Kinect PlayFit dashboard now available for US X360 owners

[garyopa]

Tracks fitness data across games...



Kinect PlayFit just launched in the US. Will aggregate data from Dance Central 2, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012, Kinect Star Wars, and others to provide personal fitness stats.

Remember the rumored "Kinect PlayFit" service by Microsoft, which was supposedly to be combined with a heart rate monitor?

Well, MS just launched the new dashboard. However, they didn't say anything about a new extra accessory.

Kinect PlayFit has been described as a dashboard that tracks fitness activity on the Xbox, and will aggregate data from Dance Central 2, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012, Kinect Star Wars, and others to provide personal fitness stats.

The service will also let fitness fanatics earn Kinect PlayFit Achievements, Gamerscore and Avatar Awards, with leaderboards provided to track scores against other Xbox Live members.

Well, it is now available as a free download for all Xbox Live members in the US. Microsoft says the service will launch outside the US "later this week."

Check out the first Kinect PlayFit screens below!









NEWS SOURCE #1: Kinect PlayFit launches today (via) Major Nelson
NEWS SOURCE #2: Kinect PlayFit Xbox dashboard release (via) TheVerge

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[Anil8tr]

Free and includes achievements for those competative enough to keep a routine that is Kinect centered going with K FP to monitor their progress.

The library it supports is lacking though.

What MS needs to focus on w/ Kinect is something outside of dance/fitness games. That has been the most critical and accurate "con" for Kinect. It's great tech. But, voice commands only go so far.