kinect Mod."
Still, it's a very cool way to use this technology.
JohnnyBuku
Kinect is a disappointment for gaming so far (in my opinion), but it looks like it has the potential to revolutionize how we interact with computers in general.
Tokano
Now, if it could recognize the finger... That would be more useful than sorry.
Stovie85
See,.....hackers are not all bad :D the grey hat hackers are the ones that do stuff like this :) Please not everyone hate on hacking console and devices. Look at what good is coming from hacking like this? I think if Microsoft embraces hackers they may very well be a destructive force in possibly pwning PS3
Krytture
Age/Sex/Location ?
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