Microsoft Kinect: From Sports Hero to Porn and Ghost Hunter
Back in 2010, Microsoft dazzled us with the Kinectâan invention promising to turn us into Jedi football stars without calories burned. Fifteen years, countless awkward flails, and unmet sales later, itâs less gaming revolution, more quirky legacy. Instead of dominating Xbox living rooms, Kinect stumbled into robotics breakthroughs, flirted with interactive pornography, and now haunts ghost-hunting toy aisles like a tech Jack-of-all-trades and master-of-none. This gadget, once hyped as a motion-controller miracle, now collects dust fueled by niche novelties rather than killer apps. Oh, Microsoft, aiming to capture our hearts and instead catching our fascination with the bizarre side of innovation!
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Microsoftâs Kinect promised fun fitness gaming but ended up pioneering robotics, nudie cams, and ghost-chasing gadgets â the tech equivalent of a midlife crisis with no reverse button.
They pitched Kinect as a lightsaber; ended up with a ghostbusterâs though no ghosts, just lost investors waving wildly.
Kinectâs legacy: perfecting the art of accidental innovation gone sidewaysâfrom Xbox billboard to robotics lab and, letâs be honest, a bit of naughty fun.
Source: Theverge | Published: 11/4/2025 | Author: Geoffrey Bunting
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