--- description: So what does Microsoft's new Kinect motion-control camera really do as it's capturing your movements? One enterprising individual turned to the magic of night vision... title: Microsoft Kinect As Seen With a Night Vision Camera image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # Kinect as Seen With a Night Vision Camera by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 10, 2010 8:43 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Nov 10, 2010 8:43 PM CUT So what does Microsoft’s [new Kinect](http://techland.com/2010/11/04/strong-kinect-ion-first-impressions-of-microsofts-new-motion-control-camera/ "undefined") motion-control camera _really_ do as it’s capturing your movements? One enterprising individual turned to the magic of night vision optics to find out. The result looks like an eerie blanket of stars from far away, and a mono-colored Lite Brite board up close. Trippy, no? _\[via_ [_BuzzFeed_](http://www.buzzfeed.com/southafrican/kinect-filmed-with-a-night-vision-camera-17vf "undefined")_\]_ **More on Techland:** [Strong Kinect-ion?: First Impressions of Microsoft’s New Motion-Control Camera](http://techland.com/2010/11/04/strong-kinect-ion-first-impressions-of-microsofts-new-motion-control-camera/ "undefined") [iFixit Opens Up Kinect, Likes What They See](http://techland.com/2010/11/05/ifixit-opens-up-kinect-likes-what-they-see/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7244529/kinect-as-seen-with-a-night-vision-camera/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7244529/kinect-as-seen-with-a-night-vision-camera/"},"headline":"Kinect as Seen With a Night Vision Camera","datePublished":"2010-11-10T20:43:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:54:01.171Z","description":"So what does Microsoft's new Kinect motion-control camera really do as it's capturing your movements? One enterprising individual turned to the magic of night vision...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7244529/kinect-as-seen-with-a-night-vision-camera/","keywords":["Tech"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7244529/kinect-as-seen-with-a-night-vision-camera/","name":"Kinect as Seen With a Night Vision Camera"}}]}] ```