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3 Sep 2024 17:18:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The danger of Kinect  
From: Darren New
Date: 31 Jan 2011 14:45:45
Message: <4d471169$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis wrote:
> but a gesture to simulate running is no more 1:1 motion control -- which 
> was Kinect's selling point.

Well, sure. I was just saying when this sort of thing takes over for (say) a 
normal VR interface. Obviously making it easier to control passively is not 
the point of a game based on a motion sensor.

> And in the case of gestures for that, I'd still take an easy push on the 
> analog directional with the finger rather than pushing my leg or arm in 
> some direction all the time to control running...

In Rucker's books, for example, one makes a fist and points the direction 
one wants to travel. Not really hard to do.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."


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