Clean your house or Kinect might not work properly!

MS advises against "clutter" for Kinect

Microsoft has warned that messy floors "with clothes all over the place" will prevent Kinect from working properly. Better have a quick tidy.

The company also advised against putting the sensor in "a noisy environment", using the examples "on top of your Xbox" and "on top of your subwoofer".

"We rely on the floor for a number of different parts of the technology," said Mark Plagge, Kinect's senior project manager, during a set-up video.

"You'll see when the sensor first boots up that it actually does this tilt down, and what it's doing is it's looking for the floor plane. Titles use the floor plane as a point of reference for the skeletons as they're moving throughout the title.

"The floor plane becomes very important, so if you have a very cluttered floor with clothes all over the place and we can't get a good look at the floor - it's a great thing if people can clean that up and move things out of the way."

The Kinect sensor should be placed in the horizontal middle of your telly at either the top or bottom. Exactly where will likely be bossed by the location of your telly's speakers, as having the sensor too close will mean audio interference.

"The other thing is that you want to put as much distance between you and the sensor as possible, so [placing the sensor] higher up actually tends to put an extra foot between you and the sensor," explained Tian Lim, director of Kinect development.

"The ideal play space starts about six feet away from the Kinect sensor. Some games will need you to move side to side quite a lot, so you'll want to know there are three-to-four feet on either side of you."

The requirements don't stop there. People with halogen spotlit rooms may encounter difficulties, as the Kinect sensor prefers an even light source throughout.

"To have really bright lighting in one spot and really dark lighting in another spot: as you move between the two you might actually look a bit different to the sensor, [and it will be] a little bit harder for us to keep track of you throughout the play space," said Kareem Choudhry, principal development manager on Kinect.

Other problems include facial hair (big beards) and dark clothing.

Eurogamer.

But what about my Vegas ****carpet?

Kinect just seems to fail more and more each day.

good, it's about time you cleaned up that dump.

Seriously, if you need to buy something in order to have an excuse to clean/not to clean your room, you got issues. Everyone should nothave stuff all over the floor. Why would Kinect be THE issue and not the person?

The evenly lit thing is where my house will fail, we may have enough room just but the shape is too arkward to light it evenly.

150 bucks and it seems you need to have some perfectly conditioned room for this expensive add-on to even work properly, one thing wrong and it messes up the experience.

Totally worth it.

is there anything good about kinect? lame games, easily goofed hardware, high price...?paullywog

Shouldnt your house be clean anyway? :| And using it with stuff all over the floor is a hazard anyway :Pnavyguy21

my room looks like aladdins cave cause its cluttered but its always clean :o theres a diffrence between clutter and being clean.

And never had a problem with cables on the floor *shrugs* all my bass gear gets stored away.

all they said was clutter...

If there isn't a load of crap on the floor, I reckon that it will be fine...

Kinect won't kinect unless you clean your living room? Wow it seems to be overly picky. I don't have clothes on my floor or anything but it's picky about lighting too.

Kinect launch week is going to be hilarious.

Wonder how long it's going to take for a certain kinect fan to enter this topic

Kinect sounds lackluster!

Kinect sounds lackluster!

clruff

I mean how do you play shooting games with that thing, make a pretend gun with your hand or out of wood? LOL

So lets go down the list again

1. Pricey hardware
2. At least 6 ft space
3. Cant ware lose cloth
4. Cant have anything on the floor
5. Input lag

I foresee returns, Lot's of returns.

It's a feature! It inspires your kids to help clean up the house! :P

Stop making a big fuss, I mean everyones house has to be a bit clean for kinect to scan.

You people will complain about anything

Well essentially what they said about Kinect applies at least somewhat to around nearly all major electronic products. If you follow the market then you would know. That doesn't mean Kinect's library will be any better though.

[QUOTE="navyguy21"]Shouldnt your house be clean anyway? :| And using it with stuff all over the floor is a hazard anyway :Pblackace

LOL on the facial hair. Kinnect does not work for hippees.

What happens if my dog walks in front of the TV while I'm playing?

The company also advised against putting the sensor in "a noisy environment", using the examples "on top of your Xbox" and "on top of your subwoofer".

loco145

[QUOTE="loco145"]

The company also advised against putting the sensor in "a noisy environment", using the examples "on top of your Xbox" and "on top of your subwoofer".

NVIDIATI

It like having your mom in your house,

Pick up your cloth,

Cut your hair,

Nobaggy cloth,

Turn it down,

Take the dog out,

...... stop playing video games :P

What happens if my dog walks in front of the TV while I'm playing?

ImaPirate0202

[QUOTE="NVIDIATI"]

[QUOTE="loco145"]

The company also advised against putting the sensor in "a noisy environment", using the examples "on top of your Xbox" and "on top of your subwoofer".

FragTycoon

It like having your mom in your house,

Pick up your cloth,

Cut your hair,

Nobaggy cloth,

Turn it down,

Take the dog out,

...... stop playing video games :P

At least 6 ft spaceFragTycoon

[QUOTE="FragTycoon"]At least 6 ft spaceBlue_Shield

For me, I'm not moving my coffee table for nothing...... it holds my coffee :|

(not that I was planing to get it anyway :P )

Great im going to have to mop up all those drunken hooch outta the way.... eehhh too much trouble. I think Im going to stick to wii for now.

Shouldnt your house be clean anyway? :| And using it with stuff all over the floor is a hazard anyway :Pnavyguy21

It's a feature! It inspires your kids to help clean up the house! :P

Teufelhuhn

Kinect will instill discipline in your children.

Well, I don't have a problem with the area having to be clean, but how will people know about the beards and dark clothes issue?

150 bucks and it seems you need to have some perfectly conditioned room for this expensive add-on to even work properly, one thing wrong and it messes up the experience.

Totally worth it.

FIipMode

I wonder if this will be Microsoft's Virtual Boy. :P

you gotta love these ads and the ideal environments in them

you gotta love these ads and the ideal environments in them

i_am_interested

So beards don't work with Kinect? I'm not shaving my beard off to play Kinectimals! Also - "No dark clothing"?

Kinect is going to be right up there with the PSPGo as the biggest fails of this generation.

you gotta love these ads and the ideal environments in them

i_am_interested

Wow the more i hear about this product the more it sounds like a piece of ****.:D

you gotta love these ads and the ideal environments in them

i_am_interested

Especially funny if that's supposed to be Japan.

Kinect just seems to fail more and more each day.

Animal-Mother

wow these camera devices are getting more faults day after day

i highly there for advice you to get a wii and save the trouble of not being able to play in the dark or in any condition you may game under

i told you inferad sensors may be old but like classic gaming , they serve their purpose at all times