The Xbox Kinect: A Console where Your Body is the Controller

Remember the Kinect? Remember jumping up and down in your living room? There is no controller. You are the controller. Play Xbox Kinect games now.
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[@RTGame]

The Kinect is watching you. Star Wars Kinect highlights coming soon, we streamed it yesterday

[@Dr_Yetiphilia]

I'm Han Solo 🎶

[@devmathur5003]

I'm a turkey

[@VineWhipStudios]

I'm collector's anxiety

[@girlykyuu1185]

HOLOGRAM GIRL TOP SONG OF 2008!!!

[@blankspace2891]

First

[@graegrape]

I adore 2000s attempts at futuristic gaming and trying to abandon the classic controllers. By god they wanted this to work

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Tbf it worked with dance dance revolution

[@Lazer_Specter]

I mean it was for the most part pretty responsive.

[@leithaziz2716]

The Wii was pretty much the only succesful attempt. That and handheld gaming with the PSP, DS and Switch.

[@YourPalKindred]

​​@@leithaziz2716 tbf handheld gaming had been around for a while, as far back as the microvision, 1979. the gameboy was the first to really be popular tho

[@ttracs]

@@Lazer_Specterno it wasn’t lmao, the kinect was unbearably imprecise

[@RyeBread271]

I remember Kinect Sports had an instant replay feature where they'd show what you were doing at a certain point in the race/event, and once as a kid the replay it showed was me accidentally punching the ceiling and then crumpling to the floor holding my hand. Thanks, Microsoft.

[@weeb_dweeb]

kinect sports replays are peak comedy.

[@bengal4047]

F lmao

[@etanesnil7072]

LMAOOO

[@runed0s86]

My family turned off the feature as soon as they learned that it was uploading every single replay to Microsoft's servers. We ran out of data real fast the first week.

[@theethereal188]

I feel so sorry for kid you, but god is that funny, thank you for the story.

[@noluckst2]

Thank you Kinect for blessing us with: I'M SOLO, I'M HAN SOLO I'M HAN SOLO, I'M HAN SOLO SOLO

[@endarkenedgdagain]

han solo dies

[@thebeaniestbeaninallthelands]

can’t wait for that video

[@conlybasher7783]

Oh My GAAAAAAAAAAWD!!!

[@genericwhitekidthesecond4330]

The funny part is that game was actually the funniest part of Star Wars Kinect

[@nakedstatue8517]

SOME OF THOSE SONGS R SO GOOD THO, ik they're just covers but idk how many times I've listened to Han Solo and Naturally....

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

the best part about the kinect is that regardless of it being a commercial failure, it is very often used in robotics and industry as a whole

[@ToastyMozart]

Yeah they made a really good depth camera, then squandered it on dodgy motion controls.

[@leithaziz2716]

That's cool

[@anggaihzap]

not so long untill they do an operation with kinect like the commercial

[@beezzinha]

yup, we actually made some educational motion games using it at my university, quite useful for that

[@poiri]

10:27 the opponent immediately rolling as the Dark Souls music comes on is so fitting

[@TheSilly6403]

Should have equipped Havel's ring, man is fatrolling

[@Lazer_Specter]

I didn't even know rolling was a thing you could do in the table tennis game.

[@kittiecandy747]

he immediately recognised RT as the dark souls boss

[@buttermanaws4693]

His instincts kicked in due to the music

[@Silverman160Zero]

I think it's funnier that it plays Soul of Cinder as well. Simple table tennis game? Uses the song that effectively closes out the Dark Souls trilogy.

[@Kirithian_OW]

RT hitting his mic and the Kinect getting it on video had to be the absolute highlight lmao

[@ulisessalduna4351]

Honestly those highlights had such a good comedic timing, it just looks intentional

[@braydonmcintyregaming]

The best part is that it is synced with the music

[@AtomicRobloxProductions]

I loved the photos in Kinect Adventure, I remember one where my father ended up jumping so high as the photo snapped and you just saw a blur of him with his feet in the air. It was like trying to move a static NPC in Gmod constantly clipping up and down lmao.

[@shalax7881]

Ayo. Fourteenth. I remember this shit. Specifically, that weird semi adventure game where you were on boats and stuff trying to lean around to avoid obstacles

[@captainakathegenn7585]

Kinect adventures is the game you're thinking of

[@tymongajewski2816]

That boat game was the peak of entertainment

[@dejanvanderputten3017]

Kinect adventures its the best sold game on the 360

[@BananaWasTaken]

Same

[@rogerioperso4259]

Kinect adventures was for the kinect the same wii sports was for the wii, my xbox 360 came with it bundled

[@andrewchapman2039]

The really wild part is that a Kinect is still a stock system for a lot of machine vision applications in academia, I know a few people who've used them in projects. They're surprisingly acceptable now there's documentation on how to actually use them.

