Buy Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect At Discount Prices

If you are like me when you heard the announcement about Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect, you were probably left wondering, "Just what is Kinect?" So I did a little research and found a fairly good explanation.

Kinect is simply an add on for Xbox 360 gaming console but the sweet part is that not only does it add to the whole gaming experience but it is controller free. For all you gamers out there, you may recognize the prior project name that had been in the works for over a year,Project Natal.

Now what can you expect to pay for the latest addition to the Xbox 360? Reviews report it starting at $149.99 which may be a hard sell to some of the more experienced gamers. As for families and casual gamers, it could be the perfect gift idea. Remember for the best selection and discounts you will want to order early.

Kinect was developed to be a competitor with the Wii Remote and Wii Motion Plus, and since you will not need a controller to use it, they may have found the perfect rival. So this revolutionary add on or peripheral is based on the technology of a web-cam which allows users to use gestures and spoken commands to control and interact with the Xbox 360. Sounds pretty cool, huh?

So what makes this possible? With the use of infrared technology, a transmitter saturates the area of play with infrared (invisible) light and works with a CMOS sensor reflecting and passing the information to the Xbox console. Another great feature of Kinect is that it can pick up movements for two players making it great for interacting with friends and family, challenging them to any number of games and fun.

Besides Kinect being able to see in 3D, it also recognizes objects in the room such as furniture and has built in microphones that allows the speech recognition. Besides voice recognition, you can also use this technology for chatting headset free over Xbox live.

It has been reported there will be a few games bundled with the Kinect and with additional games there will be some marked strictly for Kinect and others that will work with or without Kinect. As far as how Microsoft's Kinect will "connect" to the Xbox console, it has a USB connection that should prove fairly easy for most users. If you have an Xbox 360 you may want to read about Xbox 360 Backup to protect the investment of your games. You can also get great deals on a Xbox 360 custom case if you do a little searching.

All in all this new add-on for the Xbox 360 is great for getting the whole family off the couch and start moving towards more interactive gaming fun! To buy the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect at discount prices, you should look at Amazon. They have a great selection of all things Xbox and offer discount prices as well as free shipping on selected items.