Can you learn to bowl with Kinect?

Learning to hone your bowling skills in your own living room, is that even possible? Well, it may be soon, and systems are becoming so powerful and so precise, that one could learn better bowling techniques in their living room than in the bowling alley. Let me explain one of the new technologies that seems to be getting better every year.

Microsoft research gave a brilliant presentation this year during the All Things Digital Conference in 2011, however they didn’t get the publicity they deserved as they were overshadowed by Apple and overshadowed again by the extraordinaire of the Steve Jobs technology. Still, it seems to me that Microsoft’s R&D group is way ahead of all other competitors when it comes to augmented reality gaming. But let me explain.

You see, things are getting so real, that a player could hone their skills and master a sport in their living room without going anywhere, and then, with those skills enhanced, go out there and perform better than those who had practiced it. in real life. I’d like to give the example of bowling, mainly because I read an article that showed you using the Kinect to hone your skills and play bowling in your living room, and it was graded on technique.

In fact, there was an interesting article recently in Fast Company Magazine titled; “More machine than man now? Xbox takes Kinect gesture play to a new level” by Gregory Ferenstein published on June 7, 2011. The article said;

“Human beings weren’t meant to experience the exhilaration of life-threatening action while slumped on a couch covered in Doritos crumbs. Celebrity voiceovers and cinematic storylines are drops in a shallow pond.” of experience without raw physiological emotion.From recognizing the trigger-pulling motion of a single finger to activating Jedi powers through a push of the hands, Microsoft has taken a leap toward a more visceral gaming experience with enhanced gesture commands that control the avatars with intuitive and realistic movements.

In bowling, your focus before you release the ball is of the utmost importance, therefore the techniques you use must be precise and develop into a reflex action, like playing golf. That’s not easy to do when you’re sliding down a track trying to keep your body properly aligned swinging a 16-pound ball, but that’s what it takes. It is very important to control the movement and alignment of your body first and foremost. Kinect turns out to be the perfect way to do just that. In fact, I hope you will please consider all of this and think about it.