As you can see in the video below, the Leap Motion device works via some smooth flicks of the wrist, finger plucks, and other such hands-off movements to control Windows without using a mouse and keyboard. This allows one to enjoy the touch-based design of Windows 8, for example, without a touchscreen panel, and brings the functionality to whatever computer you would like.

The device connects to a PC with a standard USB cable, and once connected works out of the box, no tweaking or such necessary. A 4-cubic foot span across your desk becomes your gesture-control area, with the device tracking finger movements to within 1/100th of a millimeter. The device itself measures in at about 3-inches long, so it won’t take up much room at all.

As you might suspect, the device’s usefulness extends beyond just tapping Windows tiles and scrolling through web results. As with a touchscreen device, it can be used to sketch, to sign digital documents, and to play games, among other things. Says Leap Motion, this video is a preview for those interested to check out before the device enters beta testing next month, during which period developers will get to use the unit.

Leap Motion CTO and co-founder David Holz said: “Out of the box, users will have the ability to browse the web, navigate their desktops, and interact with existing software. Everything you can do with a touch-based system, like Windows 8, can now be accomplished with Leap Motion technology. We want our users to have a magical experience, with easy and natural movements in the air leading to amazing interactions.”

Hardware

This device features a setup that, at the start of 2012, would have seemed like quite the beast. You’ve got a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display at 1280 x 720 pixel resolution resting in a chassis largely made of hard plastic. This device does appear to have a brushed metal back, but don’t be fooled – it’s not quite that hardcore.

Inside you’ve got a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dual-core processor clocked in at 1.5GHz and 1GB of RAM. So you’ve got an SoC that’s basically as powerful as the first wave of dual-core smartphones from the beginning of last year with half the RAM that any of those devices – like the Galaxy S III or DROID RAZR family – had under their hood.

You do have an 8 megapixel camera on the back of this device with a single LED flash bulb as well as a few fun features in the software attached to it. This device has a 2-megapixel camera up front that you’ll be able to use for video chat as well. This device has 16GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot to add an additional 32GB if you have the need.

Software

Easily the most excellent feature of this device is its set of motion controls. You’ll be able to wave over the display of the Perception to change songs, answer calls, browse through your photo gallery – basically anything you’d normally do with a swipe across the screen with your finger. These controls can also be found – ever-so-slightly different though they may be – in the Samsung GALAXY S 4. Here you’ll find them for a few dollars less, of course.

This device comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich right out of the box. That’s bad news for those of you looking to work with Google Now. Verizon has made it clear in the original announcement of this device that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but haven’t given a timeframe for such an update.

You’ll get a set of odd apps like Document Viewer for your PDFs and Word files, Net Media for controlling your local network media, and Smart Voice. Pantech’s implementation of this command-ready voice app may appear to be similar to systems like Sherpa and Google’s own voice recognition for search, but we’ve found it to be surprisingly finicky and unhelpful. We’re expecting some upgrades to this system before it can be considered ready for any big battle with the top guns.

You’ll find benchmark results for this device to in some cases be beating previous generations of devices and in others failing miserably. While this device appears to win over a device like the HTC One X in Quadrant with overall score, a significant amount of this comes from memory and I/O while basic CPU power lacks in a large way. This device certainly shouldn’t be picked up if you’re looking to best your buddies at the latest shooting games, that’s for sure.

Camera

The photo software being implemented on this device is oddly enticing – while it’s not up to par with HTC’s current offering in the photography user interface department, it does do the trick. Hidden features like quad-photos and the ability to use voice commands (“cheese!”) to take photos are well received. Have a peek at some examples and see what you make of them.

Above you’ll find an HDR photo example from the Pantech Perception while below you’ll find a photo taken in the same position without HDR activated.

Here you’ll also find a back-facing video demo recorded with the Perception. We’re going from inside to outside and back in and down into a low-lit area with this one. Note the speed at which the camera reacts.

Battery Life

The battery issues with 4G LTE appear to be a thing of the past here in 2013, this holding true for the Pantech Perception. With Qualcomm’s handling of the situation with its modem making the task of transferring data not quite so painful as it was back when Verizon first brought the network to the public, we’ve seen all-day battery life without an issue. The biggest drain on your battery here will be your display, so if you’re aiming for an 8-hour session, you’ll be best off turning the brightness down somewhat.

