[Masonimal]

Kinect uses depth to track objects that are in the way. The depth camera inside is used in adition to the skeletal tracker that traces the person standing in front of the camera. When programming the Kinect to you have to take into consideration that the skeletal tracker is used more than anything when you study the actions in the games that come with the Xbox. I play the Dance Central 2 game actively, along with Fruit Ninja Kinect. Both use the skeletal tracker to follow through with the requirements of the game. In Fruit Ninja, depth is used to trace an outline of the player and use that outline to place them into the game as a "shadow." The Kinect is a fun tool but it is also a very complex device that has seen several "hacks" used to innovate Microsofts new gadget. I am wondering how well the Kinect will be used into the robot, but at the same time, how will each team figure out how to make it work in the first place.