New World Notes: Avatar Kinect Now Free on Fun Labs -- What Do You Think?

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Avatar Kinect Now Free on Fun Labs -- What Do You Think?

Avatar Kinect, the Microsoft (!) technology which I think could revolutionize virtual worlds, is now available for free via Kinect Fun Labs. To help promote it, Microsoft's sponsoring a contest for comedians to tell jokes through their avatars:

Pretty clever, because if Avatar Kinect is robust enough to convey humor through an avatar, it's probably as powerful in other communication contexts. Sucks for me: I don't own a 360. Anyone reading NWN care to give it a try, and share your reactions here? Now's a very good time, because in September, Avatar Kinect will be restricted to Xbox Live Gold subscribers.

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 11:37 AM in Kinect, New World Gaming, New World Tech | Permalink

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