{"id":24836,"date":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=24836"},"modified":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T06:56:56","slug":"e3-xbox-one-ad-is-switching-on-microsoft-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=24836","title":{"rendered":"E3: Xbox One ad is switching on Microsoft consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission.<\/p>\n

The ad – featuring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul –\u00a0has the actor say<\/a>\u00a0“Xbox On” near its start.<\/p>\n

The instruction appears to trigger the machine’s Kinect voice\/motion sensor, activating the console.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the firm said it had no comment at this time, but noted that previous ads had also featured voice commands.<\/p>\n

Many people have posted comments about the problem on social media sites.<\/p>\n

“Aaron Paul just turned my Xbox One via the Xbox advert. (Which triggered the IR [infrared] blaster to switch my TV off..)”\u00a0tweeted Qassim Farid, a UK-based tech blogger<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chesterfield-based\u00a0Tom Neal<\/a>\u00a0wrote: “@Xbox your new TV advert is annoying the hell outta me. Aaron Paul keeps turning my console on\u2026 #stooooop”<\/p>\n

The effect has also been noted on news discussion site Reddit’s Xbox section,\u00a0with one commentator writing<\/a>: “Damn commercial keeps turning on my xbox! Lol”<\/p>\n

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The post reflects the attitude of many console owners who have posted about the matter who appear more bemused than angered by the glitch.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time such an effect has been reported.<\/p>\n

In November Xbox One owner Tom Kimberl posted\u00a0a video to YouTube<\/a>showing that an internet ad that featured the command “Xbox go to Dead Rising 3” launched the game on his system.<\/p>\n

Users affected by the issue do have the ability\u00a0to turn off the Kinect sensor<\/a>, which prevents the console responding to voice commands.<\/p>\n

The issue has parallels with an effect played for laughs in the TV series 30 Rock where a voice-controlled television went haywire when\u00a0on-screen characters mentioned its trigger words<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unbundled Kinect<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"_75494497_ed676842-73ff-42e0-807f-8092ef07be6e\"<\/a>The problem has arisen in the same week that Microsoft began selling a cheaper version of the Xbox One without the Kinect.<\/p>\n

It said it made the move – timed to coincide with the E3 video games expo – following feedback from gamers who did not want to pay extra for the accessory.<\/p>\n

The decision allows the machine to retail at the same price as Sony’s PlayStation 4.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s press event at the Los Angeles show was notable for hardly featuring the Kinect.<\/p>\n

Only a dancing game, a Disney motion-controlled music rhythm title, and an indie game called Fru – which allows players to control a character by making body shapes – appeared to take advantage of the feature.<\/p>\n

However, Microsoft did announce outside the show that a software update would soon allow developers access to\u00a0more graphics power<\/a>\u00a0when the Kinect was not in use. This may help address complaints that several cross-platform games offer higher resolutions and frame rates on the PS4 than their Xbox equivalents.<\/p>\n

However, the new ad signals that the US firm intends to keep promoting the Kinect as a feature that distinguishes its machine from its Japanese rival’s, even if the price quoted at its end is for the standalone machine.<\/p>\n

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Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission. The ad – featuring Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul –\u00a0has the actor say\u00a0“Xbox On” near its start. The instruction appears to trigger the machine’s Kinect voice\/motion sensor, activating the console. A spokesman for the firm said it had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1401,902,18],"class_list":["post-24836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-antibiotic","tag-billy-anaglate","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}