After nearly two years of hype, on the Kinect Xbox 360 add-on debuted last week, with a unique combination of cameras, infrared sensors, and microphones to listen to voice commands and track you and ...

Microsoft's motion-control Kinect technology is being used to monitor the border between North and South Korea, according to newly released documentation out of the Asian nation. South Korean ...

Microsoft’s march toward a voice- and gesture-controlled Windows experience just picked up momentum. On Wednesday the company reiterated that a final version of its Kinect for Windows sensor would be ...

We don’t have any hard numbers available yet, but the Kinect launch at least looks like a success. Microsoft took over Times Square with a huge event to promote the hardware, there were widespread ...

Microsoft says it has officially ceased production on the Kinect, as reported by Co.Design. Once seen as the cornerstone of Microsoft's efforts to expand the Xbox's reach, the device would reach only ...

It's sort of funny that, when a new technology enters the fast lane of our sometimes incredibly fickle industry, about five minutes are spent pondering what it can do, while another five hundred are ...

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Nintendo got the motion-activated gaming craze started with the Wii controller, and Sony improved on the motion controller with its Move. But Microsoft is taking the controller out of the picture ...

Whole Foods is working with developer Chaotic Moon and Microsoft to develop a shopping cart that is powered by Kinect technology, the same Kinect for Xbox 360 and PCs used to track body movements and ...

According to a new report, Apple is considering a $280 million buyout of the company behind Kinect’s motion-sensors. Assuming the report is accurate, talks between Apple and PrimeSense have only just ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Xbox 360 Kinect can be confused by large dogs and wildly flailing children. Those are two stress tests that Microsoft's controller-free add-on ...

Dreams of becoming a T. rex, or at least controlling one, are now a reality thanks to innovative new software developed by scientists at the University of Manchester and University of Southampton.