How Apple Almost Got Microsoft’s Kinect Game Controller

Re:How Apple Almost Got Microsoft’s Kinect Game Controller by taitems on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:13PM (#2125718)

Imagine walking up to your desktop and it recognises who you are and automatically unlocks? Apple has been rumoured to be working on something like this.

There are a multitude of ways this technology can be applied, and just because you can't envisage a way to use them - it doesn't make them any less useful.

"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."

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Re:How Apple Almost Got Microsoft’s Kinect Game Controller by InclinedPlane on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:32PM (#2125778)

That technology already exists, and can be used on any computer with a webcam, Kinect would be overkill: http://www.keylemon.com/product/

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Re:How Apple Almost Got Microsoft’s Kinect Game Controller by repsilat on Thursday January 20, 2011 @06:49PM (#2125825)

With depth recognition it would be more difficult to put a picture of someone's face in front of the webcam to unlock the computer.

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Re:How Apple Almost Got Microsoft’s Kinect Game Controller by gvb on Thursday January 20, 2011 @08:25PM (#2126054)

True, but it is interesting what little soap, toilet paper, and hair can do... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape#Escap...

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