Microsoft Kinect 2.0 Specifications Leak, Includes Support For USB 3.0

An anonymous reader writes "Whether or not you're an owner of Microsoft's Xbox 360, chances are you find the Kinect accessory intriguing, since you don't even need the company's console to use it. That's why there's so much excitement surrounding the console's successor, codenamed Durango: it will feature Kinect 2.0, the specifications for which allegedly leaked today. The new device will reportedly be able to track players with a height of one meter, feature a mode for both seated and standing players, detect hand states (such as open or closed), as well as extra and rotated joints. As for improved features, it will be able to supposedly track six rather than two active players, occluded joints, and sideways poses. This will all be possible thanks to an increased field of vision, 1920×1080 color stream, 512×424 depth stream, an added infrared stream, USB 3.0, and 60ms latency."

Re:Hand states

[dugjohnson]

Depending on your actual need, you might want to check out the Leap motion controller. It CAN track finger position, although not from the same distance, nor in the same way as the Kinect. But more granularity. https://www.leapmotion.com/ [leapmotion.com]

Re:Hand states

[mark-t]

Hmmm.... seems like that technology could have applications for creating a virtual piano keyboard (or typewriter keyboard, for that matter).