And cleverly makes it tiny.
Microsoft has come up with an ingenious solution to tackle cramped and Kinect-unfriendly living conditions in Japan – a tape measure.
A printed length of paper can be taken home by shoppers from Kinect displays with which to measure their playing area. And cleverly, Microsoft has only made this paper tape measure not-quite 3 feet long, according to Kotaku.
That’s under half what Microsoft told a Western audience was an “ideal” distance to stand away from Kinect – not to mention the three-to-four feet needed either side of a player for movement.