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Is there anything else that fills the voice recognition "xbox watch netflix" "xbox volume up" space? Going back to a physical remote feels like I just took a step back in time.
Is there anything else that fills the voice recognition "xbox watch netflix" "xbox volume up" space? Going back to a physical remote feels like I just took a step back in time.
You can use the headset with Cortana for some things, though I'm not sure what all it can do.
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Can't the LIDAR eventually be made to use IR wavelengths and thus synthesize 3-d images through fog? also, the question of seeing the fog is more nuanced that can see/can't see: "Just like it is impossible to give a simple answer to the question “How far can I see with a thermal imaging camera?”, it is equally impossible to say how much shorter the range will be in foggy or rainy conditions. This is not only dependan…
LIDAR typically uses lasers in the so-called eye-safe range (around 1.4 micro meters). This range is precisely around the absorption peak of water so that LIDAR cannot damage the eyes of pedestrians and other by-standers. By construction, LIDAR sucks in the fog, rain, snow, etc.
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No, it hasn't. Read a recent 10-K.
Microsoft has always lumped the Xbox in with other divisions so you can't tell from the financial reports whether it is or has been profitable. The only indication from Microsoft that it is profitable is this statement from Nadella, which is at least a little ambiguous. Our gaming business now is more than $9 billion and growing profitably.
This makes me sad, because my experience with my own Kinect (360) was very much a "this could be awesome if it wasn't burdened with stupid crap". I bought it for my kids. Turns out, the Kinect is awful for kids. They were far too little for the Kinect to properly see them, and the motions to actually use it were super fussy. Then if I walked in to try to help them, the Kinect would freak out that there was a new pers…
Could've been (so much) better, had it not been for the agenda.