Microsoft officially launched the Kinect sensor worldwide, shipping 8 million units in its first 60 days. Powered by an internal PrimeSense 3D depth-sensing camera and real-time decision forest algorithms developed at Microsoft Research, the consumer device processed millions of skeletal motion data points instantly, proving that machine learning could drive consumer electronics at scale.
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