Microsoft has started hiring people to work on secret Xbox and Kinect projects

Often, job postings from companies end up revealing details about what they are working on. This is the case of Microsoft, whose recruitment website has been and is a regular source of news. But sometimes, human resources departments manage to reveal almost nothing, leaving an aura of mystery in the air. The latter is precisely what happens with a new job offer from the Xbox division in Redmond.

From what you can read on it, this is an offer for a software developer position in a newly formed team within the Microsoft games division.On its own, the offer should only attract the attention of those interested, but a text full of mystery has made it jump to some specialized media, generating more speculation about what the people of Redmond could be preparing for the future of Xbox One and Kinect

"And we are talking about speculation because the offer itself promotes it. In his description he defines the purpose of the team as pushing the edges of today&39;s and tomorrow&39;s technology while exploring new ideas from the ground up; there is talk that joining the team comes with risks; because most of what they work on is top-secret and you might not know what the new project is until you have accepted their offer; and it ends up warning that it is better not to respond to the offer if what you are looking for is a relaxed and risk-free job at Microsoft."

Getting into more specific details, in the offer, Kinect is directly named and the possibility of building experiences with it.And it is that the Microsoft sensor seems to be one of the fundamental tools with which the new team will work, but not the only one. Among the fields in which the future employee will work are also data mining, artificial intelligence or voice recognition; which adds more ingredients to the mix.

So, putting it all together, it's time to wonder about what they're cooking up in the Xbox division The problem is, it's hard to tell. Although with such credentials the offer could well be related to the rumored virtual reality helmet from Redmond, or to some augmented reality project that we have also heard about here. Either way, it's clear that Microsoft remains keen to explore new forms of entertainment with Xbox One and Kinect.

Via | Polygon > Microsoft Careers