Kinect, The Device of The Xbox 360 Video Game Console

Kinect, the device of the Xbox 360 video game console that is able to detect movement is the fastest electronic products sold worldwide.

The peripheral Microsoft got the Guinness world record on Wednesday.

The average unit sold 133,333 units a day, to add eight million units sold in its first 60 days on the market, following its launch on November 4.

With these figures exceeded both the iPhone and to IPAD, who previously had taken the DVD title.

"The sales figures speak for themselves. We can confirm that no other consumer electronic devices sold so quickly in a period of 60 days, which is an incredible achievement, considering the strength of the sector," said Gaz Deaves, editor edition of the book sets world record, Guinness.

For its part, Microsoft said that to date has sold 10 million sensors Kinect worldwide and 10 million video games for such devices, other than those included in the product.

Why sell so much?

Kinect allows users to play by just moving your body, without using a control. The system detects movement and recognize people through a camera and various sensors installed on the device.

"Although I do not think now is the game Kinect to convince the most enthusiastic players, the novelty of the device and a very clever ad Microsoft has made it attractive to most consumers," he told BBC World Tom Orry, editor of Videogamer.com.

"Although there are fewer than a handful of games worth buying, the device gives the feeling of being in the future. It is also designed to be played in front of family or friends, making that despite its high price (compared to PlayStation Move), Microsoft is easy to sell. "

But beyond video games, Kinect has entered the world of technology and research as a multipurpose platform.

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Several developers have begun to experiment with the peripherals so that it can control actions on personal computers, both Windows and Linux.

Other scientists are using it to control robots in unstable terrain, such as construction debris in disaster areas.

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Even Microsoft has shown the possibilities of the system, creating a virtual humanoid named "Milo", with which it is possible to interact through Kinect.

Academics and programmers quote the technological and Kinect price as the main reasons that lead them to buy the device. Instead of spending thousands of dollars in niche products, with only spend U.S. $ 150 Microsoft get the device and modify it to your liking.

In addition, makers of Windows made a strong marketing strategy that began a year and a half before the product reached the stores.

At the E3 video game convention of 2009, the company advanced the innovation to the then called "Project Natal", thus creating the expectation of consumers and analysts, and giving small samples of the product between the announcement and launch in November 2010.

The project originally called for in the city Natal Brazilian born director of technology incubation, Alex Kimpa.

Kinect may have been born to entertain gamers, but now seems to be more evenly dispersed than those for which it was created.

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