In true Microsoft form, the Xbox Kinect was ahead of its time. Now, with most households having a smart speaker as standard, and doorbell security cameras being commonplace, it is harder than ever to believe the Kinect was discontinued.
Luckily, 15 years after its launch, the Kinect refuses to die, and lives on in many spaces for unusual reasons far from its gaming roots. From supermarket surveillance to ghostbusting, the Kinect and its groundbreaking motion and sound capture technology is still widely used outside our humble living rooms.
