Kinect Sensor

Released in November 2010, the Kinect Sensor is the Xbox's answer to the Nintendo Wii. The Kinect Sensor currently costs in the region of £90 (2011) - is placed on top of an Xbox or TV, and allows a user to interact with their 360 by using body motions or voice control. The advantage the Kinect has in comparison to the Nintendo Wii's motion sensor, is that the Kinect does not require the user to hold a controller. Instead, the Kinect can recognise the users face, and track it's body movements. The kinect can use full body movement, or partial body movement, allowing someone to interact with it while sitting down or standing up. Films and music can be controlled by a users voice - a user will say something along the lines of "Xbox Play" and it will play the movie, or "Xbox Stop", and it will, obviously, stop the movie. One drawback to the Kinect is that not all Xbox games are compatible with it, and, as of 2011, there is a limited amount of games specifically designed to taken advantage of the Kinect. That has not stopped the Kinect from becoming hugely popular, in just sixty days (after its release), it sold eight million units, a record for any electronic device.