Technology|July 18, 2011 3:32 pm

Asus updates Xtion Pro motion sensor, makes it even more like Kinect

Remember the Xtion Pro as well as Wavi Xtion suit sensors which Asus showed off during CES? Well, fast-forward 6 months as well as there’s already an updated indication upon the market: the Windows- as well as Linux-compatible Xtion Pro Live. The latest chronicle complements the original’s IR as well as abyss sensors with the Kinect-like VGA webcam as well as the span of microphones, whilst additionally jacking up the check to the clearly un-Kinect-like 175 Euros ($300). That cost tab won’t have us change the vital room seat around anytime soon, generally given Kinect is already strictly streamer to the PC. However, which isn’t unequivocally the point: the Pro Live book is essentially meant to assistance developers pattern improved games as well as apps for the some-more consumer-focused though as nonetheless unreleased Wavi. Soon as they rise the diversion which rewards rsther than than punishes us for dancing similar to Tina Turner, we’ll be right there.

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