Kinect Can Detect Children

It has been known for a while Kinect can detect the skeletal structure of any gamers using the device. Developers have taken note and created some interesting features for their games using this principal. The upcoming racer Joy Ride is able to detect the user’s height and adjusts the difficulty accordingly. This is not to say that taller gamers will have a more difficult time with the game – it is meant to detect children playing.

Before you think about cheating by kneeling down in front your television while playing Joy Ride it can detect that too. The developers stated that it uses the full skeletal structure including the knees to detect the player’s height. The game will know if you’re trying to cheat it!

This is certainly a creative use of Kinect’s abilities. As time progresses hopefully we will see more inventive ways to use the motion camera.

Details from Microsoft’s Official Kinect Show