I knew many zoomed into the party gaming aspect of Kinect and think it's a cute peripheral. I always knew there'd be more to it. If they wanted just a motion detector, they could have upgraded their vision cam and made more games like TotemBall. It's not a cheap web cam like many think, though. It has several different lenses, voice recognition and is able to map and track objects and people.

Today, some patents were discovered. It's very possible, that in the near future, you'll be able to play and converse with a deaf gamer.

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Now the real question is, can playstation top it?

If it really works... that would be cool.

I fail to see the point of it recognizing sign language. It's cool .. but Xbox live members can already converse with deaf gamers through text messages.

I fail to see the point of it recognizing sign language. It's cool .. but Xbox live members can already converse with deaf gamers through text messages.

But if it can translate sign language into on-screen words, then it would be much faster than using the slow guide to type out messages. Could be a cool feature if there are options to implement it into the controls, rather than talking to your TV (and has images of how to do commands somewhere).

But if it can translate sign language into on-screen words, then it would be much faster than using the slow guide to type out messages. Could be a cool feature if there are options to implement it into the controls, rather than talking to your TV (and has images of how to do commands somewhere).

It will probably be about like voice activated games, where half the stuff doesn't work in the first place and won't recognize so it will end up being more frustrating then just using the controller. Besides a lot of pc keyboards can be used for the 360 so I'm sure that deaf gamers already have a keyboard for it, so it takes half the time it does then using the controller.

It will probably be about like voice activated games, where half the stuff doesn't work in the first place and won't recognize so it will end up being more frustrating then just using the controller. Besides a lot of pc keyboards can be used for the 360 so I'm sure that deaf gamers already have a keyboard for it, so it takes half the time it does then using the controller.

Perhaps, but it is a step forward and even if it only half works, it is still exciting.

Think of how Ventrillo's chat works with TTS (Text To Speech). Imagine Kinect turning sign language into speech and piping that into your games and paries. I'm not saying that's how it'll work, but it'd definitely be much faster than any keyboard if it was. That's important, too. If a deaf gamer is in a game, they'd just need to set their controller down, and sign a few signs to say what they wanted. Not bringing up the dash, choosing the friend they wanted to message, and finally typing out a short message. If they were in a game, say a shooter... they'd most likely already be re-spawning.