Kinect Fun Labs

Xbox exclusive

Kinect Fun Labs is an application development hub that allows users to play, create and share their own Kinect experiences. There are currently fifteen games in the Fun Labs range.

Released: 6 June 2011
Platforms: Xbox 360
Genres: —
Developers: Good Science Studio
Publishers: Xbox Game Studios
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Party
Country: United States
Age ratings: PEGI 3

About

Kinect Fun Labs is an application development hub that allows users to play, create and share their own Kinect experiences. As of July 2012, there were fifteen games in the Fun Labs range. The games were developed by Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive, Relentless Software, Wahoo Studios, Asobo Studio, and N-Space and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.

Keywords

kinect required

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In Bobble Head, the player can put costumes on their friends and collect them as bobbleheads. In Avatar Kinect, the players' avatar can act and it tracks their mouth so their lips will move. Kinect also knows where the players' cheekbones are, their eyebrows, so they can make them go up and down.

Reception

Kinect Fun Labs received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Dan Whitehead on Eurogamer stated that "Mostly, it's disappointing that the technology on display feels so clumsy. It feels like a step backwards for Kinect, displaying its limitations more than its strengths - right when mainstream developers are starting to do interesting things with the device outside of the obvious motion control applications."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Xbox 360	6 June 2011	Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Downloadable content: Kinect Fun Labs: Kinect Rush SnapshotKinect Fun Labs: Musical FeetKinect Fun Labs: Bobble HeadKinect Fun Labs: Air BandKinect Fun Labs: Avatar KinectKinect Fun Labs: Battle StuffKinect Fun Labs: I Am Super!Kinect Fun Labs: Kinect Googly EyesKinect Fun Labs: Kinect SparklerKinect Fun Labs: Mutation StationKinect Fun Labs: Mars Rover LandingKinect Fun Labs: Kinect MeKinect Fun Labs: Junk FuKinect Fun Labs: 5 Micro Lab ChallengeKinect Fun Labs: Build A Buddy