If you don’t want to be creeped out by the
Xbox One Kinect sensor’s ability to track your every move
in your living room, then don’t read about some of the ideas that
Microsoft has been batting around for how to give viewers incentives to sit through commercials.
Per Polygon, Microsoft filed a patent application back in 2011 that detailed how
Kinect could watch viewers to make sure they’re sitting through commercials and then reward them with special “achievements” for watching a certain number of ads.
Polygon says that getting a certain number of achievements might unlock awards that could include digital gifts, avatar enhancements or reward points.
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