February 2012
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
9h 17m
English
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11. Using Kinect
In this chapter, you learn all about using Kinect to put yourself in complete control of the Dashboard and all of your Kinect-enabled applications.
• Accessing and Using the Dashboard with Voice and Gestures
• Setting Up Your Kinect ID
• Using the Kinect Tuner to Optimize Kinect
• Experimenting with Kinect Fun Labs
• Video Chatting with Your Friends
Once Kinect is set up, it enables you to take control of the Dashboard and many of your apps, but rather than being tethered to your controller, you instead use gestures and voice commands to navigate the menus. Although this takes a little time to get used to, when mastered, this ...