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- 1Kinect turns sixteen as a comet supplied its own special effects●kinect turns sixteen; the comet supplied its own special effects November 4: Kinect reaches its sixteenth anniversary, E
November 4 marks the sixteenth anniversary of Microsoft's Kinect, the motion-sensing accessory for the Xbox 360. The same date also saw NASA's EPOXI spacecraft fly past a highly active comet, and Nintendo is noted for having made playing cards long before it built video game consoles. Commenters are marking the Kinect milestone alongside these other November 4 anniversaries.
- 2Xbox Kinect finds new life outside of gaming▼The Xbox Kinect failed as a gaming accessory, but it's ridiculously useful without an Xbox
The Kinect, Microsoft's motion-sensing camera that failed to catch on as a gaming accessory for the Xbox, is proving surprisingly useful for other purposes once detached from the console. Tech writers point out that its depth-sensing camera and microphone array make it handy for projects like 3D scanning, home automation and research applications, giving the discontinued hardware a second life among hobbyists.