[@joostfloot5279]

That's awesome

[@njdotson]

I think some arcade games use the kinect for motion tracking, or at least they used to

[@oblongmana]

Haha not just in academia! Though MS did come out with the Azure Kinect as well a few years back (and I think they're discontinuing it now 😢)

[@ghoulashtea]

We've got some hooked up in the geology lab with a kinetic (ba-doom tish) sand pit and projector to make 3D topography maps on the fly and model flooding and stuff. It's a surprisingly versatile piece of tech - the profs love them cause their usually pretty cheap for what they can do. I still have a hard time reconciling the cool stuff we use them for in academia with the bug fest of smacking walls and siblings that was my experience as a kid using them for their intended gaming purposes 😅

[@runed0s86]

I use a kinect for VR skeleton tracking. It's one of the best and cheapest devices out there for the job!

[@user-ir5rh2ks1p]

No joke, for the last 11 years, me and my sisters have been playing this game and the second one unironically

[@user-ir5rh2ks1p]

I am the foremost kinect sports player

[@ingtapoot]

That's been me with the GameCube Mario Dance Dance Revolution game, I even packed up that mess and took it to college with me 😂

[@user-ir5rh2ks1p]

@@ingtapoot Lmfao

[@noonebuteveryone1420]

I remember playing this as a kid- it is truly so fun💀

[@LinkDawnbringer]

Seriously unbelievable how well Chloe did at modifying the music to sound like it was actually in the arenas as the diegetic music rather than simply the video's backing track, bravo!

[@wretchedcats4909]

“Xbox, execute this man” is a new personal favorite RT quip

[@paddythelegend1671]

RT is the only person I know that can break the controller while playing Kinect

[@AlbertEinsteinWhoAgrees]

I agree

[@hershelroswell]

the man's got talent

[@blobvisfan666]

The post-game highlight camera clips are unreasonably funny to me. Seeing Dan just stand there first frame and be in absolute agony second frame after hitting his hand is prime emote material lmao.

[@henriquegomes8401]

-playing tennis with a man who can change reality at his demand -dark souls boss music starts playing -*roll*

[@daimyofett733]

10:26 the dude did a dodge roll as soon as the dark souls music kicked on 😂

[@joostfloot5279]

Yea that was awesome

[@DrTechnoBabel]

Proof that he wasn't the Dark Souls boss: RT was.

[@annikawinter5771]

I had a kinect as a kid, fucking loved it. I loved kinect sports, the one where you get to have pet tiger cubs, one where you do like white water rafting and minigames, and dance central

[@mayaartsy9919]

Kinectimals! I remember it too! As many faults as the Kinect had, it was a blast for sure Dance central was also peak

[@annikawinter5771]

@mayaartsy9919 Yeah, like the technology wasn't great but the games were pretty cool actually

[@mayaartsy9919]

@@annikawinter5771 real, the better games were the ones exclusive to the xbox for sure, since they actually had to try to focus on it

[@Mind_]

I kinda miss dance central, I wish the series was still around, I actually enjoyed it

[@aelanarbrightfield6817]

The minigames one was Kinect Adventures, I remember 100%ing the game in less than 3 days then being bedridden due to muscle strain

[@MissVal-iant]

RT during movie night: "I really need to record actual human running" Also RT: 6:49

[@StickMaster500]

RT playing Kinect reminds me of the time when the Xbox Kinect was first revealed back in E3 2009 under the title; Project Natal and remember 12 year old me being blown away at what it could do! But was sad that it didn’t turn out anything like that and I’m surprised Microsoft didn’t get sued because of it. Also, *happy 1000th public video on the channel!*

[@Defractalization]

hi

[@moshimeshowu747]

Why sued? False advertising?

[@robertwyatt3912]

To be fair to the developers, the Kinect that was released had WAY worse hardware than the prototype that was shown off when it was announced.

[@teitoo_]

rtgame is the new mascot of every early 2000's console

[@scrunkore]

more like mid-late 2000s

[@zeldacrafter4578]

dark souls music starting and the ai *immediately* rolling can NOT be scripting 10:20 that was too funny

[@mattboss1362]

I appreciate how they made the edited-in replacement music still sound diagetic

[@kittiecandy747]

the pokemon low hp music for the boxing was a great touch

[@TheNinjaWarrior27]

honestly the perfect music to use as a replacement

[@DanFitz978]

10:23 The Dark Souls soundtrack over low intensity table tennis is a surprisingly good mix.

