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Microsoft Kinect hacked to play World of Warcraft

article published on 29 December, 2010

USC researchers have hacked the Microsoft Kinect motion-control system, giving users a chance to play the popular MMORPG 'World of Warcraft,' and other PC games. The researchers have made the software available for free, online, dubbed the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST). FAAST makes it easier for users to play PC games that would otherwise require a keyboard ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		29. December 2010 @ 23:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wonder what this movement makes your character do...


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shortybob
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_ 		30. December 2010 @ 03:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Maybe they'll get a few WoW nerds off their asses for once... Ha, yeah right. This invention is destined to fail due to overlooking the target audience completely
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cyprusrom
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_ 		30. December 2010 @ 08:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by shortybob:
 Maybe they'll get a few WoW nerds off their asses for once... Ha, yeah right. This invention is destined to fail due to overlooking the target audience completely
I'd rather be a WOW nerd(if only I had that much free time on my hands), rather than a Facebook idiot.
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wileycb
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_ 		30. December 2010 @ 12:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Making leaps in technology like this is amazing and just one step closer to Minority Report style computer screens. My son is already talking about hologram video games and he is only 8. I hope I get to see it in my life time, what a leap Atari to Hologram.
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kikzm33z
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_ 		30. December 2010 @ 19:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Lol. This is World of Warcraft we're talking about. Come on...
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plazma247
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_ 		31. December 2010 @ 05:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Really as cool as the system is, i dont hold any long term hope for the technology past simple left right up down select user interfaces for tvs etc

People are just to lazy, i would always use a mouse and keyboard because its less work, if there was something that required no movement and i could just plug myself into a usb port, i would do that instead.

Just my pennys worth.
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