Ngombono wokunikela ngemidlalo yokudlala imali ethe xaxa, iMicrosoft yethule iKinect, ngo-2010, isikhathi lapho bobabili uNintendo nabakwaSony babenze uhlobo lwemidlalo olususelwa ekuhambeni kwabantu abafake imfashini, imfashini engazange ihlale isikhathi eside . Njengoba yayinenguquko, ayikaze ithole imakethe yezimakethe iMicrosoft eyayiyifuna. Eminyakeni yakamuva, ukukhiqizwa kwale divayisi, kanye nokufunwa, kwehle kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokuthi abathuthukisi bebengabhejeli kuyo. Ekugcineni, IMicrosoft isanda kumemezela ukuthi iyeka ukwenza iKinect, esingazi ukuthi okwesikhashana noma unomphela.
Futhi ngithi okwesikhashana noma unomphela, ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi abafana baseRedmond basebenza ngohlobo oluthuthukisiwe olunikezelwe endaweni yezobuchwepheshe, njengamanje kubonakala sengathi iMicrosoft Hololens isiqedile. Njengokwesiko kwaMicrosoft, inkampani sizoqhubeka nokunikela ukusekelwa kwale divayisiAsazi ukuthi isikhathi esingakanani, noma ngabe ukukhiqiza sekuqedile. Ukuvuselelwa kokugcina okutholwe nguKinect ngonyaka owedlule ukuze akwazi ukukusebenzisa ku-ecosystem of universal application of Windows 10, kepha noma kunjalo ayikwazanga ukuyivusa ekufeni okumenyezelwe ebikade inakho selokhu yafika emakethe.
Ubuchwepheshe beKinect buzoqhubeka bukhona kwamanye amadivayisi, kepha ngendlela ephelele njenge-ID ye-iPhone X's Face ID. I-Apple ithole i-PrimeSense, inkampani yakwa-Israyeli edale ubuchwepheshe be-3D enguqulweni yasekuqaleni yeKinect, ngo-2013 futhi ibilokhu ihlola amathuba ahlinzekwa yilobu buchwepheshe kusukela lapho. I-IPhone X izosebenzisa ubuchule be-PrimeSense kusistimu ye-Face ID yekhamera yokujula. Eqinisweni, iMicrosoft Hololens nayo isebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe.