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How To Piss Off An Xbox 360 Kinect User

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The Xbox 360 Kinect has a rather neat voice-control feature. It lets you switch TV channels, pause games, and do just about everything you’d normally do with a remote control. Including pissing off your friends.

https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-kinect-up-close-so-shiny-5562534

Our mischievous pals at Kotaku noticed that the Kinect’s voice-control feature doesn’t appear to differentiate between voices. This means that it’ll take a command from any person within microphone range.

It also means that you can stroll through your friend’s living room and mutter “Xbox…pause” during a critical moment. [Kotaku]

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