Wrap-up

The Pantech Perception is a fine addition to Pantech’s archive of relatively unique devices, and makes one wish they’d continue to push forth in the USA for a more on-time release. This device could have been a really great addition to Verizon’s ranks if it’d been brought to the market right around a year ago. Unfortunately, since it’s being shown here in the Spring of 2013, this release falls flat in the face of its much more robust competitors.

The keyboard is available for free in the Windows Store and it features abilities such as switching back and forth between swiping and typing modes, and the ability to split the keyboard into to sections — something that the default keyboard does offer. This allows users to easily type with their thumbs like they would on a smartphone.

The keyboard also comes with Swype-like typing, meaning that you can type out words by just sliding your finger across the keyboard, going to each letter to spell out a word without lifting your finger at all. It’s a form of typing that’s all the rage nowadays, and Windows 8 users can now join in on the fun.

Previously, the Windows 8 version did experience some hiccups with installation, but since the app is now available through official means (a.k.a. Windows Store), users shouldn’t have a problem getting the keyboard up and running on their Windows touch-enabled device. The app works on all Windows 8 touchscreen tablets and any x86 based Windows 8 computer.

You can however download TouchPal for Windows 8 directly from the TouchPal website.The keyboard is available for free and brings features including the ability to switch back and forth between swiping and typing. There is also something that you don’t get with the default keyboard — the ability to split the keyboard in two. You can get an idea of this in the video below, however it is just how it sounds with the keyboard splitting between the G and the H keys.

Those familiar with gesture based typing already have an understanding as to how this works. For those new to this concept, you basically just tap the first letter in the word and then without lifting your finger you just swipe through the remaining letters. This makes typing on a touchscreen a bit easier and in some cases a bit quicker. Plus, you can also worry a bit less about mistyping and misspellings as the app has predictions. We have not tested enough to back this up, however TouchPal is touted as being able to save about 60 percent of keystrokes.

All that said, there does appear to be some issues with the installation process at the moment. Reports coming from the xda-developers user forums note that the installer appears to be in Chinese. The good news is that if you click your way through the installation process, you will be able to adjust and set the default language back to English. Those interested can download the keyboard directly from the TouchPal website.

[via Liliputing]

We heard about Leap Motion back in May when they developed a motion-controlling apparatus that was claimed to be 200-times more accurate than other motion-controlling technologies like the Microsoft Kinect. In July, Leap garnered interest from over 26,000 developers and promised a release date of February 2013.

This time, Leap is making even more progress, by giving over 10,000 more developers free motion-controlling units. In total, over 40,000 developers have signed up to be a part of the company’s beta program of sorts, which means that once the technology officially releases to the public, it could be off to an amazing start, thanks to thousands of apps that could potentially release on launch day.

Leap Motion mentioned that 14% of developers want to make games, while 12% want to use the technology for music or video applications. 11% said they wanted to do something art and design related, 8% for science and medicine, and 6% for robotics. At launch, Leap does plan to offer an app store, and more than 90% of developers asking for the SDK are interested in featuring their work in such a store.

The biggest change for developers will be the change of the IDE. Previously if you were coding for the Smart TV, you were restricted to Samsung’s own IDE which is said to be less than ideal. Samsung has now added support for Eclipse as the IDE, which should be easier for developers going forward. Remote Control now has its own separate process, and app developers can now change the input method from within the emulator.

Samsung has high hopes for Smart TVs, extolling the virtues of the platform back at CES 2012. The company has been shipping its 2012 lineup for several months now, and is hoping users, as well as developers, will jump onboard thanks to the voice and gesture recognition features. We spent a little bit of time with one of Samsung’s Smart TVs to give both features a whirl, so make sure to check out our hands-on to see how it all holds up.

Most remote controls have become more complicated and sprouted more buttons; it’s now not uncommon to find QWERTY thumbboards squeezed where previously only a numeric keypad might be. Alternatively, third-party multifunction remotes have looked to layout-changing touchscreen interfaces, stacking pages of menus and macros in an attempt to bring order to the burgeoning range of content options on offer.

In contrast, Samsung’s Smart TV remote is button-lite. At first glance, you could think it even spartan, matching a far more simplistic set, but the Smart Touch Remote Control actually replaces physical keys with a microphone for voice recognition. Feed an internet connection to the Smart TV, and spoken commands can call up the integrated web browser, different streaming media apps and Samsung’s own Smart Hub for video rentals, as well as recognize spoken email addresses and search terms.

