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What is better for doing workout (yoga, pilates, karate, fighting games) – Wii or Kinect?
Important for me is precission. The system should be able to tell me that I'm doing some moves bad, that my kicks aren't enough high, my speed is not good etc.
thank you
Yes, the Kinect will work with every Xbox 360, old or new.
Check the main page:
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/kinect
You are the controller
Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways – no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect (formerly known as “Project Natal”) gets everyone off the couch. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. And the best part is Kinect works with every Xbox 360®*
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*Kinect coming November 2010.
Since the Kinect is an totally new concept, old games will not support the Kinect out-of-the-box.
However, the publishers have always had the option to ship updates to games (via an Xbox Live update), and it is completely feasible for developers to retrofit their games with support.
Works fine in my projector setup. The projector is on a shelf about 8 feet up, the xbox is below it, and the Kinect is about 10 feet in front of these on a 3 foot stand. The 9 foot diagonal projector screen is above and behind the Kinect sensor. I have no issues other than the absurd $50 price for the powered Kinect USB extension I needed.
Added top-down diagram of room. Remember projector is way, way above the kinect -- 8 feet vs 3 feet.
Best Answer
If you define "better" solely by precision, then the Kinect is better.
The Wii relies on a combination of the Wiimote and the Balance Board for various exercises. With the remotes, the system uses infrared lights and accelerometers in the remote to figure out where your hands are and in what direction they are moving. With the Balance Board, it can figure out how you are shifting your weight around via pressure plates.
The Kinect operates by sending thousands of infrared rays of light across the room. The camera is able to figure out the shape of everything in the room based on how far a beam of light travels before it hits something. Because of this, the Kinect is able to determine a full outline of the person using the system as well as how every part of the body is moving.
Because of the above, the Kinect is more aware of your entire body and what you are doing with it than the Wii peripherals are capable of being.
One advantage the Wii solution has to the Kinect, however, is that the Balance board can weigh users. This allows the system to help measure progress automatically without the need of weighing yourself on another scale. The result is that the Wii is better at tracking your overall progress in terms of weight loss.
Of course, you can easily compensate for this deficiency in the Kinect by purchasing a scale. You cannot really compensate for the decreased lack of precision in the Wii, however.