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12 minute Xbox One dashboard demo
- Thread starter CrunchinJelly
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Doesn't need network command, but really should have it. I guess you'd need more specific agreements with box providers, but if you could voice search across apps, live Tv and my recorded shows, I'd potentially switch cable providers to get that
I am still curious how they will solve the language problem.
Voice commands are fine when everything is English, but Siri in iOS (for example) fails miserably if you have the language set to German and then try to tell Siri to play a band with an English name - because at that moment, Siri does understand only German and tries to interpret your English as German. Clusterfuck follows. Same with launching English-named apps.
So, back to XBO - since German is supported, I wonder if language-switching or bilingual understanding of the software will work.
I will definitely be impressed if this works better than Apples current solution.
Voice commands are fine when everything is English, but Siri in iOS (for example) fails miserably if you have the language set to German and then try to tell Siri to play a band with an English name - because at that moment, Siri does understand only German and tries to interpret your English as German. Clusterfuck follows. Same with launching English-named apps.
So, back to XBO - since German is supported, I wonder if language-switching or bilingual understanding of the software will work.
I will definitely be impressed if this works better than Apples current solution.
Dreams-Visions
Member
the solution is the same as always: repeat yourself until it gets it.
Unlike Siri, you can't speak in a semi-natural language and hope it figures it out. You have to say very specific things to the One, and it will respond. Where with Siri, you could say, "Hey Siri, what's the weather like?" On the One, you pretty much have to say, "Xbox _____ (specific command)". That makes it less prone to error, but also more awkward.
LittleIdeaSLT
Member
The video definitely impressed me more than I thought it would. That being said, its still a collection of bells and whistles I have no desire for. Like finger tracking on a cellphone. The system is gonna have some awesome exclusives I'm sure but I will not pay a premium price for a bunch of stuff Im not going to use.
And am I the only one who cringed every single time they had to say "Xbox, play forza motorsport five". There's no way I'm gonna say all of that when a simple button press will do. "Xbox, play metal gear solid five ground zeroes." Nope, not gonna do it. God help us if a game with a title like "Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus" releases on X1...
And am I the only one who cringed every single time they had to say "Xbox, play forza motorsport five". There's no way I'm gonna say all of that when a simple button press will do. "Xbox, play metal gear solid five ground zeroes." Nope, not gonna do it. God help us if a game with a title like "Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus" releases on X1...
I think a command like that is more useful if your somewhere else in the UI, or if you are away from the couch and want your game to start loading (if it wasn't already suspended). Yes it is much more practical to push a button in that specific instance but they just wanted to show the functionality.
Lol, the current Kinect video calling app does this. Zooms even further into the face actually. It is an all software solution so it isn't the camera tracking the person. They just cut a section of the video feed around the person and display that. Its trivial once you have the skeletal data(and thus the location of the head, etc in the frame) of a person.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Xbox....
XBOX
XBOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks good though. Never been a fan of saying shit though so this doesn't really appeal to me at all.
The UI looks pretty fast and fairly responsive (although he fact that they didn't show the snap feature at all is a little suspicious since they ere pushing that pretty heavily when it was announced) but I don't actually want to use any of the features it seems designed around. I don't want to use Skype on my couch, or control my TV with Kinect, or see a list of every single thing my friends have boon doing.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
This is the quality I was hoping for, a little bit more excited for launch day. Very slick indeed xbox.
Steverulez
Member
They said the reveal was about the general console with a little gaming (can't believe they spent so long on fucking COD fishes and EA Sports still) and E3 was just games, which to be fair is what it was.
Should have shown this stuff around Gamescom.
Cause E3 was all about the gamez.
And I doubt this was in any kind of working condition back then.
GrizzleBoy
Banned
MEGATON
notoriousKTR
Member
@ 3:23...MY EYES!
Cool. It has pause and skip controls. I didnt know it could control the DVR. That is awesome.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Sony's focus is elsewhere .. they aren't GUI experts either.
flamingotripod
Member
Holy fuck at the skype call, the Kinect following the guy around the room is mindblowing
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Not really. The current Kinect can zoom in on peoples faces and keep track of it. Similar thing.
yankeehater
Member
I just hope they show an extended walkthrough of the UI and some features before the 15th.
The Karasumori
Banned
"Xbox, scan my face, record my voice and send my personal data to the NSA."
Yusef had the Kinect covered for a reason!
Yusef had the Kinect covered for a reason!
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
I can't wait to try all this out. My lazy ass is going to love this.
Unity2012
Member
Agreed! Amazing! I cant wait to try it!
iJudged
Banned
Disappointed lol? Jesus
weekend_warrior
Banned
Metro is fucking annoying on a PC. Sitting on a couch with a controller a UI consisting of large tiles makes more sense.
No, looks fine to me, and I use metro on PC all the time. Just found it strange when most people seem to say, that metro looks like shit.
iJudged
Banned
It does, I can't stand it, only reason why I didn't upgrade to win 8, it just somehow works on xbone, I hope u didn't get offended by my previous post.
IHaveCandy
Banned
Lots of web cameras do that. It's nice to have, but nothing new.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
That panning Kinect camera... I really hope that thing does that with PC.
It would be really nice for video-conferences.
It would be really nice for video-conferences.
It's not common to have it in a place where you might actually want to take or make a call tho. Anyway, I agree it's not entirely new, but the execution, IQ and inherent nature are a big deal to me. Mind you I am kind of a luddite about this stuff.
Cool but it would require 4 paid subscriptions to take full advantage and not feel burned about the non-gaming resources.
Internet
Xbox Live
Cable Provider
Netflix or equivalent.
Its really nice to look at but it really is just stuff that people already have in one interface. If you get bothered by opening/closing/tv switching , then I guess this is for you.
Internet
Xbox Live
Cable Provider
Netflix or equivalent.
Its really nice to look at but it really is just stuff that people already have in one interface. If you get bothered by opening/closing/tv switching , then I guess this is for you.
This is their whole point
BlastProcessing
Member
It's a good demo, to the people saying it was faked, I doubt it. If it was faked then they wouldn't have gone out of their way to not show the snap feature. Which was conspicuous in its absence.
The funny part for me was when the demo started I noticed the remote control on the couch and thought "Oh they are going to point out how everybody hates remotes and show how you never need them with Xbox One" Not only did they not do that, they also used it to adjust the volume! Made me chuckle.
The funny part for me was when the demo started I noticed the remote control on the couch and thought "Oh they are going to point out how everybody hates remotes and show how you never need them with Xbox One" Not only did they not do that, they also used it to adjust the volume! Made me chuckle.
See, this scares me. It's obviously in prime conditions and it still has issues. I have lots of noise in my apartment from my dog, the hallway, and a fan constantly running.
That UI is really sexy, though. It's pretty funny when it switches from the One TV guide to the Comcast one. The Comcast one is so bad looking.
TheAbsolution
Member
Don't forget that that's their old guide interface. They have a new one out now that looks way better.
OT: The UI looks so good here. Can't wait to try it out when I get it.
That's great and all, but that's just a tech demo. I'm more interested in the actual usage.
That is a hideous damn shirt.
BlastProcessing
Member
Why did he have to go to a specific app channel for the voice command "xbox what's on hulu" to work? A voice based UI should be flat, not nested. I can forgive a few performance errors with recognition, although the first time it didn't work would be the last time my wife ever tried to use it, but having nested commands is a design choice I fundamentally disagree with.
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