What is the name of Kinect's predecessor?

#1 Posted by xyzygy (8634 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

I've heard about this camera from a few people on the internet before, Microsoft apparently had some sort of camera peripheral in the 90's. The topic is usually brought up when people say "Kinect is just an advanced Eye-toy", but in fact the Eye-toy came out after this Microsoft camera. I just want to know the name. Every search including "microsoft" and "motion sensing camera" always comes back with Kinect.

It's almost like this thing doesn't exist!

#2 Posted by Meteora (5783 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Maybe it never was released as a commercial product, therefore never had a name?

#3 Posted by xyzygy (8634 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Maybe, but I still think it would be cool to read up on. I'm just curious about it that's all

#4 Edited by JJWeatherman (13876 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago

Kinect is based off of another camera that looks almost identical. It's made by some weird company. Looks like Microsoft just bought the tech or something. You're probably talking about something else though if it was from the 90s.

Edit: I'm talking about this thing:

Kinect Support

Kinect is a camera and depth sensor-based peripheral for the Xbox 360 that allows users to interact with and play games using their whole bodies, rather than using a standard controller.

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