Kinect Not Just For Xbox?

Microsoft is hoping that Kinect will be a big success for the Xbox 360, but creative director Kudo Tsunoda sees that as only the beginning for the motion-tracking camera.

Tsunoda recently told CVG that Kinect's technology could have larger applications than just the Xbox 360. "We take stuff from movies, or take technology from PCs and put it into games, and Kinect really is the first time that the video game industry is pioneering something that I really think has widespread application outside of just video games."

Tsunoda stated that PC compatibility is a "possibility" for Kinect's future, and that it may even be used with mobile phones one day. For now, however, Tsunoda was quick to point out that Microsoft's focus for Kinect is solely on the Xbox 360. Is this simple PR hype or a sign of things to come? We'll have to wait to find out.