Microsoft Says Yes To Kinect Hacking

[gregmcc]

What am about turn. I guess its just because its been hacked.

http://digitizor.com/2010/11/20/microsoft-says-yes-to-kinect-hacking/

What has happened is someone wrote an open-source driver for PCs that essentially opens the USB connection, which we didn’t protect, by design, and reads the inputs from the sensor.

By design??....laughable!!! :wtf:

 

[McGuywer]

I agree with MS.
It is not hacking.

Would be interesting to see the other uses.

 

[w1z4rd]

Microsoft does not condone the modification of its products. With Kinect, Microsoft built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering. Microsoft will continue to make advances in these types of safeguards and work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant.

Talk about an about turn.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

I agree with MS.
It is not hacking.

Would be interesting to see the other uses.

I would like to see the implementation of the Kinect for educational PC games. My little one is still too young to be able to use a keyboard properly.

 

[hungrybeaver]

Check this out:

[video=youtube;7QrnwoO1-8A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QrnwoO1-8A&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

[Nerfherder]

Smart move.... this will benefit the device long-term.

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

If MS includes kinect support in windows 8 than they win hands down. Imagine you could scroll your pc with your hands. Browsing the web on your TV with just your hands. Awesome...

 

[gregmcc]

BSOD your pc without even touching it