Marjorie Skubic, a professor in the college’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department told WebProNews: "With Kinect, we can gather finely grained, gait data – walking speed, stride length, step time, and we can see detailed trends over time to determine subtle changes and determine very early whether there is functional decline and fall risk.”
Microsoft says it is investigating with Kinect, to see if stroke patients can regain movement, access operating room information, and employ it in physical therapy to work with children with developmental disabilities.
“Honestly, what we know about here at Microsoft is but a tiny fraction of what is actually going on,” Microsoft’s Bill Crounse told the media source. A medical doctor and the company’s senior director of worldwide health, Crouse added: "Everywhere I go in the world – every hospital, college or public health organization, people are already doing something with Kinect or they plan to.”
The potential of XBox is unlimited for Active Lifestyle and Independent Living residences.