{{Short description|Application development hub (2011–2012)}} {{Infobox video game | title = Kinect Fun Labs | developer = Good Science Studio | publisher = Microsoft Studios | platforms = Xbox 360 | released = June 6, 2011 }} '''''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.
== Gameplay == {{Section-expand|There are only 3 games explained here, that too in minor descriptions|date=February 2024}} The first game in the ''Fun Labs'' range is ''Bobble Head''. In ''Bobble Head'', the player can put little fun costumes on their friends and collect them all in little bobble heads. The second game is Avatar Kinect. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Kinect Fun Labs Games - Pure Xbox |url=https://www.purexbox.com/games/browse?title=series:kinect-fun-labs |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.purexbox.com}}</ref> The third game in the ''Fun Labs'' range is ''Depth Video''. In ''Depth Video'', when the player steps in front of Kinect it captures their likeness and suddenly there they are in the game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-14 |title=Impressions: Kinect Fun Labs |url=https://www.destructoid.com/impressions-kinect-fun-labs/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=Destructoid |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207175809/https://www.destructoid.com/impressions-kinect-fun-labs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Released games== There are fifteen games in ''Kinect Fun Labs''. In the given table, is displayed the title, developer(s) and release dates for each game. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:60%; font-size:95%;" !width="15%"|Title !width="25%"|Developer !width="10%"|Release date |- |''Kinect Me'' |Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive | rowspan="4" |June 6, 2011 |- |''Build a Buddy'' |Good Science Studio |- |''Kinect Googly Eyes'' |Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive |- |''Bobble Head'' | rowspan="2" |Good Science Studio |- |''Avatar Kinect'' |July 25, 2011 |- |''Kinect Sparkler'' ||Good Science Studio, Smoking Gun Interactive |July 28, 2011 |- |''Air Band'' | rowspan="2" |Relentless Software, Good Science Studio |August 22, 2011 |- |''Mutation Station'' |September 26, 2011 |- |''Musical Feet'' | rowspan="2" |Smoking Gun Interactive |October 24, 2011 |- |''Battle Stuff'' |November 28, 2011 |- |''Junk Fu'' |Wahoo Studios |February 20, 2012 |- |''I Am Super!'' |Smoking Gun Interactive |March 26, 2012 |- |''Kinect Rush: Snapshot'' |Asobo Studio |April 6, 2012 |- |''5 Micro Lab Challenge'' |N-Space |July 2, 2012 |- |''Mars Rover Landing'' |Smoking Gun Interactive |July 16, 2012 |}
== Reception == {{Video game reviews | title = Reception | MC = 80/100<ref name=metacritic /> | GamePro = 40/100<ref name="GPX360">{{cite web|url=https://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/222458/review-kinect-fun-labs-360/|title=Kinect Fun Labs|publisher=GamePro|date=August 30, 2011|access-date=December 26, 2023}}</ref> | EuroG = 3/10<ref name="EuroX360">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/kinect-fun-labs-review|title=Weird science.|publisher=Eurogamer|last=Whitehead|first=Dan|date=August 9, 2011|access-date=December 26, 2023}}</ref> }} ''Kinect Fun Labs'' received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.<ref name=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."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-08-09 |title=Page 3 {{!}} Kinect Fun Labs |language=en |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/kinect-fun-labs-review?page=3 |access-date=2023-12-26 |archive-date=2023-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226144003/https://www.eurogamer.net/kinect-fun-labs-review?page=3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
''GamePro'' stated that "''Kinect Fun Labs'' displays some creative ideas, asks its boss what they think is cool, and then it tries to decide where to go from there."<ref name=metacritic>{{Cite web |title=Kinect Fun Labs critic reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/kinect-fun-labs/critic-reviews/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en |archive-date=2025-06-19 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250619155504/https://www.metacritic.com/game/kinect-fun-labs/critic-reviews/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== References == <references />
==External links== *[http://marketplace.xbox.com/Product/Kinect-Fun-Labs/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258480811 Kinect Fun Labs] at Xbox.com
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