Wikipedia έγραψε:Kinect is a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform, and may later be supported by PCs via Windows 8.[7] Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller through a natural user interface using gestures, spoken commands,[8] or presented objects and images. The project is aimed at broadening the Xbox 360's audience beyond its typical gamer base.[9] Kinect competes with the Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus and PlayStation Move motion control systems for the Wii and PlayStation 3 home consoles, respectively.
Sooo, κάποιος ανακοίνωσε ότι θα δώσει $2000 σε όποιος κάνει reverse engineer το kinect.
Το ίδιο ανακοίνωσε και η AdaFruit για $3000
Wikipedia έγραψε:In November 2010, Adafruit Industries offered a bounty for an open-source driver for Kinect. Microsoft openly voiced its disapproval of the bounty, stating that it "does not condone the modification of its products" and that had "built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering".[60] On November 10, Adafruit announced Héctor Martín as the winner,[61][62] who had produced a Linux driver that allows the use of both the RGB camera and depth sensitivity functions of the device.[63][64]
Και μέσα σε μερικές μέρες είχαμε νικητή:
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Η AdaFruit έδωσε τα λεφτά και επιπλέον $2000 στον EFF
AdaFruit έγραψε:They defend our digital rights, our right to hack, reverse engineer and do things like this project. From the start of this effort Microsoft said they were going to “work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant” – if they did (or still plan to) the EFF would likely be our only hope (yours too). If you’d like to make sure we can all continue to hack, tinker and mod please consider donating to the EFF as well
Επιπλέον δίνονται άλλα $2000 ($1000 + $1000) για τα δύο καλύτερα project πάνω στο kinect (μέχρι 32Δεκεμβρίου)
Ήδη έχουν αρχίσει κάποια prject:
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more and more
και φυσικά δε θα μπορούσε να λείπει το DIY
hf o/
w/e τώρα λένε ότι τους εμπνέει όλο αυτό και τα project αυτών που χρησιμοποιούν τους ανοιχτούς drivers 
