Category Archives: Xbox 360

Kinect Hack – DIY Tesla Coils Controlled by Kinect!

Posted on March 14, 2011 by max

Here’s a rather interesting Kinect hack that involves being able to control tesla coils by your movement via Kinect, awesome!

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Kinect Hacks – How to Use Kinect as 3D Holographic Chatting Device!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by max

Here’s some more cool Kinect hacks that involve turning it into a 3D holographic chatting device.  Sorta choppy but this is still in the early stages of hacking and it can only get better with time.

A 3D camera like a Kinect provides the missing bit of information necessary for 3D reconstruction. For each 2D pixel on the image plane, it not only records that pixel’s colo

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Kinect Hack – How to Use Kinect as an Air Guitar!

Posted on December 18, 2010 by max

For those of you who are excited about Kinect (and I know the world is), here’s another reason why you should get a Kinect, then hack it into an air guitar!

First it thresholds the scene to find a person, then uses a histogram to get the most likely d

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Kinect Hacks – How to Make a Virtual Keyboard using Kinect!

Posted on December 13, 2010 by max

People have been starting to hack the new Microsoft Kinect like a new toy on Christmas (wait, it is Christmas soon, perhaps why) and here’s a really cool GIANT, virtual keyboard using Kinect and Kinect open source (OpenKinect.org).

See demo of the device:

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Xbox360 Hack – How to Tether iPhone on your Xbox360!

Posted on January 17, 2010 by max

For those of you with fast iPhone connection, you might want to learn how to tether your iPhone to your Xbox360, although this will drain your battery like hell and you will have to dedicate your iPhone to tethering.  This could actually be good alternative if you don’t have home Cable/DSL or your internet connection is down.

You will need to buy the MyWi app first though for tethering your iPhone in the first place btw.

This is pretty easy actually. First off you will need MyWi to actually enable tethering

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Xbox 360 Hack – How to “Unban” your Xbox 360!

Posted on November 15, 2009 by max

Here’s some great news for Xbox 360 hackers who have been “banned” from modding your Xbox.  Sorta complex but I guess it’s doable to unban your Xbox 360.

The new workaround, dubbed iXtreme LT (Light Touch) aims to provide a minimum amount of security checks and aims to make the firmware as close to the stock firmware as possible to prevent detection.  This fix

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Xbox360 Hack – How to Make a Lag Switch!

Posted on February 23, 2009 by max

Here’s a fun way to make a lag switch, it allows you to “cheat” on online games by disrupting the Rx (receiving) channel while the Tx (sending) channels keep working.  The other users get a lag while you shoot them basically.

Great idea, but if you need to cheat that bad, you should just keep practicing more instead.

By attaching a physical device (called a lag switch) to a st

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Halo 3 Hack – How to Take Great Screenshots in Halo 3!

Posted on January 23, 2009 by max

Are you a hardcore Halo 3 gamer?

Do you like to take random screenshots of the game and share with your friends on your latest killings?

Well if that’s the case, you might want to read up on this article that shows you how to take great screenshots in Halo 3.

Most people know the basics of taking screenshots, but have you ever wondered how some players manage to take great screenshots with amazing effects? This brief guide will cover basic technique

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XBOX360 Hack – How to Add Wi-Fi to your Xbox 360 without breaking an arm and a leg!

Posted on January 17, 2009 by max

Lol, it turns out the “cheapest” way to add Wi-Fi to your Xbox360 is to actually just get one of these WiFi Dongles for the regular Xbox.

That’s insane and really bad rep for Microsoft, who are basically selling their outdated technology in a new box.  (I guess it does look a little sleeker but twice the price???)

via gizmodo

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Ad Hack – Barack Obama Ads show up in an Xbox360 Game!

Posted on October 14, 2008 by max

It’s funny but I really think this Obama’s campaign managers are a LOT smarter than McCain’s people.  It’s probably due to the fact that Obama’s employees are “younger” (although I can’t prove it), or at least he must have hired smart Web 2.0 guys who play a lot of Xbox360.  Add to the fact that Obama’s website gets more web traffic than McCain here.

Anyways, it looks like Obama’s team did some good

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