Looks like the specs for Microsoft’s new Kinect unit have leaked online, courtesy of VGLeaks. According to the report, the new improved Kinect will sport an increased field of view and a higher depth range in order to allow up to six users to play at once. This is facilitated by a 70-degree horizontal and 60-degree vertical field of view, which is up from 57.6 and 43.5 on the current units. Thanks to this the new Kinect model will not need to tilt in any way. It should just see everything that’s going on in the room. The sensor has also been beefed up, according to the report, returning a full HD resolution colour stream at 30 frames per second. That compares favourably to the current unit which returns just 15fps at lower resolutions. The new Kinect will also be able to recognise whether players’ hands are open or closed, provide better skeleton tracking thanks to improved joint detection, and offer tailored options for standing or seated players. It has previously reported that the new Kinect unit will ship with every next-gen Xbox console. All of which is kinda cool. We’ll wait for official confirmation, and more importantly some quality games to play with the thing, before we get excited. Full specs below. KINECT 2 SPECS Field of View: 70? horizontal by 60? vertical Resolvable Depth: 0.8 m -> 4.0 m Colour Stream: 1920 x 1080 x 16 bpp 16:9 YUY2 @ 30 fps Depth Stream: 512 x 424 x 16 bpp, 13-bit depth Infrared Stream: 512 x 424, 11-bit dynamic range Registration: Colour <-> depth and active IR Audio Capture: 4-mic array returning 48K Hz audio Data Path: USB 3.0 Latency: ~60 ms with processing Tilt Motor: No tilt motor ORIGINAL KINECT SPECS Field of View: 57.5? horizontal by 43.5? vertical Resolvable Depth: 0.8 m -> 4.0 m Colour Stream: 640 x 480 x 24 bpp 4:3 RGB @ 30fps640 x 480 x 16 bpp 4:3 YUV @ 15fps Depth Stream: 320 x 240 16 bpp, 13-bit depth Infrared Stream: No IR stream Registration: Color <-> depth Audio Capture: 4-mic array returning 48 Hz audio Data Path: USB 2.0 Latency: ~90 ms with processing Tilt Motor: Vertical only Source - X360A
