https://starstartlliu-design.github.io/myblog/tags/kinect/ Recent content in Kinect on Lu's Blog Hugo en-us Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200 https://starstartlliu-design.github.io/myblog/posts/hci-homework-2/lecture-6/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200 https://starstartlliu-design.github.io/myblog/posts/hci-homework-2/lecture-6/ <h1 id="the-rise-and-fall-of-microsoft-kinect-why-technological-innovation-does-not-guarantee-interaction-success"> The Rise and Fall of Microsoft Kinect: Why Technological Innovation Does Not Guarantee Interaction Success <a class="heading-link" href="#the-rise-and-fall-of-microsoft-kinect-why-technological-innovation-does-not-guarantee-interaction-success"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h1> <p><strong>HCI Homework 2 — Lecture 6</strong></p> <h2 id="1-introduction"> 1. Introduction <a class="heading-link" href="#1-introduction"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>In November 2010, Microsoft introduced Kinect for the Xbox 360, a motion-sensing device that allowed people to control games using their bodies instead of conventional handheld controllers.</p> <p>The concept was ambitious: users could become the controller themselves. By combining depth sensing, computer vision, and real-time human pose estimation, Kinect made full-body interaction available to millions of consumers.</p>