Youll also have to know just what to say to Kinect to get it to work. For instance, saying Play Forza will confuse it. Youll have to say Play Forza Motorsport 5 to launch the game. Similarly, you can say Xbox: Volume up to boost the sound coming from your TV, but if you try Xbox: Turn the volume up, youll get nothing. We also suspect Kinect is a bit hard of hearing. While we carefully went through the set-up process, which is supposed to correct for ambient noise - and even though we tested in a quiet environment - we still had to bark commands at an elevated volume, and sometimes shout like a madman. Where Kinect works wonderfully with both gaming and television, though, is in its automatic recognition of household members. It knows what you like to play and watch, and organizes the dashboard around those interests. And should one user wander into the room while another is using Xbox One, it will still recognize and greet the newcomer. And the technology shines when youve bought a gift card or are trying to redeem a code. Its able to quickly scan QR codes, saving the headache of typing in a long string of numbers and letters.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:10:27 +0000
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