Microsoft current plans for Kinect involve the device to become the new center piece for the company with the main goal of having the device eventually become the new standard for PCs within the next few years.
This would go along with their upcoming plans for 2012 to integrate all the Microsoft brands into a more centralized service with Xbox Live and Kinect playing a huge role for Windows 7.
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"The updated software development kit that we released today includes some great new features that help us get closer to realizing this vision, including faster skeletal tracking, better accuracy rate when it comes to skeletal tracking and joint recognition, and the ability to plug and unplug your Kinect without losing work/productivity."
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Previous reports showed Microsoft was expanding Kinect's ability outside of just gaming to take advantage of support from businesses and from early hacking accomplishments from the PC modding community.
Kinect was also rumored in other reports to become the standard feature for the next Xbox console.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/kine...everyones-life
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