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Body-tracking camera

Recorded year2010

Kinect reads body movement as game input without a controller.

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Built on

Stored-program computerRecorded · 1948requires
LaserRecorded · 1960requires
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
CMOS image sensorRecorded · 1993enables

Led to

Mixed-reality headsetRecorded · 2022enables
Eye-and-hand computingRecorded · 2024enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.