Potential impacts of Kinect on this years competition

[mattiej]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

EDIT: Quick question, is the Kinect just using a IR led to shine up the place like a security camera does and use the intensity from the reflected photons to get the approximate range?

From what I understand (I haven't had much time to look it up) yes.The Kinect uses a combination of both IR and camera. It's an infrared receiver that registers near infrared light to not only get position, but also color and texture.