Why so serious?
Practise your 'interested' face
According to the latest rumours, Avatar Kinect will launch on 27th May, so with mere weeks before release Microsoft has revealed more of the development process behind the new Kinect-controlled chatroom.
Whereas Video Kinect and the upcoming Skype use video and voice for communication, Avatar Kinect uses your movements and facial expressions to control your on-screen Avatar: you frown, they frown. You smile, they smile.
Eric Lang, a general manager at Microsoft Startup Business Group, explained a bit more about how the software was created:
The work that we did was taking something that was essentially a demo and turning it into a product. It’s a huge amount of work.
You can read more about the creation of Avatar Kinect and check out the original CES announcement below.
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