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Insomniac dev getting tired of coworkers yelling "Xbox OFF" over intercom
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XtremeXpider
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Well, Kinect works, Nice.
This is such an odd corner case that I don't even know why it's worth mentioning at all. It doesn't change the fact that pressing 1 button is easier than yelling at a device with (what seems to be, given OP) poor voice recognition software.
Voice control is pretty cool when your hands are busy and/or you are using an unwieldy device (touch screen for typing) but in this case it's literally one button press.
Its McDonalds. Thus the joke didn't land quite as well as it could have.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
It rubs the Kinect on its skin unless it gets the hose again.
What? No. Also It's It's. You're going to give someone an aneurysm some day!
*Oh, wait, I see. I totally messed that up. Haha, you're right.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Where do you live where it's MacDonald's?
lol
A Carl's Jr. I'm sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDPy2euUFbM#t=14
OT: But kinda relevant when voice commands with Kinect go wrong.
OT: But kinda relevant when voice commands with Kinect go wrong.
When I first heard about this a year ago I actively tried to get it to work because it sounded pretty funny. I've tried a few times and it just doesn't happen. Not even when I'm playing a video about Kinect that has the actual "Xbox___" commands in it. I've asked this before but is it due to people not doing the audio calibration?
BurnOutBrighter
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Like a good dick or fart joke, this will never get old.
King Beyond the wall
Member
Welcome to the future guys.
Doesn't the idea that there is a button prompt to confirm the voice command kind of defeat the purpose of a voice command?
Doesn't the idea that there is a button prompt to confirm the voice command kind of defeat the purpose of a voice command?
Alx
Member
No. There are two things it can do to filter out unwanted speakers :
- use sound localization to filter out what's coming out from your speakers (provided you did the sound calibration during setup, and didn't move the speakers around since). Kinect1 already did it, and there is an impressive demo of kinect2 filtering out game noises to extract the user's commands that you could barely hear without the filter.
- use face tracking to identify the users and track their lips, andknow who's talking. That would probably be a feature for games rather than generic commands, since one of the point of "Xbox off" would be to work even when you're not in the kinect field of view.
FaintColt388301
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Gherid__lacksGPS
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Holy shit, sharing with multiple friends, lol. Good stuff.
Seth Balmore
Member
Reminds me of last year during Need for Speed Most Wanted testing, we'd annoy the Xbox 360 testers by passing through and yelling the "Look around" command which makes the camera spin 360 degrees around the car anytime. Made for some beautiful high speed wrecks. 
FeiRR
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I'd choose "Xbox go home". It doesn't seem to have a confirmation. That Mega64 video is awesome.
I'm pretty sure this was being screamed out during the BF4 kerfuffle...
Both of you are pretty being very short sighted. This stuff is the future. Maybe Xbone is not there yet but all these things need to happen to get there. Just the other day I was lying in bed and remembered I forgot to set the alarm on my phone so I had to get up in the dark get the phone and set it. If you've seen the new Moto X it's supposed to work similar to Kinect and if it works as advertised it would be pretty amazing to do something like that.
The only problem is it needs to get to natural speech. So like "Xbox on and play Firefly on netflix". Or hell even now with GTA5 everytime I wanna play that game I gotta open the PS3 and load up the game then I just switch back to TV or finish something else while it takes like 10 mins to load. Would be sick if I could say "PS3 load gta" while I am finishing up some work before I play.
Ha ha, funny!
Though I thought I remember reading that Kinect would only turn it off if it recognised it was your voice...? Would have thought there was a confirmation message too.
This is all just leading me to think Kinect isnt as "smart" as they claim it is, though even if it was, its use in gaming... just doesnt seem that relevant and important to me, they say it is of course, but I've yet to any evidence.
Though I thought I remember reading that Kinect would only turn it off if it recognised it was your voice...? Would have thought there was a confirmation message too.
This is all just leading me to think Kinect isnt as "smart" as they claim it is, though even if it was, its use in gaming... just doesnt seem that relevant and important to me, they say it is of course, but I've yet to any evidence.
Metalmurphy
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Isn't it supposed to distinguish your voice so that it can ignore others?
FeiRR
Banned
That's a terrible story. You could've killed yourself there. Luckily everything went fine.
"Xbox off. Confirmation code 1, 1A, 2B"
Always-honest
Banned
Yeah voice commands is the dumbest thing ever in anything. The world is loud enough as it is.
Bravo great sarcasm there. But the dudes I was replying to said technology should make life easier and that was just an example.
Look at him flaunt his accomplishments. Why, Evel Knievel himself would shudder at the very thought of attempting such a miraculous feat!
Oh, it's no big deal. On a more serious note, I don't necessarily see this as the future. I mean, if we're going to debate that not having to get up to hit some buttons is some kind of futuristic revolution, I'll point you to exhibit A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfgN5tUgjb8
Alx
Member
Yeah seriously. Who would want to communicate through speech when you can push buttons ?
Sure we're dealing with machines and not people, but talking has always been the most natural way for human beings to transfer information.
FaintColt388301
Member
Come on now, he had a good point. If that technology existed he could have saved himself a solid minute of his life. Do you know how long that is in dog years?
LMAO!
The psycho mantis bossfight is the single most innovative game idea I have heard anyone come up with using Kinect. Kojima! Make it happen!
Always-honest
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Alx
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It's still communication. And it's not shouting, come on each time I hear/read that, it sounds as ignorant as my father calling videogames "shaking a computer".
see my comment above :
see my comment above :
Freezie KO
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Kinect will shut you down faster than John Boehner.
Always-honest
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It's communication with a device, ofcourse. But it's only real use is in a car or something like that. Just because it's a new tech doesn't mean it's an improvement over current tech. I can totally understand the hate by insomniac. And these people aren't dinosaurs either.
Also, it will make people shout. Cause that's what people do when the the tech doesn't pick up their commands the first time. And "xbox off" takes longer than pressing "off". It's inefficient.
I did the audio set up and it still happened, dont know if it was too close to my speakers or something but it would happen as random every couple of days or so, so i removed it. Was kind of hoping this one didnt have the same issue.