WAVI Xtion: It’s Kinect for the PC (With an ungainly Name) [Gestures]

PrimeSense, the fellows who helped make Microsoft’s Kinect, are now teaming with Asus to make an analogous thing basically…except it’s for the PC. Unfortunately, they’re calling it the WAVI Xtion .

Asus thinks this can help in making PC use within the front room easier, utilizing gestures to regulate music, movies, games and other UI related matters. The device connects in your PC using a wireless transmitter, and rests above or under your television, just like the Kinect.

In addition to the hardware, Asus also plans to build a complete app ecosystem around the device, and hopes to release the WAVI Xtion in Q2 of this year. [ Businesswire via Kotaku ]

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