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The Kinect contains three vital pieces that work together to detect your motion and create your physical image on the screen: an RGB color VGA video camera, a depth sensor, and a multi-array microphone. The camera detects the red, green, and blue color components as well as body-type and facial features.
How does Kinect detect motion?
The camera transmits invisible near-infrared light and measures its "time of flight" after it reflects off the objects. Time-of-flight works like sonar: If you know how long the light takes to return, you know how far away an object is.
Why did Xbox discontinue Kinect?
Microsoft blundered when it launched the Kinect V2, bundling it with the Xbox One and driving up the total price. To bring that price tag back down, the Kinect was sacrificed. The stigma it generated probably led to decreased interest, and decreased usage led to developer abandonment.
Can a Xbox Kinect record you?
Kinect can record speech data, photos, and videos, but you can choose whether such data is collected.
