Microsoft Kinect

Xbox One S skipping on a Kinect port poses one too many questions

Polygon who had a chat with GM of marketing for Xbox devices, Matt Lapsen, reports that Microsoft removed it in order to make the console "as compact as possible".

Faster, higher quality 3D camera developed; can be used in any environment

Inspired by the human eye, scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed an inexpensive, faster 3-D camera that can be used in any environment such as outdoors to produce high-quality images.

Indian quartet lauded by MIT for new gesture-recognition system

Gesture recognition may just be the newest feature you can get for your smartphone, and the innovation has been pioneered by an Indian quartet...

Researchers develop app that lets you text while walking... without banging your head!

Most of us are so attached to our smartphones that keeping them away even for a short while, makes ...

Young indie developer Kinects your life

A young indie developer puts to use the Kinect’s abilities to recognise speech, gestures, and motion to build useful, inexpensive applications for one and all.

Kinect could control who watches movies on Xbox 360

Microsoft has acquired a new patent related to the Xbox Kinect. Titled Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User, the new patent will allow content providers...

Augmented Reality, adding a new dimension to reality

In the near future, we will witness increased use of augmented reality in our everyday surroundings. Here we take a look at some instances of AR that have stood out.

Leap will make Microsoft's Kinect sit up and take notice

With the onset of devices, like the Wii, Sony’s PlayStation Move and the Microsoft Kinect that’s the latest in virtual ...

Microsoft working on sound waves-based Kinect-like controller

Microsoft is said to be working on a new Kinect-like controller that would negate the requirement for additional ...

Microsoft's Bringing Official Kinect Drivers and SDK

This will allow third parties to build any Windows software to include Kinect control support.