Naked Kinect pics are sexy geek porn

On the outside, Microsoft's Kinect looks sleek, shiny and black. Like an expensive furnishing designed for Darth Vader's meditation chamber. Or a decapitated hammerhead Wall-E. But what makes this baby tick - what circuit-based white witchery is at work beneath its very horizontal exterior? You're about to find out with your eyes.

The gadget worshippers of T3 were recently treated to a tour of Microsoft's Redmond HQ to see how Kinect works. They learnt more than any sane person could ever want to know about the device's movement tracking, voice recognition and other bits of technological spuffery. And they also procured the following pictures of Kinect in a state of undress. Check them out:

Above: Factory workers are required to have tiny fingers and good eyesight for such intricate board assembly

Above: PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board. It can easily be confused with PCP, an abbreviation of phencyclidine. Phencyclidine is a recreational drug also known as angel dust and is in no way associated with motion-sensing technology

Above: Here we can see the unit's two 3D depth sensors on the far left and right, with an RGB camera placed between them. RGB stands for red, green and blue, which are the most important colours in the world

Above: Extreme close-up of the RGB camera (left) and one of the 3D depth sensors. Looks like a robot with heterochromia. Or perhaps a pirate robot with a patch over one eye

Above: If you stand astride a derobed Kinect unit and look down on it, this is what it looks like. From this angle the word 'Kinect' is clearly identifiable on the unit's base

Above: Like the previous picture, but closer

Above: Microsoft has confirmed that retail units of Kinect will NOT feature exposed components

Above: This one has been taken from behind

For the entire Kinect expose, head to T3 and read their exclusive report on how Microsoft's Kinect works.

August 6, 2010