Voice commands are nothing without accuracy, and Samsung’s system does a surprisingly solid job of recognizing and interpreting. Part of that is by shifting the microphone from the TV itself to the remote control, something likely to be closer to the user. Samsung’s system recognizes addresses and commands like “Power On” to bring the set out of standby, though you still have to use the onscreen keyboard for URLs. Still, there’s Bluetooth inside the set, and you can pair up any Bluetooth keyboard you might have – we tried an Apple keyboard, and it worked with no problems.

Samsung could have opted for the sort of motion-tracking familiar from the Wiimote, but instead opted for a system more akin to Microsoft’s Kinect. The Smart TV’s integrated webcam is used to identify and follow the viewer’s hand – first you hold your hand up palm-on to the set, move it slowly from side to side, and then the television begins tracking you as you gesture an on-screen pointer around – with clenched-fist movements being used to select options.

There’s something undeniably Minority Report about the interface and, after a few moments of familiarization, it’s certainly quicker than paging through pane after pane of icons and options. The room does need to have sufficient light in order for the TV to make you out, however, and you need to be at the right distance: too far away or too close, and it struggles. If the gesture control isn’t precise enough for your liking with the onscreen keyboard, say, the Smart Touch Remote itself has an integrated trackpad for more laptop-like navigation. Alternatively, you can download Samsung’s free SmartView app for Android smartphones and tablets, and turn them into touchscreen remote controls instead.

Unlike a phone or even a tablet, a TV is generally a communal thing. That means multiple users, each likely to have their own preferences and favorites. Rather than force a Windows-style login system, Samsung has used Face Recognition to handle user management, with each different Smart Hub account accessed when the TV recognizes the viewer’s face. It’s certainly quicker than tapping in a password, though as with Face Unlock on Android smartphones it can be fooled with a still photo.

For many users, a TV is still simply a way to watch live broadcasts. For a growing number, however, the TV has joined the world of phones, tablets and computers as a window to on-demand content, streaming media and the internet. Just as you wouldn’t necessarily navigate your laptop solely via a number pad, so has the control paradigm with Smart TV evolved to keep up with the type of content on offer. More details at samsung.com/smarttv

When a laptop is equipped with the SoundWave software, an ultrasonic tone between 20 and 22KHz is constantly emitted. The microphone then listens to the tone, and if it’s the same as what is being output, concludes that there’s no motion in the immediate area. If something begins moving towards the computer, the recorded tone will move to a higher frequency, and drop lower if motion is moving away from the computer. SoundWave is able to interpret gestures based on the returned information.

Researchers also say that the technology could be applied to smartphones as they increasingly feature multiple microphones and speakers, leading to more sensitive software in the future. Right now, SoundWave is said to be around 90% accurate, with no noticeable delay between the gesture and the computer’s response. Not only that, but SoundWave wouldn’t interfere with normal speaker usage, so it could still operate while listening to music or playing videos.

Gestures that have been made to work with the software include swiping your hand up or down, which could lead to webpage navigation and interaction. The software could also be used to turn on or off the computer as a user walks towards or away from it.

[via Technology Review/MIT]

The continuous gesture is a combination of the letter “g” presumably for Google and the letter “o” around whatever graphic or other content that you wish to initiate a search for. The search begins automatically the moment you lift your finger from the display.

These so called “Smart Continuous Gestures” for Android do not have to be drawn in any particular order besides being continuous. This means that you could draw a “g” with the “o” surrounding it or side by side.

Additionally, the gesture isn’t limited to initiating searches in Google. By drawing a continuous combination of the letter “s” and “o” around the content you want to search for, a pop-up menu will appear that lets you select from other search engines such as Yahoo or Wikipedia.

You can also search for multiple chunks of content with a continuous gesture of either a “g” or “s” along with multiple “o” figures around the the multiple pieces of content. If your gesture is drawn in such a way that is ambiguous, Google will offer you several guesses for you to choose from. The patent was filed in Q3 of 2011 and only published by the USPTO this month.

As you’ll see in the video below, the folks at ETRONIKA presented their most updated version of their software and hardware combination at the event known as Finovate Europe 2012. This event took place in London and showed the world what it meant to have their application mirror human identification by using the users face and voice, having them speak to the Kinect and look into the camera. This application and environment may well be the way to your banking future!

