So, I've thought about getting the Kinect, for interest in the technology rather than any of the games that are out. If anything, I'd be getting Dance Central, and Kinectimals looks interesting as well (if not a total ripoff). But I wonder, I've got less than five feet from the front of my TV stand to my couch, how well could the Kinect work if they want six feet. Anybody test this out yet? Give it a shot, someone!

So, I've thought about getting the Kinect, for interest in the technology rather than any of the games that are out. If anything, I'd be getting Dance Central, and Kinectimals looks interesting as well (if not a total ripoff). But I wonder, I've got less than five feet from the front of my TV stand to my couch, how well could the Kinect work if they want six feet. Anybody test this out yet? Give it a shot, someone!

I've heard there's not a lot of wiggle room when it comes to space, but I haven't tried it yet, so I can't be sure.
 
I am down with the technology though, I think it's amazing. It's just the games that are stopping me from buying one right now, not a single one interests me.
 
I wish they would update older games to take advantage of the jump-in jump-out capabilities of the Kinect, though. Like if I could be sitting on my couch playing Dead Rising of Fable, and my buddy sits down next to me with a controller, it could automatically recognize him, log him in and pop him up in the screen with me, or in a game like Halo, which could automatically transition into split-screen.

Don't do it man. At least wait until the price falls, or until it gets better games. One or two games don't really justify such a huge investment.

Yeah I was thinking about getting one too (after installing the dashboard update, seeing the new "Kinect Settings" panel and being like "gah, I must have this technology what with to access this"), but then I realized 

1. My dorm room, while relatively spacious, is far too small for what Kinect requires
2. $150-200 what

I dunno, even if you could get it working, I'm not convinced it would be particularly fun to play in a "minimum space" type of situation.
 
It's a shame that there's no way to know for sure how it will work in your room without shelling out the cash.

I have Kinect and to play the games you need at least 6 feet and I play around 7 feet for dance central and kinect adventures.

@bigsmoke77: Thanks for the info!

The 6' - 8' you need for Kinect doesn't have to be horizontal, the higher you place the sensor the closer you can be to the TV. 

If you could somehow maximize your living space to get Kinect to work, then maybe it would be worth the investment. I've decided to wait a couple more months until the hardware proves itself to be more than a mini-games peripheral.
 
Dance Central does look fun, though.

NO.................................DON'T DO IT. 

if you can get it up high like in that pic. I have mine resting on top on my  center speaker for my surround sound. my tv is wall mounted so its the best place for it. 

Im really tempted to get one too, but like everyone said already, there just arent any games worth the investment yet...

Oh yeah, you needed to be like 6-7 feet back