Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced that the company will begin selling its Kinect gaming accessories for Windows in twelve countries worldwide from February 1 for $249.99. The announcement, ...

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Microsoft has confirmed that it will bring out new hardware for Windows users to embrace its motion-based control platform Kinect. Great news? Perhaps not. Redmond confirmed in a blog post this week ...

Microsoft released on October 8 an updated version of its Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) that includes support for Desktop applications running on Windows 8. Company officials said ...

Ballmer just said it live on stage at CES. Yelling it, no less. Short and sweet. Kinect for Windows will be official on February 1st. Ballmer just said it live on stage at CES. Yelling it, no less.

From the moment Kinect was announced at E3 years ago, it was clear that Microsoft had crafted something rather significant. The ability of a device to read both gestures and speech seemed like ...

It was only a matter of time before Microsoft lay the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor to rest. They released a Kinect Adaptor for Windows last fall which allows users to use an Xbox One Kinect sensor on ...

Microsoft's last ever keynote speech at CES last night was definitely more of a whimper than a bang, with a bit of tubthumping for Windows 8 and its phone range, but not a lot of really new stuff to ...

Today the Kinect for Windows team announced a slew of updates to its core software suite, and began support for the Chinese market, a large new region that it hopes will expand its reach and total ...

Microsoft on Feb. 1 will roll out Kinect for Windows as it tries to leverage Xbox’s best feature and natural user interface for broader use. In a blog post, Microsoft outlined how it plans on turning ...

We were told that it wouldn't be until fall when the Kinect would be available as standalone "sold separately" accessory to the Xbox One, but it appears its Window counterpart is nearly ready for ...

We've been waiting for confirmation on yesterday's rumor, about Microsoft's motion-sensing Xbox 360 peripheral coming to PCs, and now we have it. MS has just now released a software development kit ...