Once inside the application, after face and voice recognition has taken place and you’re logged in to the bank you’re working with, you’ve got full gesture recognition as well. If a user steps away from the screen and leaves the Kinect sensor area, their session is immediately ended. If a user wants to make a cash transaction, they’ve got to use their phone to enter a PIN number to give double assurance that there’s no foul play.

Have a peek at the photos and video above and below and get ready for a simplified experience with your Kinect-laden computer!

The agreement will result in three Hisense TVs hitting the market with gesture control capability right out of the box. The eyeSight SDK has been integrated into the TVs and presumably. I wonder if apps to support the gesture control can be designed by devs for these TVs. The first model that will come to market is the Series XT710.

This TV landed in China on October 1. The TV has a 2D camera inside and the gestures can be made directly in front of the camera for control. Gestures for basic TV functions are included and the goal is to allow the viewer the ability to control the set without having to search for a remote. There is no word right now on availability in other countries.

The patent was filed in December 2005 and is credited to Apple’s senior VP for iOS, Scott Forstall along with engineers Imran Chaudri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel Van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, and Greg Christie.

The filing includes illustrations similar to how the gesture control is implemented on iOS with a simple left to right graphical switch, but the description defines the patent more loosely. According to the wording, it would appear that all current smartphone unlocking designs from Android makers could face some legal trouble ahead.

“A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture. In addition, there is a need for sensory feedback to the user regarding progress towards satisfaction of a user input condition that is required for the transition to occur.”

Android handset makers such as Samsung and HTC, both offer alternatives to Apple’s unlock gesture, such as with wiping a lock screen off the display, inserting a puzzle piece, or pulling a ring. But they all involve moving graphical elements along a predefined path of sorts. We’ll see soon whether this patent gets thrown in the ever growing patent battle against Android.

[via 9to5 Mac]

Dug up and analyzed by Patently Apple, the patented system generates an invisible 3D space in front of the user and allows them to work with holographic images. It can also project the user’s hands onto a screen where they can manipulate virtual objects. This functionality will be great in 3D gaming, much like with the Kinect, but could also be useful for business or medical use.

Under this patent, the virtual items in this 3D space can include nearly any object that can be grasped and manipulated within the virtual space, including sheets of paper, hand tools, paint brushes, pencils, pens, knives, scissors, etc. Any manipulation of these virtual objects or controls can also be further reinforced with audio feedback, such as clicking sounds for virtually rotating knobs, flicking switches, or pressing buttons.

The 3D display and imaging system could find its way to future Apple TVs or be implemented in future mobile devices. Below is an image of that holographic keyboard concept for the upcoming iPhone 5.

The Qbo pays attention to the hands that are nearby using stereoscopic vision. To control the music the user can put their finger s in a “V” and point the V towards the ground to get the bot to turn down the volume. Turing the V towards the sky will turn the volume up. A closed fist will stop the music and play the music.

Pointing left and right with a finger will get the bot to skip forward and backwards in the playlist. Watching the video the robot needs a few seconds at the start to respond to the commands. Later in the video, the robot is responding more quickly to the gestures. Watch the video below to see for yourself.

[via TheCorpora]

“Applications processors are enabling a range of new ways for consumers to interface with their home entertainment and mobile devices. Our acquisition of key technology and assets from GestureTek will strengthen Qualcomm’s smartphone product portfolio and enable our customers to launch products with new and compelling user experiences” Steve Mollenkopf, executive vice president and group president, Qualcomm

Many of GestureTek’s publicly-known products are designed for large-scale digital signage, interactive display and advertising. For instance, the company offers a Microsoft Surface-rivaling multitouch table, the GestTable, as well as a clear multitouch display wall, the Illuminate.

However, we’ve also seen GestureTek demonstrate its gesture-recognition technology back at IDF 2010 (as shown in the video below), using camera tracking to monitor hand-movement and navigate UIs and games. With an increasing number of smartphones and tablets offering front-facing cameras, they could be used to remotely control the device while it’s on the table or docked in your car’s dashboard.

We’ll have to wait and see exactly what Qualcomm does with the GestureTek technology, and whether manufacturers choose to implement it into future Snapdragon-based products. Meanwhile, Snapdragon-based “home entertainment devices” could replicate some of Kinect’s functionality with support at the chipset level, and given Google TV is Android-based that could have interesting implications for how we control our multimedia consumption from the couch.

