Does anyone remember Kinect? Not even at Microsoft does it seem that they hold him in esteem and they may have sentenced him

When the Xbox One came on the market one of the aspects that raised the most controversy was the obligation to purchase it with Kinect, something which raised its price significantly. A supplement that was already in rather weak he alth at that time, it must be said.

And the fact is that Kinect arrived in the midst of the maelstrom of the Nintendo Wii and its controllers, including Nunchakus. Gesture control of our games using the controller was something revolutionary in which many saw a promising future.In fact, they seemed to think that at Microsoft, which launched Kinect with Xbox 360, but also at Sony, which bet heavily on PlayStation Move on PlayStation 3.

The fact is that time has passed and the Wii and its controls, although revolutionary, seemed like an ephemeral fashion Something fleeting that It served as a preview of the Virtual Reality or Mixed Reality that later came with the PlayStation VR. Sony forgot about its PlayStation Move but where was Microsoft's Kinect?

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Few games focused on its use since the first Kinect, that of Xbox 360; neither by Microsoft nor by third-party developers. And of the few that were or were mostly casual in the style of Nintendo Wii or too childish. Thus Kinect was cornered for use in other PC environments, where the community developed some flashy applications."

That's where we are when Microsoft announced the enhanced Kinect that was coming with Xbox One. And we already saw what the result was. A price increase and again few, very few games to take advantage of.

This meant that after criticism it was announced that the Xbox One could be purchased without this accessory so that its price was lowered to thus compete with PlayStation 4. But Kinect was not a bad accessory ... far from it. They just didn't know how to take advantage of it.

Where is Kinect with Xbox One X?

The arrival of Xbox One X made us think what would happen with Kinect, would we see a new version? Would it have any role? Have you read anything about Kinect at E3 2017 at Microsoft's keynote? Us neither.

It is assumed that the Kinect that came with Xbox one can continue to be used (it is one more peripheral) with Xbox One X but for what? Not even in Redmond it seems that they remember their once innovative proposal They have totally forgotten about Kinect and the users who at the time opted for it and who now They have it collecting dust in a drawer at home.

With the introduction of Xbox One X there's not even a mention of Kinect and the console doesn't even have a port to plug it into. In this sense, we cannot say that it is a surprise, since the Xbox One S did not have the proprietary port of the original Xbox One either and we had to get an adapter that Microsoft provided us for free if we had an Xbox One or bought it in the Store from Microsoft.

Kinect is almost deadXbox One and the recently introduced Xbox One X have support for Windows 10 and all that this implies regarding connectivity. Virtual Reality or Mixed Reality glasses, webcam, keyboards... a large number of accessories in which Kinect has no place.

Developers and companies, albeit timidly, begin their bets on Augmented Reality and Microsoft now sees the Mixed Reality project as the new path to follow. It remains to be seen if over time they do not crash again with this bet as they did with Kinect in their day. We only have to wait and that the time of or remove reasons. Meanwhile Kinect remains only for those who like to tinker with PC and some experimental applications although we are very afraid that sooner or later we will say: Kinect, rest in peace

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