Kinect Fun Labs is an application development hub that allows users to play, create and share their own Kinect experiences. As of July 2012, there were fifteen games in the Fun Labs range. The games were developed by Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive, Relentless Software, Wahoo Studios, Asobo Studio, and N-Space and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.
Gameplay
In Bobble Head, the player can put costumes on their friends and collect them as bobbleheads. In Avatar Kinect, the players' avatar can act and it tracks their mouth so their lips will move. Kinect also knows where the players' cheekbones are, their eyebrows, so they can make them go up and down.
Released games There are fifteen games in Kinect Fun Labs. In the given table, is displayed the title, developer(s) and release dates for each game. TitleDeveloperRelease dateKinect MeGood Science Studio, Smoking Gun InteractiveJune 6, 2011Build a BuddyGood Science StudioKinect Googly EyesGood Science Studio, Smoking Gun InteractiveBobble HeadGood Science StudioAvatar KinectJuly 25, 2011Kinect SparklerGood Science Studio, Smoking Gun InteractiveJuly 28, 2011Air BandRelentless Software, Good Science StudioAugust 22, 2011Mutation StationSeptember 26, 2011Musical FeetSmoking Gun InteractiveOctober 24, 2011Battle StuffNovember 28, 2011Junk FuWahoo StudiosFebruary 20, 2012I Am Super!Smoking Gun InteractiveMarch 26, 2012Kinect Rush: SnapshotAsobo StudioApril 6, 20125 Micro Lab ChallengeN-SpaceJuly 2, 2012Mars Rover LandingSmoking Gun InteractiveJuly 16, 2012
Reception
Kinect Fun Labs received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.
Dan Whitehead on Eurogamer stated that "Mostly, it's disappointing that the technology on display feels so clumsy. It feels like a step backwards for Kinect, displaying its limitations more than its strengths - right when mainstream developers are starting to do interesting things with the device outside of the obvious motion control applications."
GamePro stated that "Kinect Fun Labs displays some creative ideas, asks its boss what they think is cool, and then it tries to decide where to go from there."
References
External links Kinect Fun Labs at Xbox.com