Sure, sometimes I stand up from the couch to shout at my television when playing a frustrating game. But in general, I won’t be standing up unless the game calls for it. Wondering if you’ll be able to remain planted in your seat when using Microsoft’s motion sensing Kinect device? Yes… sometimes.
“Kinect can be used while sitting when an experience is developed with sitting in mind,” Microsoft clarified to Joystiq. As an example, Microsoft mentioned Dashboard navigation, which would include things like watching video, Video Kinect chat, and more. Outside of the Dashboard stuff, all of the Kinect offerings we saw at E3 required the player be standing. You think people look silly playing Dance Central, imagine what they’d look like trying to play that game sitting down.
But there likely will be software that will keep the player’s buttocks firmly planted in seats — Microsoft says what was shown earlier this year was “only the tip of the iceberg.” Lazy gamers around the globe hope they show us the rest of the the iceberg — the slothful parts — before Kinect launches this holiday.
Kinect software will work with seated player when ‘developed with sitting in mind’ [Joystiq]
