Ask The Experts: Kinect vs PS4 Camera

You should change the name of this show to "ask the fanboys".

You should chance the name of this show to "ask the fanboys".

PS4 > XBONE

DEAL WITH IT FANBOYS

This is coming from a PC gamer(which ofc is better than anything else)

I have to agree, it does suck, there are a few commands which work pretty well and do make life better, but as it is, the technology is still kinda crappy and it makes the system seem like a cheap toy because the functions aren't solid enough. Waving your arms around actually becomes tiring and talking to a machine still feels stupid, it really seems like a waste since operating a controller is the easiest thing in the world. I still haven't managed to turn the box on with my voice... (no need to comment, it's too obvious). I really think these executives dickheads need to lay off the coke a little.

Thanks for the info guys. Much appreciated.

I agree with alucard below. Yes, you will have some trial and error, but you have to speak with a certain vernacular, just like Siri. I've got it down. Maybe 1% error rate now (which is to be expected, but is awesome for something so ambitious,) and.....these guys are not experts. I call Bias!

LOL.....68 times out of a 100 "Xbox On" worked??! So why is it then that I have also used this command around 100 times, or more, and it only failed me around 3-4 times in total? Voice commands are not perfect, but they work 90-95% of the time for me overall. Several commands have never failed me once. Yes you have to articulate properly, is that too much to ask considering the amount of commands available?

Sure it does not work as well with chatter, but even then it still works remarkably well because I usually have no issues pausing a movie with a voice command even with the volume turned up high. Anyways I won't waste anymore time here, but this video just is not credible sorry, if you guys want to see a good voice command test for the X1, go to IGN they made a great demonstration.

Damn, $100 more than PS4 for nothing

These Guys are full of SH!T

Experts my ss.

The Kinect commands are not meant to be the "exclusive" way to use the console. You can't see past your own bias. You are supposed to use all of the controls of the system when you need them. Changing games, recording clips, and snapping applications on the side all work great! When you just sit around testing the same thing over and over to try and mess it up, of course you are going to find something...eventually...but give it a break already. Comparing to the PS camera is a joke, the entire PS4 OS is a joke just as it was with PS3. PS4 is nothing but a graphics upgrade, Xbox One is an ambitious new concept. Both systems aren't perfect at the moment but Microsoft's cloud idea and abundance of servers puts it miles ahead of the competition

They should've done a live test right there instead o

The funny thing is you can tell who has a PS4 or Xbox1 lol the Kinect works really well by the way better than that PS4 Eye thing...I have a PS4 by the way but i will be joining my friends and getting the "XBONE" as soon as possible

Lol! I had no idea the ps4 camera would work BETTER than the Kinect.

It's a cool technology but not one that's fleshed out enough. Though I rarely have an experience where the Kinect doesn't understand me.

The thing I like the most is when I walk in with my hands full and say "Xbox On" while I'm putting my stuff away. It flicks on the XB1, the tv, the DVR and the surround sound system all at once. That's super convenient.

It's also very handy when you tell it to turn the volume up or down.

One thing I noticed that's not consistent with the command phrases is turning it on or off. For example; you say "Xbox, On" to get it to turn on. But to turn it off you have to say "Xbox, Turn Off" instead of just "Xbox Off."

I think there is a setting you have to enable that lets the Kinect learn your voice and how you speak, but this requires it sending its voice analyzing to Microsoft servers, which I'm cool with. It makes it function better.

Google has the same type of feature you can enable on Android phones where it keeps your voice data online, attached to your Google account. Now I can speak completely normal to my phone and it doesn't miss a word. Microsoft has the same thing, you just have to enable it.

Both gimmicky garbage but at least one isn't mandatory

I'm captain Kirk in my house and I want the Kinect to be my Spock. At this moment it's not even C3PO.

the kinect is piece of trash

My friend's kinect is so bad that after literally 7 or 8 consecutive "Xbox, go to Internet Explorer"s on day one, we thought it was an app you had to get from the store. Just today when he said "Xbox on" it didn't work the first two times. He spoke to it as you would a person, but the internet explorer thing was both of us, and I for one, enunciated the command very clearly. I've yet to try a ps4, so I can't comment there, but I do agree that it's bad enough to not warrant being the main form of navigation.

This video is wrong. The only thing these guys are experts in, is spreading false or slightly biased info. My Kinect works flawlessly. The only time it doesn't work is when I completely fumble over a word, and even then it still recognizes what I was trying to say. My kinect sits between two speakers and even with voices coming out of those, it still understands me just fine.

I do not own a PS4, but i have a friend who does. When I tried the PS4 camera voice commands, I had more trouble with getting it to understand me. I don't know if he calibrated it properly or not, it was in a smaller room with less ambient sound than my living room, but it did not work quite as well.

Its clear that these two guys favor PS4 over Xbox One, and that's fine. However when doing professional presentations like this, a bit more fact and less biasness goes a long way toward credibility.

There is something really weird going on at gamespot. Now I happen to know that Kinect works around 98% of the time for me, I also saw IGN just released a video slamming Kinect with commands, the success rate was around 90 to 95 percent. How is it that these bought and paid for shady characters are saying it didn't work for them, but surprise surprise ps4 worked better??? BOGUS where is the video of ps4 working better, you can easily fake a video of Kinect failing but lets see the Ps camera working as you tools say.

i can definitely see the PS4 camera with a lot of added features in the coming years. It has a lot of potential especially since it has two wide angle lenses as opposed to one on the kinect

World is so full of MS haters...