[@KatieCunningham]

5:04 You joke about just throwing the ball, but there was a trend way back of dudes who legit bowled this way. They'd lob it into the air and it would come crashing down close to the pins. Some alleys put specific bans on it because it was screwing up the lanes.

[@OurJynx]

You know the Kinect was a masterpiece when it was having a harder job reading your movements than the EyeToy, which came out in 2003 and was somehow more functional.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Apparently, some people actually use it in VRChat because the Kinect is surprisingly good at capturing motion. It's basically just a case of the games of the time not implementing it well.

[@ToastyMozart]

​@@LloydTheZephyrianYeah they're amazingly good depth cameras for the price. The software just sucked ass.

[@alexv1154]

@@LloydTheZephyrian they're also regularly used for 3D scanning and 3D modelling because they have amazing depth cameras. SOURCE: my cheap ass used them for years in college.

[@davidmcgill1000]

People are using them for augmented reality pinball tables.

[@kittykatinabag]

I was super confused on the 2008 release date because I remember playing "kinect" with my friend in 4th grade (circa 2003-2004) until I looked it up and realized that my brain entirely rewrote the PlayStation EyeToy as a Kinect

[@RuinedSilver]

I cant wait for all the kinect post-game clips to be added to the greenscreen catalogue

[@AnUmbreonNamedRaire]

This feels surreal to me bc I literally still play this game every so often. The table tennis was always my favourite. Dance Central is another one I adore - my friends kicked my butt at it just a few weeks ago

[@matthewpickett7862]

12:36 Something very menacing happened in that bathroom

[@JonzaGoodGuy]

10:20 The moment the dark souls music started playing the ai went and rolled, it MUST be sentient surely

[@cantin8697]

6:04 My favourite bowling technique

[@hatsu_pl9956]

...the nostalgy, I remember that when I was little I used to play this with my sister, while the whole family watched, everyone laughting and happy... Now we barely even talk with each other, I lock myself in my room doing really nothing, eh.... I guess its still nice to remnisce. Thank you Dan for helping me live this life I wish I never had, thank you for always making my day at least a little better.

[@WakSyndrome-rs7ft]

Hey buddy, sorry to bother you, I just wanted to make sure everything was alright ? Your message hinted at you being in quite a dark place and I think most of us have been there (or are living in right now), so yeah, I just hope it gets better

[@vashtic2036]

God, this but with Wii Fit. Everyone cracking up at how silly we all looked playing the chicken flying game or the ski jump, nobody knowing how to do it properly... big sigh. I hope you're doing alright man. You sound like you're in a bad place; I promise, as hard as it gets at times, it gets better. And the good parts are worth hanging around for.

[@headblockhead]

Expert job on the music replacements!

[@peidei2vezes]

Kinect sports was a blast, anyone who didn't get a Wii but a Kinect instead knows the feeling of watching your gramma throw a bowling ball without breaking the tv while doing it.

[@StillConfusing]

forgot how good the slideshow at the end of each game always is

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I like how the system says that your experience will be better the further away you are from it. Technically true.

[@Cookiekopter]

Gosh does this bring back memories

[@att6484]

dan calling the opposition team "the enemy" is so fucking funny lol

[@silversonome5360]

Fun fact: Sonic Free Riders was a Kinect continuation of the Riders series, where the Sonic characters had hoverboards and raced with them. It is notable for having some of the most well-designed courses on the series, some pretty fun items, incredible customization options, and a godawful control system that was made only bearable by the fact the motions required were just tilting your body and jumping

[@ForgieDusker]

ah man, i really forgot just how nostalgic the music used in the Kinect games are. i only had a PS2 and a modded Xbox original until, like, 2013 when the family got a 360 with a kinect. i was so used to classics and weird shovelware gameboy ROMs that something so new was absolutely mind boggling to me, hearing the music i remember the smell of the resort we were at, how the sun was shining so bright yet it was still chilly, and even the taste of the gum i was chewing practically the whole time we were there. such good times. did you know you can throw the bowling ball into the crowd? i remember there being an achievement for it as well as breaking the floor, and on the javelin throw, you can throw it so damn hard it goes past every single landmark and impales a screen on the opposite end of the field. man, i actually want to play kinect now. Kinect Adventure was a great one too, i love the one with the balls bouncing off the back wall like a game of Breakout, i played the hell out of fruit ninja kinect (which actually has a VR edition now), and there was a game called Wreckateer that i played a helluva lot. i tweeted that there should be a VR version of it and the devs even liked my post i'll never forget the time i spent playing Halo 4 on legendary difficulty just so i could get the Praetorian or whatever helmet for my avatar so i could use it in the Kinect games, too. or was it a master chief helmet? or... was one of them for getting a back assassination on the praetorian? it's been so long... oh, and because the boxing segment reminded me, i remember one time my brother, dad and i were all playing it at his house shortly after the divorce and my younger brother literally pissed himself laughing in the middle of two-player boxing. kinda weird that that, of all things, is so ingrained in my memory

[@joostfloot5279]

That's an awesome story, for some reason I remember me and my little brothers pissing ourselves from laughing very vividly too.

