Microsoft has created a unique experience with its Kinect motion-control gaming system. On its face, it’s more compelling than either the Nintendo Wii, which is now showing its age, and the Sony ...

Thanks to strong demand over the Black Friday weekend, Microsoft said it has sold more than 2.5 million units of its Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360. The sales numbers show that Kinect ...

For all the successes we've seen in the world of games, the industry has experienced its share of failures. The Xbox Kinect was arguably one of the biggest missteps in gaming history, mostly because ...

There are a lot of futuristic things we're still waiting on: jet packs for the entire family, self-driving cars and time-travel, to name a few. But one new, pretty darn amazing bit of technology has ...

Markerless technologies, such as depth camera systems (e.g., Azure Kinect) and emerging smartphone-based pipelines (e.g., OpenCap), promise laboratory-grade motion capture without markers. However, ...

There's been some recent buzz about building Kinect motion controls into laptops, but judging from previous attempts, it's a bad idea. Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming Dan ...

Aki Kanerva and Ilkka Kalliomäki aren't just any indie game developers. The Finnish duo is dedicated to motion gaming and, as studio Virtual Air Guitar, one of the few companies still making Kinect ...

Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor has revolutionary potential, but it’s pricey at $250 for the Windows version. Enter Leap, which plans to sell a more accurate motion-sensing device called the Leap ...

Soon, you may not necessarily need to be fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) in order to interpret it. Scientists have hacked Microsoft's Xbox Kinect motion control sensor to read ASL. The ...

Microsoft's Kinect gaming peripheral will be coming to the Windows operating system in Feburary. The company says is has sold 18 million units of the motion sensor. Roger Cheng Former Executive Editor ...

Come on, no one’s surprised that a developer went and cobbled together a game that lets you air-tweak virtual body parts with Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor, are they? It’s real and nearly here, ...