According to rumors, will get the successor of Kinect not only improved motion sensing and voice recognition, but also the ability to lip-read. Furthermore, would the sensor be included with the new Xbox console.
Eurogamer has it from its sources learned that the new generation of Kinect motion sensor would be able to lip-read. This is made possible by a sensor with a higher resolution and a connector so that the required bandwidth can deliver. Also claims to be the source that the Kinect 2 is capable of emotions, to recognize the hand of voices and facial expressions. The motion sensor would be with the new Xbox to be delivered, which, according to other rumors already at the end of 2012 would come true.
The sensors in the current Kinect are able to deliver images with a resolution of 640 by 480 pixels, but in combination with a Xbox 360 is only a quarter of this resolution will be used due to the limited bandwidth of the usb 2.0 controller. Microsoft would reportedly working on an update to set the resolution to increase, but there is nothing official about announced.