Kinect is the latest fruit from the R&D Microsoft has been putting into developing natural user interfaces. While the Nintendo Wii allowed users to interact with videogames using typical gestures and ...

Putting aside all the hype around the Kinect, which went on sale in the U.S. last week and hit stores in the U.K. today, here's a quick look at three core technologies in the system that have ...

The news from Fast Company that Microsoft has ceased manufacturing Kinect, a device developed for its gaming console XBox 360 in 2010, will have an effect on several digital health companies that have ...

Pour one out for Microsoft’s toy that allows players to flap their limbs around like a crazy person—the Kinect for Xbox is dead. The news comes from Fast Company and was officially confirmed by ...

How Nex Playground designed a gaming console for kids that won’t make them couch potatoes Nex Playground, a new game console for families with young children, is all about getting players off the ...

Now that Kinect hardware is available for Windows, app developers can get busy bringing voice and motion control to desktop PCs. Microsoft is already working on Kinect Windows apps with hundreds of ...

It's official: Microsoft Kinect for Windows goes live on February 1. Announced by Steve Ballmer at Microsoft's final CES keynote, the technology is coming with the official Microsoft Kinect SDK, which ...

We already know that if a couple of overly restrictive NDAs hadn’t gotten in the way, Apple could have ended up owning the technology behind Microsoft’s new motion-control accessory for the Xbox 360 ...

It's official: Kinect is not just a toy anymore (not that it ever was). In a statement today, Microsoft has announced that it's responding to consumer feedback and creating a PC version of its ...

Consumer Reports debunked a report that Microsoft’s new gaming system doesn’t recognize dark-skinned players. Consumer Reports has debunked a report that Microsoft’s new Kinect for Xbox gaming system ...

Microsoft will stop selling the original Kinect for Windows in 2015 now that the second generation of the motion-based controller platform is available. In a blog post, Microsoft advised enterprises ...