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Kinect: Technology, History & Measurement

Kinect is a discontinued line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of flight calculations, which can in turn be used to perform real-time gesture recognition and body skeletal…

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Kinect topic overview

The analysis highlights Technology, History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Kinect.

Related topics
249
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
257
Extracted relationships
420
Concept neighborhoods
63
Bridge connections
257

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 84 topics
Technology · 60 topics
Software · 46 topics
Overview · 25 topics
Reception · 20 topics
Other motion controllers · 9 topics
Awards · 3 topics
Sales · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Best-selling game
Kinect Adventures
Camera
640×480 pixels @ 30 Hz (RGB camera) 640×480 pixels @ 30 Hz (IR depth-finding camera)
Connectivity
USB 2.0 (type-A for original model; proprietary for Xbox 360 S)
Developer
Microsoft
Discontinued
WW: April 2, 2015 · WW: April 20, 2016 · WW: October 25, 2017
Generation
Seventh and eighth

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Technology

Software

Reception

Sales

Other motion controllers

Awards

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Kinect connects Entity context

The extracted context around Kinect shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Kinect → Although, Concerns, DRM, Engadget, English, Forza, Forza Motorsport, However, In, Matt Peckham, Microsoft, November, Off, On, Paused, Peckham, Prior, Privacy, Reports, The Kinect's Another extracted example is Kinect → Battlefield, Call, Concurrent, Duty, E3, Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Device, Guinness World Record, In, Internet, June, Kinect's, March, May, Microsoft, Microsoft's Xbox, Only, Over, Part, Several, The Kinect. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Kinect

Top relations

related to Kinect for Xbox One · 26
Kinect → Although, Concerns, DRM, Engadget, English, Forza, Forza Motorsport, However, In, Matt Peckham, Microsoft, November, Off, On, Paused, Peckham, Prior, Privacy, Reports, The Kinect's
related to Kinect for Xbox One and decline · 26
Kinect → Battlefield, Call, Concurrent, Duty, E3, Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Device, Guinness World Record, In, Internet, June, Kinect's, March, May, Microsoft, Microsoft's Xbox, Only, Over, Part, Several, The Kinect
related to Introduction · 24
Kinect → By E3, Criterion Games' Burnout Paradise, E3, Hz, In, June, Kate, Lionhead Studios' Milo, Microsoft, Microsoft's, Microsoft's Don Mattrick, Microsoft's Ricochet, Paint Party, Peter Molyneux, PlayStation Move, Project Natal, Project Natal-enabled, Shane Kim, Sony Interactive Entertainment's, Steven Spielberg
related to Kinect for Xbox 360 (2010) · 24
Kinect → At, Australia, Canada, Currently, France, Germany, Ireland, Israeli, Italy, Japan, Light Coding, Mainland Europe, Mexico, Microsoft, New Zealand, PrimeSense, RGB, The, The Kinect, This
related to Kinect-enabled features on the Xbox operating system · 22
Kinect → Among, Dashboard, ESPN, However, Hulu Plus, In May, Kinect's, Last, MB, Microsoft, Netflix, November, Other, Requiring, Techniques, The, The Xbox One, Video Kinect, Windows Live Messenger, Xbox
related to Non-video game uses of Kinect · 22
Kinect → Another, California, Create, Davis, For, Google Chrome, JavaScript, Kinect SDK, Microsoft, Minority Report, MIT, MIT Media Lab, MRPT, NASA, Numerous, Oliver Kreylos, Other, Philipp Robbel, Robot Locomotion Group, SLAM
related to Other motion controllers · 21
Kinect → Across, Aragorn's Quest, Dead Space, Dimension, Examples, Extraction, Ferb, Kinect's, Phineas, PlayStation, PlayStation Camera, PlayStation Eye, PlayStation Move, Rings, The Lord, While, Wii, Wii Balance Board, Wii Remote, Wii Remote Plus
related to Video games · 19
Kinect → Activision, Along, Better, Capcom, Electronic Arts, Games, Kinect Sensor, Konami, LucasArts, MTV Games, Namco Bandai, November, Requires Kinect Sensor, Sega, Third-party, THQ, Ubisoft, Xbox, Xbox Live Arcade
related to KinectShare.com · 17
Kinect → Dance Central, Disney, It, July, June, Kinect Adventures, Kinect Fun Labs, Kinect Rush, Kinect Sports, KinectShare, November, October, Pixar Adventure, Season Two, The, The KinectShare, Xbox
related to Awards · 16
Kinect → Gadget, Gaming Gadget, Innovation, It, Kinect Won T3's, MacRobert Award, Microsoft Kinect, Most Innovative Tech Products, New York City, Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards, Seattle, Startup Awards, The, Windows, Windows Software Development Kit, Year

