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 ...

Microsoft finally reveals the price of its Kinect accessory, as well as unveils a new version of its console that replaces the Arcade system bundle with a machine that packs 4GB of built-in flash ...

Microsoft's Kinect for Windows sensor and development kit are coming to China and a handful of other new markets this fall. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...

Microsoft today released the final Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0, which you can download now for free directly from Microsoft.com. The launch means developers can now finalize their apps for the Kinect ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has ended production of Azure Kinect, the successor to the Xbox peripheral, drawing a line under the motion-sensing camera's lifespan. As announced in a blog post, the company will stop ...

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 ...

Autumn is a time for gaming. When the beaches close and the schools open, it becomes a priority. Triple-A titles and new consoles are launched, and the hopes gamers have been nursing all year about ...

When I think about online commercials and embedded spots and advertising in general, I imagine Malcolm McDowell strapped into a chair, his eyes pried open. I think about volume jacking — TV ads that ...

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 ...