Nobody trains those algorithms to detect ghosts; they're trained to detect people standing in front of it getting its attention," he added. "There are lots of things in frame that are invisible to a person and lots of ways [the Kinect] can be fooled." Ghost hunters seem to jump right to using the gadgets in the field without any validation for whether the gadget actually does what they say it's going to do," he said. "These guys taking EMF [electromagnetic field] readers and assuming if they see the dial move something is going on — no one's verified that. There's no basis for whether or not ghosts produce electric fields. There are a lot of assumptions."

Protocol Documentation - Kinect USB procotol, structures and hardware control commands for the cameras, motor, LED and audio Reload weapons, heal partners, access inventory and much more… all hands-free. So you can keep your fingers on the trigger and eyes on the target. The Kinect system itself is far from foolproof. The motion controls sometimes fail while playing games, and the sensitivity of the Kinect's mic results in some interesting and unreliable behavior. Sometimes it fails to detect players in the room; other times it misidentifies them. The hardware isn't perfect. This leaves the door open for skeptics to argue that the Kinect may not be the best ghost hunting tool after all. If it can't boast 100 percent accuracy for its intended uses, how can we expect to trust it when the software has been modified to catch the intangible?GFreenect (GLib) - Use Freenect from GLib. Also provides GObject Introspection which means automatic bindings for many other languages (Python, Javascript, Vala) If you are a fan of party mini-games, and laughing at your friends, for sure give this one a try. It’s everything you expect while being entirely its own and different. And that’s what we should come to expect from a game making good use of the Kinect’s functionality: that it makes the game better, not adding additional difficulty through clumsy motion control or useless functionality. Contributing - There are many ways to contribute: testing, administrative tasks, support related, documentation, collaboration etc. Nintendo had a firm hold on the motion sensor market, but Xbox is where some of the coolest intellectual properties saw adaptations for gaming.

For fans of games in the vein of House of the Dead or Condemned, this one is a prime example of how the Xbox had an edge over Nintendo for interesting game IPs for the Kinect. The “D4” portion of the title eluding to the fourth dimension of time, which you control in different ways to reveal the story of the game.

Project Policies - The official name of the project, license, contribution policy, developers coordination and decision making I always felt like some of the best selling Nintendo Wii titles that made use of the motion controls felt a bit bland and boring. And Kinect Adventures! is a step above in both excitement and visual appeal.

If you've seen the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, you've seen this experiment before: A Kinect, Microsoft's camera peripheral that adds motion and voice control to the Xbox console family, is used to look beyond the veil, modified to capture images of what many believe to be spirits. Forza Motorsport is a series of stylish action racing games known for their “cool” factor. And they are also at the forefront of innovation in the racing genre. Farley noted that there are a lot of problems in using the Kinect the way paranormal investigators do, most notably the fact that there is no scientific way to test the setup. He noted that instruments like the Geiger counter, which is used to measure radiation, were created in a lab and then routinely tested to verify they work. This on-rails style shooter makes use of motion controls via the Kinect sensor to aim and shoot your way through a super well polished title for the Xbox One. One of my top 5 attractions is Toy Story Midway Mania. A truly magical experience where you are taken through a series of 3d video shooting mini-games.

The group noticed that the table itself felt different to the touch whenever Philip was present, having a subtle electric or 'alive' quality," wrote experiment leader Dr. Iris M. Owen in Conjuring Up Philip: An Adventure in Psychokinesis. "On a few occasions, a fine mist formed over the center of the table. Most astonishing, the group reported that the table would sometimes be so animated that it would rush over to meet latecomers to the session, or even trap members in the corner of the room." Star Wars is a franchise used in so many awesome ways in gaming… but when it comes to motion controls, Kinect Star Wars is a great example of what fans have been waiting for… In Sonic Free Riders, your body literally becomes the controller as you jump and turn your way through fast-paced courses. It doesn't surprise me; this seems to be the trend for ghost hunting these days is to try and adapt technologies and use them to their advantages as much as possible," Farley said. "Everyone seems to have a gadget in their hands on these ghost hunts."