Kinect Beta Includes A Dashboard Update, Kinect, And Games

Still not impressed by Kinect. Maybe it's just not my thing though.

I'm not interested in any of those games, i hope they bundle some "real" games with Kinect in the future.

Kinect is going to fail as bad as the Eye Toy and have just as many, if not more, games for children than the Wii.

Lucky!!!

I at least hope the Netflix queue is still layered. Only being able to see 4 or so movie boxes at a time is ridiculously low. I might as well use the terrible Netflix browser on my PS3 or Wii.
 
Other than that, /shrug. I wonder if the in-game "guide" has also been updated.

4gb xbox seems like a waste.

I'm actually happy I love I'm not included, I love my party chat more than writing an article >_>

" @Meteora said:

" @Damien said:

" I hope these people are careful in showing off this stuff. "

Nope. Not at all. You can even see the guy's Gamertag. I have a feeling this guy's account is going to get banned from Xbox Live soon, or even worse. "

I think he is gone, at least that is what I was reading on the forums last night. "

" Is there any kind of requirements for the beta testing or is this just going out to random people? Because that seems a little dangerous. "

" @Damien said:

" I hope these people are careful in showing off this stuff. "

Nope. Not at all. You can even see the guy's Gamertag. I have a feeling this guy's account is going to get banned from Xbox Live soon, or even worse. "

" Is there any kind of requirements for the beta testing or is this just going out to random people? Because that seems a little dangerous. "

It is total folly for me to think MS may allow us to set the default start row to My Xbox?  Or disable some of the unused rows (I could care less about video and music marketplace in Canada)?  The dashboard on my paid console with paid service is like 90% ads. 
 
Anyone know if the Destination Arcade or some other similar service has replaced the Games library area?  Or if they streamlined it at all? 
 
Is Destination Arcade still around - it only came out in the US, would have been neat to see a Quick Look so we'd know what we missed ;)

Microsoft has no aesthetic talent whatsoever. (referring to the dashboard)

Is there any kind of requirements for the beta testing or is this just going out to random people? Because that seems a little dangerous.

" I hope these people are careful in showing off this stuff. "

So... The Avatars look the same and the dash looks worse. Sweet.  
 
(still wish I had gotten an email - and free Kinect - though :/ )

I prefer the avatars as they are now, they just need more interactivity.

I hope these people are careful in showing off this stuff.

you know, it would have been hilarious to see a blade-like system return for the dashboard for flicking through tabs

" honestly I think the new dash looks worse. To blocky and plain in my opinion. "

The only way I would have a Kinect in my home is if it was given to me...so let me be in the beta!

honestly I think the new dash looks worse. To blocky and plain in my opinion.

" kinect: for people who don't work 8-10 hour days! mainly for children after school who still have energy to burn! "

I'm pretty excited for November 4th. I wonder how Kinect will sell and if it'll actually work as promised.

The stuff that is within this article has now been deemed cool.

kinect: for people who don't work 8-10 hour days! mainly for children after school who still have energy to burn!

wow this is what happens when you make random people sign NDAs.

That is some stuff, that's cool...

cool stuff...

Remember those Kinect beta invites Microsoft was supposedly sending to a chosen few prospective participants a week ago? The emails have been proven as genuine, as at least one beta user is already shredding up his NDA and leaking information and showing off a much sleeker, Kinect-enabled dashboard.

Joystiq has some hot screen grabs of the said dashboard, which we assumed was coming with the launch of the Kinect hardware. As a whole, the dash appears to be less bulky, both in-game and out. Its colors are a lot more sensible and refined, too, much like the new, more human-like avatar that Rare has been working on.