Microsoft Kinect 2.0 “Durango” Specifications: Improved Gaming Experience

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Play Station 4 might be just around the corner and apparently, so is the next Xbox – 720. A necessary accessory of the Xbox for so many – the Kinect, will also have a successor, as well –Kinect 2.0. As always, rumors and speculations are a norm and we’re not witnessing new information that comes to shed some light on the possible specifications of the upcoming Kinect. And these aren’t even the first that we’re witnessing.

Codenamed as “Durango”, the next Kinect could be crucial to the upcoming Xbox 720, because gamers are looking for more interactive gaming methods. Of course,Durango or Kinect 2.0will improve and will become “smarter”, being able to know and understand more about your movements. We won’t bother you too much and get right down to some possible and most important specs of Kinect 2.0,accordingto recent leaks. Do have a look at the more detailed picture below. Again, take this with a grain of salt, since nothing’s sure for the moment:

If you didn’t know, hear it now: Kinect was and still is the fastest selling gadget of all time, managing to sell 10 million units in less than 4 months – 120 days! Really, really impressive! It will be really interesting to see how willKinect 2.0 help Microsoftin its fight against Sony, as soon as Play Station 4 gets released.

The fact that the increased field of view will allow for up to 6 players is also awesome. Think about how developers will make use of this and what creative games will see the daylight thanks to this! I can’t wait, really. Kinect 2.0 will probably maintain the same form, without visible changes. Another interesting and helpful addition is the infrared sensor. What exactly does this mean? Well, that will be possible for Kinect 2.o to understand your body’s movements evenunder poor lighting conditions, or, if you want, even in the dark!

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Kinect 2.0 will also be able to read the position of joints and willalso detect sideways poses. This should allow for more evolved gaming and more complex movements. However, what we really, realy would like to see is a reduced latency. All users want that the time between their movement is made in real world and it appears on the screen to be as reduced as possible. So, let’s hope they will really improve that.

What I would recommend, without knowing if this is even possible, is for Kinect 2.0 to have a small moving camera that would be able to see even more in height. Currently, if we are to believe to these leaks it will increase its field of you in left, right and behind, if we can say so. Would be awesome to see it detect “above”, as well.

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Microsoft Kinect 2.0 “Durango” Specifications: Improved Gaming Experience