Microsoft have found a new market for their Kinect camera –
touted as the most invasive piece of technology since the invention of the
Martian anal probe. OK, so that’s not quite a real thing outside of the movies,
but who knows what the boffins at Ann Summers are up to these days.
Anyway, the new market in question is the lads who work on border patrols. No, they’re
not knocking off for a couple of hours to have a cheeky jive with Han Solo in that shite
Star Wars game; they’re using the Kinect’s uber camera ability to guard the
Korean border. Rumour has it that if it spots something suspicious it immediately
charges the object £39.99 for a year’s subscription to Xbox Live. Or maybe that’s
just Microsoft in general...
The programmer behind this system is Jae Kwan Ko and he’s
obviously a bit behind the times having used the Xbox 360’s Kinect rather than
the Xbox One’s version for the border monitor, but he has said an upgrade may
be possible in the future.
Either way, a lot of faith has been put in Kinect to alert
outposts of any intruders which is remarkable considering it often turns
in-game characters under your control into spasming wrecks the second you lift
your arm.
Matt Gammond