All credit to Jibber Hack for bringing up the article in the MS conference thread:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1099085p1.html
No word on if that's temporary or not. They've got four-five months to fix this. I mean, seriously?
Edit: gofreak says:
But Aaron Greenberg twitters...
Standing Room Only said:Right now, Kinect only works when you stand. This includes menu navigation. All the cool options to grab a slider and advance through frames of a movie you are watching only work when you are on your feet. Kinect, we've been told, has problems handling your skeletal frame while sitting. The voice commands still work, but every game we've seen and even simple menu navigation have to be done with you out of your seat. That's not exactly how I want to watch my movies. If the focus for Kinect is creating games like Dance Central that naturally would require you to be off your couch, that's great. But I have to say, no one thinks "I am driving a car!" while standing up in their living room.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/109/1099085p1.html
No word on if that's temporary or not. They've got four-five months to fix this. I mean, seriously?
Edit: gofreak says:
gofreak said:Edge reported devs' concerns on this exact problem - parsing out the player from furniture - a couple of issues ago. It seems entirely believable when you take a moment to think about the challenges involved vs dealing with people standing 'free'.
Again though, said article said that MS was working to fix this.
But Aaron Greenberg twitters...
Yes you can sit or stand with Kinect, depends on the game or experience.