[@jeremyj2246]

3:59 RT is like a Logitech controller... gets the job done right up until it doesn't 😂

[@burningrabbit7278]

I love that the Soul of Cinder music combined with the abysmal performance from the AI presents a Dark Souls where Dan is the boss

[@ahmadfirdaus4266]

There only one thing left to complete the kinnect cycle and truly compare to the wii. Seeing rt play just dance in a suit again

[@CheesyLizzy]

9:37 time to add those punches a to a green screen movie 😆

[@Elementroar]

Dance Central was pretty legit tbh. Kinect was actually really good for it, felt like a proper workout.

[@ionic7777]

one of my favorite kinect games was where you stood on a platform of some sort that automatically moved forward and you had to dodge these obsticles that get in the way. I think it happened in a giant forest or something of the likes

[@cowardlycod3617]

Kinect adventures I think!

[@ashleywilliams4896]

I always thought RT was just the Right Trigger not a whole controller

[@Lazer_Specter]

This game was a part of my childhood. I had this instead of a Wii and Wii Sports so this game was my Wii Sports and I remember being pretty damn good at it. Especially the bowling. It honestly worked really well a lot of the time and was sometimes a bit of a workout depending on how long you played with family. The highlights at the end would always make us laugh. So if you have this at home still, maybe break it out for a family gathering 😂

[@am3thysts]

The best use of the Kinect that I played with was in Skyrim. You got to command your followers, re-organize chests by different filters, and actually shout your shouts in game. Honestly pretty cool for 12 year old me in 2014.

[@colbywatkins7063]

THIS

[@finalfroggitapproaches6418]

The audio editing in this is just perfect. Every new song had me in stitches. Spectacular job Cloé!

[@Cheezy_Cheesburber]

Now do just dance with the kinect :)

[@Mystic_054]

10:39 editor has good taste

[@drakordarkstar383]

kinect sports was great. but season 2 was AMAZING i hope he plays that one too, darts, golf, and tennis were amazing, skiing was great too

[@bartekcalinski1221]

I’m glad to know that RT’s body, was in fact, ready

[@grigss3027]

i forgot RTGame existed glad to find you again

[@Hyperboid]

8:57 can't wait for someone to edit something in front of dan here

[@user-nm6bj5sf8y]

Hi, rt! Just writing this comment to tell you that I absolutely love everything you do on this channel! You brighten up my days. I first saw your video in 2018, but my English wasn't good enough so I couldn't understand the half of what you said, but now I can enjoy your content in all its beauty and chaos. Thanks RT ❤ Oh and I'm also studying to become an English teacher now :)

[@duckfilms3662]

Dude this thing was my childhood and the reason my folks are into games haha.

[@Sed_Wes]

Kinect games were my childhood and I was surprised to hear that nobody liked it on the internet. I get it now, after playing countless masterpieces that use regular controllers. Still, I will never forget those times when we with my elder sister were constantly getting angry while playing tennis against each other

[@adamdragontamer]

I still have and regularly play on my Xbox360 and honestly all these years I've spent playing have been the best. As long as you have a good area to play in, all the games are super fun lol

[@piperkeller5567]

KINECT WAS MY CHILDHOOD AND STILL IS I HAVE BOTH KINECT SPORTS AND KINECT ADVENTURE, ITS ONLY PLAYABLE ON XBOX360 BUT I STILL LOVE IT. But no seriously i love these games so much, we would play all the time cause we dont have a backyard, its just trees. I will say it’s always better with friends and if your tall it gets wonky but its still great. Also kinect adventure is the better one.

[@gageduff3677]

Kinect sports 2 is such an upgrade i swear, that was my childhood

[@Epicgirl3680]

I remember this my dog kept walking into the sensor and messing me up

[@petar6755]

I like how kinect wasnt even the first to do this. EyeToy for the ps2 was the same thing just years before it.

[@Aura-Of-Syrinx]

I remember a trippy futuristic skateboard/snowboard type game for that! Somehow I had an EyeToy but never once connected the PS2 to internet...

[@kirby1225]

@@Aura-Of-Syrinx I don't think the PS2 had that many online games. It required an adapter iirc.

