Most Kinect hacks donāt serve a societal good, right? Who needs the Xbox 360ās wonder sensor to detect your breasts or make beautiful art?
https://lastchance.cc/kinect-hacked-to-track-breasts-or-at-least-man-boobs-5697172%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
But a Kinect hack that lets us control a robot arm brings us closer to a Kinect version of R.O.B., the ridiculous robot that was sold with the original Nintendo Entertainment System.
Okay, maybe this is even more useless. Watch this video of a man who has hacked the Kinect to allow him to gesture to control a robot arm. Imagine the potential of a Gyromite 360. Amazing? Too young to know what Iām talking about? Forget it.
Kinectobot: How it works [Vimeo]