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[TheBoy]

It works by tracking your body heat, the main target points being hands, face, & feet 

Yup IR camera (and normal camera), you can see the tracking mechanism in the dashboard

Now to tape 5 laser pointers together in a 5 pointed star shape, lay back, and relax while you practice the Wii "flick of the wrist" 

Something similar had crossed my mind, but probably less effort to actually play properly

Although not sure entirely how the player recognition works, assume thats a role for the normal camera?

[Martian]

Although not sure entirely how the player recognition works, assume thats a role for the normal camera?

I'm not so sure it does recognise the player "per se".
Our Kinect has only been calibrated by the missus for herself, if her friend steps up then all it does is go through a "quick" (couple of seconds) recalibration process and then you play as normal. Based on that (and the Kinect telling you where to stand) I'd hazard a guess that the IR camera is actually taking in to account the distance between the target heat sources in order to recognise a different player?   

[TheBoy]

Although not sure entirely how the player recognition works, assume thats a role for the normal camera?

I'm not so sure it does recognise the player "per se".
Our Kinect has only been calibrated by the missus for herself, if her friend steps up then all it does is go through a "quick" (couple of seconds) recalibration process and then you play as normal. Based on that (and the Kinect telling you where to stand) I'd hazard a guess that the IR camera is actually taking in to account the distance between the target heat sources in order to recognise a different player?

If I'm playing, and Mrs TB walks across the room to do something, it pops up "<Mrs TB's Gamertag> has joined the game". Also, the seXbox logs in as me automatically, but starting a Kinect game, if she is playing, it knows its her...

[ngrainqey]

im with TB it can differentiate between people if you set it up with users and take their picture with it

[blackviper90210]

xBox 360 everytime

[Martian]

Although not sure entirely how the player recognition works, assume thats a role for the normal camera?

I'm not so sure it does recognise the player "per se".
Our Kinect has only been calibrated by the missus for herself, if her friend steps up then all it does is go through a "quick" (couple of seconds) recalibration process and then you play as normal. Based on that (and the Kinect telling you where to stand) I'd hazard a guess that the IR camera is actually taking in to account the distance between the target heat sources in order to recognise a different player?

If I'm playing, and Mrs TB walks across the room to do something, it pops up "<Mrs TB's Gamertag> has joined the game". Also, the seXbox logs in as me automatically, but starting a Kinect game, if she is playing, it knows its her...

I've just Googled it and it turns out the Kinect uses both cameras for facial recognition.
It uses the normal colour camera for the basics of facial recognition, and it uses the IR camera to measure the three dimensional shape of your face......that's pretty impressive IMO and top marks to MS for it 

[Psychoca]

PS3, imho is by far the best console atm...  it also has the added benefit of psn (which is free), opening up the multiplay options of games with no further hidden charges (except game addons)...

The Wii does have a number of good games available for it, but also many that are very gimicky...

[bootie]

A lot of reading, thanks for the inputs. Maybe I should have started a poll.

Keep the comments coming, I have still to decide.