With the first full build of Windows 8 in the wild, revelations have been coming on hot and heavy as to just what the next version of Windows will contain. Today’s revelation is sure to turn some heads: there is strong indication that Kinect-type integration is coming in Windows 8.
To begin, Italian blog Windows8Italia found the following sensorburied inside of Windows 8:
This corroborates earlierleaked slidesthat detail the potential for Windows 8 to detect individuals and log them in directly to their Windows 8 account:
This feature would mirror a similar capability that the Kinect provides for the Xbox, which signs in users to their Xbox Live accounts based on recognition of their physical characteristics.
Microsoft has saidon the recordthat Kinect will be coming to the PC, it is only a matter of when. While official support for Kinect on the PC might be a ways off yet (perhaps shipping with Windows 8), intrepid hackers are alreadycreating applicationsfor PCs that use the Kinect.
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Microsoft is also in the process of providing apersonal use SDKthat should increase even more the amount of development that currently surrounds the motion sensing gadget.
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Alex Wilhelm is a San Francisco-based writer. You can find Alex on Twitter, and on Facebook. You can reach Alex via email at alex@thenextweb(show all)Alex Wilhelm is a San Francisco-based writer. You can find Alex onTwitter,and onFacebook.You can reach Alex via email atalex@thenextweb.com
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