[@Aura-Of-Syrinx]

@@kirby1225 i was specifically thinking of monster hunter :P

[@kirby1225]

@@Aura-Of-Syrinx right.

[@crann777]

8:30 The way the character lines up with RT's camera makes it look like he's wearing shorts.

[@notyourbusiness8636]

Y’all, my day was pretty shitty, and you would not believe the mood boost I got from seeing a new RTgame video.

[@_soothsayer_]

the fact that Dan had to say audio jungle while singing solely the lyrics to a song has me in tears. this truly is a youtube moment

[@theaddictive6830]

I still have one of those kinects along with that game in my cupboard from yrs ago. Strange seeing them in a video, lol

[@lachydragneel]

9:38 ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!

[@NachtAsile]

He strikes me as the Ari Ari type of guy lol

[@DerpyDinoEverything]

I remember playing this game all the time it was so much fun. You should definitely make more Kinect videos because this was really funny.

[@andrewwang8021]

Wow, this is nostalgic. Edit: I remember grinding champion level table tennis for years.

[@itsmeagain9937]

God this take me back, all the rage trying to connect it. who cares that i literally have the kinect in my room rn.

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Same

[@everythingbagel5340]

the kinect was so revolutionary at the time as a paperweight, really groundbreaking stuff they made there

[@Whovian1125]

These games are a core memory for me so being able to watch content like this is truly a treasure! First Kevin's Kinectimals video, and now this?

[@BettaMan65065]

I remember playing Dance Central and Just Dance games with friends on the Kinect and we always had a blast. It's so janky but I'll always remember the great times that arose for years

[@9sven6]

I really liked the irony that the kinnect has been the most successful hardware of its time for every field except gaming.

[@anactualpotato4197]

10:26 YOOO NEW DARK SOULS GAMEPLAY

[@Ariovisti]

I like that almost immediately after the Dark Souls music started playing, the opponent did a dodge roll. Damn that muscle memory is deeply ingrained.

[@smidge-J]

I remember playing a bunch of kinect games when I was younger. Its nice to see you playing this blast from the plast

[@meepswag35]

This shit was my childhood

[@JAMESGamingLV2]

RT turns into a human centipede for content

[@letitgrow6553]

Holy sheet. I had this and played this so much when i was younger. That intro music almost got me in tears

[@jackcoble9166]

I played this ad the 2nd version multiple time actually lol. genuinely loved plaything these as a kid.

[@theKungFuFerret]

I admire Dan’s insistence on playing whatever the hell he wants rather than chasing trends because it leads to gems like this where he digs out old games we vaguely remember as kids and get to relive and make fun of as adults now

[@ianmackay2976]

Funny he grabbed a book for Kinect Ping Pong, I used an old paddle we had laying around

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

“No, honey, we have Miis at home.” Miis at home:

[@bunniesbunniesbunnie]

"lift your knees" "okay, I can do that" WOW JUST BRAG ABOUT IT DANIEL

[@infernox1099]

That audio editing is bomb, awesome job Cloé

[@cierpie8874]

Fun fact, my town used to have some sort of a summer program where kids could sign up for different courses/clubs, usually either for free or at a small fee. One of the clubs, organised by my IT teacher was a "computer club", where our teacher brought her own Kinect from home and we literally played THIS GAME (and this game only) for 2 weeks straight, everyday

[@sigma723]

Why is it that every movement dan does makes him look more and more like an alien that only studied humans out of a text book

[@Dinoman972]

10:25 The CPU suddenly rolling out of nowhere as the DS3 soundtrack plays was beautiful to see.

[@agwatchman578]

Man this brings back memories. Volleyball and table tennis were my absolute favorite. My siblings and i would always play the multiplayer mode and the post-game highlights were the most awaited part for us

[@officialxverzusz]

Man the Kinect was my childhood I honestly loved it So many nights spent with fam

[@Kripahhhhh1402]

6:04 the funniest part of the video for me. Remembering this always made me giggle for no reason.

[@emeraldwolf3494]

The Kinect was my entire childhood, especially Kinect Sports. So seeing this was a trip down memory lane for me.

[@ZeGreatKaiser]

Whoever edited this, big props to you for replacing copyrighted music to a different song everytime.

[@stryaterra]

I legitimately loved playing Kinect games when I was younger. My favourites were Kinectimals, Kinect Adventures, and Sonic Free Riders.

[@TheValiantBob]

The timing on the Dark Souls music starting followed by the AI immediately doing a random dodge roll for no reason is golden comedic timing

[@lukijez]

"I am the controller that's not been used in a while" Me too, Raniel Taniel, me too