Microsoft's Kinect patent application goes public, reveals gobs ...

Courtesy Engadget  Thu, 08/05/2010 - 17:06

Not like it matters much now -- after all, Project Natal has had time to incubate and come out as Kinect -- but those wondering about the inner workings of the motion sensing system now have more one outlet to investigate.

A patent application filed on February 23, 2009 was just made public today, describing a "gesture keyboarding" scenario where users can make gestures that are caught by a "depth camera" and then converted into in-game...


 

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