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  • Microsoft kills Kinect just as Apple dives into facial recognition with iPhone X Face ID

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    CheeseFreeze said:
    Ofcourse Kinect is cancelled, they have evolved since then. Obviously AppleInsider wants to turn it into a sensational piece.  :D
    Evolved into FaceID. 
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  • Apple offers Walmart "everyday low cost" in IT savings. IBM estimates a deployment of 100,...

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    SpamSandwich said:
    A little surprised they took this long to come around to the right conclusion since they are so concerned about the bottom dollar.
    That’s because these companies were buying sh** windows machines for $100 a pop thinking that cheaping out would save money. Years pass and they realize the truth.

    A lot of ATMs and medical systems run laggy Windows garbage and it sticks out like a sore thumb. I was at the ATM a few days ago and it was embarrassing watching the line build behind me because the computer was taking so damn long to process my requests. 
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  • Microsoft kills Kinect just as Apple dives into facial recognition with iPhone X Face ID

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    bb-15 said:
    vonbrick said:
    Microsoft was the first major technology company (or first in line) who offered:
    • Touch interface tablet computing
    • Monthly music subscriptions
    • Smartphones
    • and more...
    yet Microsoft has CONSTANTLY cut themselves off at the knees when it comes to their consumer offerings using "left-brain" marketing and being too early to market with substandard or incapable design.  The Kinect is the latest in a long line of products from Redmond that get tossed because Microsoft can't figure out how to talk to the customers their developers need to justify the investment.  

    Until Microsoft figures out how to design for and talk to consumers who automatically think MICROSOFT=WINDOWS, they can be the first to market with the coolest technology or gadget and still fail every time.
    Being first doesn't matter if the company doesn't get the UI right and can't build an ecosystem. 
    So, Microsoft's failure in this area is not about marketing but about connecting to the consumer with the right tech and then developing that tech into a trusted ecosystem. 

    * With the touch interface; Microsoft, Palm and Apple (Newton) in the 1990s/early 2000s got the UI wrong by pushing the pen interface.
    - Jobs was right to promote the multi-finger touch UI which today dominates smaller device mobile computing, especially smartphones.
    * With music subscriptions, Microsoft could not settle on a mobile ecosystem and stick with that.
    The failure of the Zune, the Kin, the Microsoft Band, the repeated changes to the Windows Media player, the ending of Windows Mobile as well as Windows Phone 7 & 8 and now the entire Windows Phone line; all of those missteps mean there was zero momentum to build on Microsoft media software such as with a music service. 

    * Finally, the problem with the Kinect was that except for kids dancing games, the UI didn't work for a console. It was just a variation of the Sony EyeToy idea which also faded. Console users usually want to use game controllers.
    Again with Kinect, Microsoft got the UI wrong.  
     
    Microsoft and Sony tried to hop on the Wii bandwagon and fell on their a**es.

    The problem was Nintendo had prepared 100% of their games while MS/Sony threw it at the wall hoping 100% of developers would jump on board.

    Also it didn't help that Microsoft completely LIED when they announced Kinect showing off MOVIES as gameplay that weren't even possible at the time(and even today) and promising this was their hardware and these "games"(movies) were coming soon.






    grangerfx said:
    The difference is that Apple has earned the trust of users while Microsoft has not. Apple fought off the FBI's demands for access to private encrypted data while Microsoft was actually paid by the NSA to provide access to private data of citizens via the Prism program. It was obvious from the start how the Kinect would be used to spy on everyone.

    The Xbox One was originally a spy machine that would keep Kinect on at all times. Both audio and video would listen even while the console was off and REQUIRED an internet connection at all times otherwise the console won't allow you to use it. Gamers protested until Microsoft supposedly removed the Kinect always-on feature.

    Considering all this bulls** their moronic fanbase bought the Xbox and never spoke of these things again.

    The spying had zero impact on fans it was the lack of games and function that killed Kinect.
    watto_cobra

  • Microsoft kills Kinect just as Apple dives into facial recognition with iPhone X Face ID

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    I told an iPhoney user how amazing it was that Apple shrunk the huge Kinect tech into a tiny centimeters-wide camera array over the time span of just 3 years! I added “I think the whole iPhone X is smaller than Kinect!”

    His response?
    ”I’m not surprised. Technology shrinks over time.” (Even though Kinect got larger in Microsoft's hands)






    "Not Impressed."


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  • Apple aims to debut TV slate in 2019, sans any HBO-style risque content

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    allmypeople said:
    Hollywood is already stifled with political correctness which has morphed into SJW nonsense and people are tuning out. Often the more edgy the content, the more successful it is... TWD, GoT, Mad Men... the entire HBO lineup, really. If Apple goes the Disney/kids route, I think it'll do well. If what they produce is as lame and uncool as Carpool Karaoke, I think it will and hope it bombs.
    Sorry but Carpool Karaoke is cooler than GoT in the real world. I’m not dissing the latter but you have to realize most pop culture icons are fun and slightly corny.

    Carpool Karaoke could use a lot more advertising etc. but it’s definitely not “uncool” to the public’s eyes. 
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