{
  "type": "obituary",
  "publisher": "Rest In Print",
  "hall": "technology",
  "slug": "kinect",
  "subject": {
    "name": "Kinect",
    "maker": "Microsoft"
  },
  "born": "2010-11-04",
  "died": "2017-10-25",
  "cause_of_death": "deprecated",
  "cause_description": "a deprecation notice it had been ignoring since spring",
  "notice": [
    "Kinect died on October 25, 2017, when manufacturing ended. It was six.",
    "It could see you, hear you and count your steps, and for a while it was the fastest-selling gadget anyone had measured.",
    "Then people sat back down.",
    "Its eyes went on to work in hospitals and labs, where nobody has to dance."
  ],
  "in_lieu_of_flowers": "In lieu of flowers, wave at the screen.",
  "sources": [
    "https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/25/microsoft-finally-kills-off-the-kinect-but-the-tech-will-live-on-in-other-devices"
  ],
  "url": "https://restinprint.studio/hall/kinect"
}