Five Things I Learned in Two Weeks with Kinect
Thanksgiving 2006. I brought with me to my sister-in-law's home in Baltimore a new gaming console I was testing.
After a meal of turkey and curry (that's a traditional South Asian Thanksgiving), it was off to the basement TV room. And over the next few hours, something amazing happened. I saw kids and grandparents, uncles and aunts, all playing video games together: baseball, bowling, tennis, golf.
Something that only the youngsters should have cared about became a bonding experience for everyone. Thanks to a revolutionary remote control that forced players to actually swing their arms to move their virtual bats, for example, it got everyone off the couch, got them moving and having fun.
