Microsoft has this week revealed that the new Kinect gesture control device that will be shipping with the new next generation Xbox One console will be able to support two people speaking at the same time.
The new Xbox One information was revealed by Microsoft’s Phil Harrison during the Eurogamer Expo in London, during which it was revealed that the second generation Kinect device is capable of seeing when peoples mouths are moving even in a dark room.
Other features of the new Xbox One Kinect device include the ability to detect 25 joints between six different people, together with heart rates and map faces to 1,400 points.
As explained in the past the Xbox One Kinect device will not be sold as a separate device by Microsoft and will come as part and parcel of the Xbox One system when it launches later this year.
To re-cap the Microsoft Xbox One is powered by a customised AMD Jaguar 8 core processor is equipped with a graphics processor that is tailored for Direct X 11 graphics, supported by 32MB of high bandwidth embedded ESRAM which is supported by 8GB of RAM that when combined offer support for full HD video in 1080p and the new Ultra HD 4k video standard and full 7.1 surround sound support.
The Xbox One games console launches on November 22nd 2013 and is priced at $499.99 in the US, £429.99 in the UK and 499.99 Euros throughout Europe and $599.99 AU in Australia.
Source: Polygon