Microsoft has finally come to accept tinkering with the Xbox Kinect technology. Microsoft's customers have been doing for awhile and it is now embracing it with a new research project KinectFusion. Hackers and Hobbyists have been tinkering with the Kinect since it came out. Microsoft is now realizing that it can gain from its customers contributions and it can revolutionize the way we produce 3-D images.
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It is refreshing to see a large firm like Microsoft embrace and leverage user innovation. To date, Microsoft has sold over 10 million Kinects--far beyond their expectations. Most of the Kinects that have been sold are being used for things other than playing video games. For some cool examples, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWpwPUhpw4&feature=related
Me and my roommates last year reprogrammed our kinect to play Sonic. Its pretty cool because you can choose what movements correspond to what actions. For instance you can punch forward to make sonic jump, if you are too lazy to make him jump by jumping yourself.
-Sasha