Kinect Parental Controls Could Automatically Decide What You Watch. By Your Body Size.
Grown ass people who are vertically challenged could be in for a bit of a snafu if a patent Microsoft filed ever comes to fruition. Parental controls determined by your body dimensions? I see. I see.
A Microsoft patent, filed in March 2010 but only publicly released last week, is called PARENTAL CONTROL SETTINGS BASED ON BODY DIMENSIONS. It’s about using tech like Kinect to automatically restrict content on a PC or Xbox depending on who (or what) the camera sees in the room.
Basically, it would use a camera (Kinect is never specified, but come on, it’s Microsoft) to determine the size of the people standing in front of it. If it detects adults, then the console or computer can play adult content. If it detects kids, no dice. If it detects adults but then kids walk into the room, it can switch over on the fly.
Good thing I’m 6’1, but what about Timmy Growth Spurt or Mr. Bloomington the 61 year-old person who is 4’6? Eh?!