When Microsoft started selling a basic Xbox One package without a Kinect V2 for $100 less, the result was unequivocal: Sales took off. Most gamers can take or leave the ubiquitous depth camera, ...

Wisdom was Microsoft removing Kinect from its Xbox One, but for all our ennui with the peripheral as a home theater interface, we’re quick to forget where the real Kinect story played out: Microsoft’s ...

At NUI Central‘s Kinect for Windows Hackathon, a projector on the ceiling creates an image of sand and shrubbery on the ground. The terrain is supposed to be Afghanistan. After walking around on the ...

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Microsoft might’ve stripped the Kinect out of the Xbox One recently, but that doesn’t make the hardware itself any less impressive—it’s just not the best device for a low-cost gaming console at the ...

Microsoft's Build developer conference is now underway, and it has detailed what's in store for the next-generation Kinect (or Kinect v2). Starting with Windows compatibility, Microsoft said it would ...

The launch of the Xbox One on Friday was the biggest product release for Microsoft this week, but a smaller preview launch occurred yesterday as well. Microsoft has announced that thousands of ...

Microsoft stopped producing the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor today after phasing out the original sensor not long ago. The company emphasized, however, that this does not mean it will stop supporting ...

With the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and SDK 2.0 in the wild, Redmond will end sales of its original device in 2015. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you ...