Microsoft Said Kinect Will Change The Man-machine Dialogue Or Replace The Keyboard

Online, February 24, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie said on Monday, Kinect somatosensory computer game technology to create new ways of man-machine dialogue.

Microsoft R & D personnel and executives to convene a meeting at Microsoft headquarters on Monday, all day in discussion and presentation Kinect Technology. Mundie said, Kinect means the beginning of new ways of human-computer interaction.

In the past 20 years, the keyboard and mouse has been the main form of man-machine dialogue. And Mundie said on Monday, Kinect created a different dialogue model, using a more natural user interface. He said: "Computers around us will be more able to understand human language and gestures, the computer will become more humane."

Kinect is Microsoft Xbox game console accessory equipment, can identify the gestures and voice commands, priced 150 dollars. Since listing in November last year, sold the first 60 days of 800 million units.

President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick said most of Xbox will be included Kinect this year. Microsoft has said that next month will release the first software development kit (SKT), developers can use the toolkit development based Kinect technology.

Analysts said Microsoft was bundling the Windows and Office in the past, and to provide developers with development tools. Obviously, Microsoft will treat Kinect as a potentially huge new technology platform, building more applications for Kinect, expanding Kinect application to enhance its value to reproduce the brilliant Windows and Office.

The day of the demo scene, most of the control through language, gestures, waving arms or "hit" the screen to achieve. Microsoft lab director Peter Lee said: "There is no button or switch, Kinect show us the way for success ."