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Kinect voor iedereen

Door Wouter van der Putten

Er was ooit een webcam van HP met gezichtsherkenning. Er was alleen een klein probleem; de webcam herkende geen negers. HP heeft niet veel imagoschade geleden en heeft snel het probleem opgelost.

Mensen waren bang dat met de Xbox Kinect hetzelfde zou gebeuren. Volgens Consumer Reports is dit niet het geval en kan de Kinect je alleen niet herkennen door slechte belichting.

The log-in problem is related to low-level lighting and not directly to players' skin color. Like the HP webcam, the Kinect camera needs enough light and contrast to determine features in a person's face before it can perform software recognition and log someone into the game console automatically. Essentially, the Kinect recognized both players at light levels typically used in living rooms at night and failed to recognize both players when the lights were turned down lower. So far, we did not experience any instance where one player was recognized and the other wasn't under the same lighting conditions.This problem didn't prevent anyone who was affected from playing Kinect games, since it can see and track players' bodies and motions using a built-in infrared lighting system.To sum up, the Kinect recognition issues affect automatic logins to the Xbox it's attached to if it's being used in poorly lit environments. But even without facial recognition, player can still log in to their personal avatars using simple hand-gestures or with standard Xbox controllers. Gameplay wasn't affected at all, even in totally dark rooms

Genoeg lichten aanzetten, is het advies.

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