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Unread 15-10-2011, 09:06
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Re: Video: Driving Miss Daisy...with a Kinect

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Originally Posted by nightpool View Post
Quite cool. Seems a little awkward to be just waving your arms about though.
It's better in "airplane mode" than sticking your hands in front of and behind you. Certain upward-swept arm angles in front of the operator would lead to some rather upset uninformed spectators, I'd imagine.

This is a good point though - seems like this control method requires a lot of room, which isn't typically in ample supply behind the glass.
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