I see where you're coming from but, say, watching TV isn't much of an achievement really is it. It's more the opposite really.
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I see where you're coming from but, say, watching TV isn't much of an achievement really is it. It's more the opposite really.
I see where you're coming from but, say, watching TV isn't much of an achievement really is it. It's more the opposite really.
Just watching TV maybe not, but the achievements are not just for that. It's a discovery & rewarding tool. Just like it was for games when it was first introduced.
Tommy McClain
Wow that's terrible, seems like it doesn't even hear his voice commands half the time, and the other half it tends to get them wrong. Yikes, looks like they have a ton of software work to do, that video makes the voice recognition look like pre-alpha, it's just about unusable.
Yeah they've evolved the "Achievements" idea to encompass many more things now.
Anyway 10 more minutes to the live coverage of the launch.
he's doing too fast. the cadence is "Xbox, (pause), [command]"
he's blowing right through the command cadence.
They moved it from the office to his home, so who knows if they calibrated Kinect again? I can move mine and it will ignore everything we say until I redo the calibration. Sometimes I can be 60' away and it works fine with a normal voice, if it is tuned.
Launch program did show a few new QB clips, so there was that at least.
Xbox One launch trailer. This one has surprised me. With trailers like this...that's how you sell consoles.
It shows totally new footage of some games. The Witcher 3, some seconds of Quantum Break, and some other unexpected games in there.
EDIT: I removed the link for now until someone shares a better, full resolution video.
This one has surprised me. With trailers like this...that's how you sell consoles.It shows totally new footage of some games. The Witcher 3, some seconds of Quantum Break, and some other unexpected games in there.
EDIT: I removed the link for now until someone shares a better, full resolution video.
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Huh, that's terrible. In other cases it works flawlessly, and I mean totally, other times it is a hit and a miss.
I don't experience many problems with Kinect 1 when performing a quick search, so I expect a seamless experience for me with Kinect 2.
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No matter how cold it is outside, how frostbitten they may fell... these people are heroes.
http://www.9news.com/rss/article/365652/222/Several-line-up-for-new-Xbox-despite-extreme-cold
I think that the average consumer is getting the message after watching this news.
Now that I think of it, they are broadcasting the news on the TV, but I guess commercial broadcast televisions and radio networks could sign an agreement to work together with the Xbox One.
The interaction with the console encourages users to use the TV because of achievements and stuff like that, so it's a win win situation.
http://www.9news.com/rss/article/365652/222/Several-line-up-for-new-Xbox-despite-extreme-cold
I think that the average consumer is getting the message after watching this news.
Now that I think of it, they are broadcasting the news on the TV, but I guess commercial broadcast televisions and radio networks could sign an agreement to work together with the Xbox One.
The interaction with the console encourages users to use the TV because of achievements and stuff like that, so it's a win win situation.
Billy Idol
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Um...that is awful. But seems consistent to the IGN video.
So what the heck is going on again with the reviews? A 50% voice recognition rate is unusable and broken. Richi said in DF article that he gets 90% rate?
Inability to follow simple directions, is my guess. That looks like the performance you get with a badly calibrated audio pipeline. Either he did not calibrate at the same or higher volume than he plays at, he moved the console and Kinect from one place to another, or he has the Kinect placed right in front of, or on top of, a speaker.
I wish they didn't have to rely on the calibration process so much. Unfortunately there currently isn't a better way to do it.
Billy Idol
Legend
Is this properly explained when setting up the device??
This could be a good explanation, as in the Giantbomb case, he did move the box over to his house to test the TV features...
Billy Idol
Legend
Yeah, this would be quite nice!
Billy Idol
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That is quite a bad comparison.
The vids I saw show the following: people give a voice command...nothing happens. People give the same(!) voice command again...it works.
No licking involved.
It's an interesting concept, though I'm not so sure if that's actually a good idea? Maybe I am getting the wrong idea what these apps are supposed to be or do - but for me, an app is something that I use as a tool or in a constructive manner. Like an app for reading emails or twitter feed. There's no incentive to try every single setting or configuration there is, because I use the app not as a challenge, but purely by function.
On the other hand - games have always been about a challenge. In the old days, people used to spend time and money at the arcades either for their own entertainment or by the purpose to leave their mark by beating high-scores and putting their name down. That is what achievements are about - to beat a challenge and take something with you, as proof or means to compare to others that you have achieved a difficult task.
Using apps (that if I understand correctly are by function not by challenge), I don't see the point in including into any reward/trophy/achievment system... or am I just not getting it?
Disclaimer; If Sony is going the same route - I'll be happy to copy this post to any console where it applies. I just don't see the point.
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