Xbox 360 Kinect Racist? Consumer Reports Says No

[admin]

The popular video game review website GameSpot.com caused a stir when it suggested that Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 might be racist. The problems started when dark-skinned GameSpot testers were having problems getting the facial recognition to work. The site claimed that during initial calibration it had to make repeated attempts to identify darker-skinned employees while lighter skinned employees were recognized upon first try.

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[BoredSysAdmin]

Mildly amusing. Reminds of recent HP webcam tracking software racism accusations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4DT3tQqgRM

Low light + cheap cmos sensors = fail

 

[Michael]

Sure, Microsoft investment in R&D

http://www.primesense.com/
Israeli high-tech company

It could well be Apple Kinect.. If Jobs would not be so agressive..

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Sure, Microsoft investment in R&D

MS Licensed "Kinect" technology from PrimeSense and this was never attemped to hidden by any means. By licensing it - MS indirectly DID invest in the R&D process, just not their own R&D.