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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Kinect that ships with the Xbox One cannot be plugged into your PC. The old Kinect for the Xbox 360 could be plugged into a Windows PC if you did not want to use your Xbox. But it seems Redmond is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft may find it has a big hit on its hands with the Kinect controller-free gaming system if it lets the DIY movement hack into the guts of the Kinect to unleash its potential to do some pretty ...

Microsoft on Thursday released a beta version of a software development kit that lets hobbyists build applications for the Kinect sensor. Microsoft launched the Kinect last year in conjunction with ...

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 ...

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 ...