Important terminology

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Important terminology

microsoft xbox one would games also new windows 360 used released technology sensor motion hardware device system launch 2010 project

Kinect relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 420 structured relationships around Kinect. Examples in this analysis include Kinect → Best-selling game → Kinect Adventures and Kinect → Camera → 640×480 pixels @ 30 Hz (RGB camera) 640×480 pixels @ 30 Hz (IR depth-finding camera). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KinectBest-selling gameKinect Adventures1.00infobox
KinectCamera640×480 pixels @ 30 Hz (RGB camera) 640×480 pixels @ 30 Hz (IR depth-finding camera)1.00infobox
KinectConnectivityUSB 2.0 (type-A for original model; proprietary for Xbox 360 S)1.00infobox
KinectDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
KinectDiscontinuedWW: April 2, 20151.00infobox
KinectDiscontinuedWW: April 20, 20161.00infobox
KinectDiscontinuedWW: October 25, 20171.00infobox
KinectGenerationSeventh and eighth1.00infobox
KinectLifespan2010–20171.00infobox
KinectPlatformXbox 360 Xbox One Windows (Windows 7 onwards)1.00infobox
KinectPredecessorXbox Live Vision1.00infobox
KinectReleasedNA: November 4, 20101.00infobox
KinectReleasedEU: November 10, 20101.00infobox
KinectReleasedCOL: November 14, 20101.00infobox
KinectReleasedAU: November 18, 20101.00infobox
KinectReleasedJP: November 20, 20101.00infobox
KinectReleasedWW: February 1, 20121.00infobox
KinectReleasedWW: November 22, 2013[citation needed]1.00infobox
KinectSuccessorAzure Kinect1.00infobox
KinectTypeMotion controller1.00infobox
KinectUnits sold35 million (as of October 25, 2017)1.00infobox
Kinectis adiscontinued line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 20100.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Kinect bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Xbox, Microsoft and One. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Kinect
    • Xbox
    • Microsoft
    • One
    • Would
    • Windows
    • Used
    • Games
    • New
    • Released
    • Also
    • Sensor
    • Software
  • kinect
    • Xbox
    • Microsoft
    • One
    • Would
    • Windows
    • Used
    • Games
    • New
    • Released
    • Also
    • Sensor
    • Software
  • motion sensing
    • Tracking
    • Recognition
    • Voice
    • Technology
    • Device
    • Camera
    • Could
    • Game
    • Games
    • Released
    • Time
    • Skeletal
  • microsoft
    • Xbox
    • Would
    • One
    • Windows
    • Announced
    • Launch
    • Also
    • Games
    • Hardware
    • Software
    • Technology
    • New
  • time of flight
    • Also
    • Recognition
    • Tracking
    • Applications
    • System
    • Technology
    • Used
    • One
    • New
    • Skeletal
    • Console
    • Voice
  • gesture recognition
    • Voice
    • Skeletal
    • Console
    • Users
    • Software
    • Device
    • Used
    • Time
    • New
    • Could
    • Tracking
    • Game
  • speech recognition
    • Voice
    • Skeletal
    • Console
    • Users
    • Software
    • Device
    • Used
    • Time
    • New
    • Could
    • Tracking
    • Game
  • motion controller
    • Tracking
    • Recognition
    • Voice
    • Technology
    • Device
    • Camera
    • Could
    • Game
    • Games
    • Released
    • Time
    • Skeletal

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Kinect, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Kinect with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
KinectHistory · splits 173 ⟂ 85
KinectTechnology · splits 197 ⟂ 61
KinectSoftware · splits 211 ⟂ 47
KinectOverview · splits 232 ⟂ 26
KinectReception · splits 237 ⟂ 21
KinectOther motion controllers · splits 248 ⟂ 10
KinectAwards · splits 254 ⟂ 4
KinectSales · splits 255 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Kinect

Nodes258
Edges257
Triples420
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007752
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Kinect to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Technology, History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Kinect · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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