X-Nico

9 unusual facts about Kinect


Evacuate the Dancefloor

The track was featured on the Xbox 360 Kinect video game Dance Central, as well as the television advertisements for the game.

Hannah Hart

In September 2013 she met British gaming Youtuber Daniel Hardcastle, known as Nerd³; producing both a gaming video, "How to Kinect with others" and a cooking video, "My Nerd Kitchen".

Harley Pasternak

Pasternak has endorsed several products, including the video game Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout for Wii and the XBox 360 with Kinect, along with a food and DVD fitness line based on the "5-Factor" plan and the "997" New Balance exercise shoe, along with Fitbit, Shaklee and Coca-Cola's fitness waters, including Powerade and Glacéau VitaminWater and SmartWater

King Games

Recently, it was revealed that future game(s) will be released for the Xbox 360 to advertise the Xbox 360's Kinect.

Michelle Bridges

The company used motion capture to create an avatar of Bridges to appear in the game, which will use the Kinect technology.

Office of eDiplomacy

At the April 2012 FOSE IT exhibition, eDiplomacy demonstrated an innovative approach to presentations, using a Kinect sensor to move through a Prezi slide presentation.

Power Balance

Also in November 2010 Power Balance filed suit against Microsoft for infringement of trade dress in respect of the Xbox Kinect, after the company announced a range of promotional wristbands.

The Breaks

The song has been featured in a few games: the 2002 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the 2005 game True Crime: New York City, the 2006 game Scarface: The World Is Yours and 2011 Kinect game Dance Central 2.

The Incredible, Edible Egg

It will also be promoted via a contest where Facebook users can upload their own version of the new jingle for the chance to win prizes, including an iPad, an iPod Touch 5G with a speaker system and $400 in iTunes Gift Cards, an iPhone 5, an Xbox 360 console with Kinect and a 12 month supply of eggs.


Kinect Party

Kinect Party was revealed to be in development on May 23, 2012 in an interview with the director of Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Tim Schafer, conducted by SF Weekly.

Kinect Sports: Season Two

Kinect Sports: Season Two, also known as Kinect Sports 2, is a sequel to Kinect Sports co-developed by Rare and BigPark, and published by Microsoft Studios.

Matt Cutts

At the time, Microsoft had stated that the use of Kinect with devices other than the Xbox 360 was not supported by them.

Microsoft Wave

It features new technology to come from Microsoft including Kinect, Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, Photosynth, Zune, and much more.

Physical education

Other technologies that can be used in a Physical Education setting would include video projectors, GPS and even gaming systems such as Kinect, Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution.

Twisted Pixel Games

The game was originally intended to be the first Xbox Live Arcade game to be featured as a Kinect title but instead became a retail release.

Twitch gameplay

With the invention of the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation Move, the Xbox Kinect, and the games designed for these devices, an entirely new type of twitch game has been born.


see also