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Apple hopes that these gestures will “reduce the cognitive burden on a user while saving battery life,” since the gestures will help do tasks more quickly.

There was talk of multitasking gestures being a part of iOS 4, and developers can still access them using the SDK tools. There are also apps for jailbroken devices that unlock new gestures. So it is no surprise that Apple is moving in this direction. Below are some of the gestures proposed:

One would hope that these will be intuitive and easy to remember. Remember Graffiti?

[via 9 to 5 Mac]

The screen is designed for all sorts of uses including office, retail, digital signage, exhibitions, gaming and more. The screen can also be purchased with a PC using the optional plug and play WIN&I gesture control software on a computer so it is ready to go out of the box.

The panel used is a NEC P461 and the resolution is 1920 x 1080. It uses VESA mounting and has scratch resistant front glass. The 3D depth-sensing sensor is integrated into the front of the screen. The gesture control allows the user to control applications and software running on Windows 7.

[via Evoluce]

Dubbed Recompose, the system was created by a team including Anthony DeVincenzi, David Lakatos, Matthew Blackshaw, Daniel Leithinger, and Hiroshi Ishii at the MIT Lab. It has a surface consisting of 120 individual pins that can be actuated to different heights in response to different hand gestures.

They describe it more eloquently:

Our system builds upon the Relief table, developed by Leithinger. The table consists of an array of 120 individually addressable pins, whose height can be actuated and read back simultaneously, thus allowing the user to utilize them as both input and output. Building upon this system, we have furthered the design by placing a depth camera above the tabletop surface. By gaining access to the depth information we are able to detect basic gestures from the user. In order to provide visual feedback related to user interaction, a projector is mounted above the table and calibrated to be coincident with the depth camera. Computer vision is utilized to determine and recognize the position, orientation, and height of hands and fingers, in order to detect gestural input.

[Via Creative Applications]

The technology employs an ultrasound “touchless zone” in which your hand can enter and work with the face of the iPad, leaving the screen completely clean and un-fingerprinted. CEO Stain Aldrin had the following to say to MobileMag when they met up early this week: “The idea is that you use touchless gestures to operate primary functions of a docked tablet in situations like when you have wet or greasy hands in the kitchen. In general tablets are made for being handheld. When it is docked you are often walking or standing further away, and then using a finger on the screen involves a change of modality. Rather than bending down, leaning forward or picking it up you can use larger movements a little bit further away to do things like volume up or next song without changing modality.”

This tech was first shown off way back in September at the IFA Berlin trade show, now it’s set to be blasted off into the rest of the universe at CES 2011. What’s best about this stand? It’s not just made for iPad – the hardware and sensors are said to be “off the shelf components” and nothing more than a special App to work with the stand is needed to activate it for the whole device. Welcome to a whole touchless world for all sorts of flat devices!

Take a peek at how the technology functions in this related video, also from Elliptic Labs:

[Via MobileMag]

The whole system isn’t set up to let the arm just react to how the human moves, but has a video working as the middle-man. The robotic arm moves in near real-time, based on the visuals it analyzes via video stream that tracks not only the arm, but also the hand. There are two cameras involved in the process, and they track not only the position and orientation of the controller’s appendage, but also the general movements. It also tracks the shape. It manages to do all of this 100 times per second.

The technology used allows the robotic arm to squeeze a ball, or grab other objects, based on what it analyzes in the video. So, what are the scientists behind this robotic arm aiming for next? They intend to have the arm interacting with 3D displays. Check out the arm working in the video below.

[via CrunchGear]

The gestures are viewed by the camera of the device and then convert the gestures into actions on the screen. Rather than swiping a finger across the screen the user would just swipe a finger in the air above the screen and the gesture would be recognized. The control system uses a single low-resolution camera like the ones used in devices for video conferencing already.

The system is able to recognize single or multiple finger gestures with point, click, drag, scroll, zoom, and rotate. Using the TI and XTR solution the users of a smartphone coupled control the device while walking, driving, or control a smartphone connected to their TV from across the room. When we can expect this sort of device to hit the market is unknown.

Having a universal remote is one thing, but sometimes you just don’t have enough buttons on the thing to make sure that all of your needs are taken care of. The Gesture Remote is designed to handle all of your needs, in one stylish body, but do it without the need of buttons of any kind. You don’t even have numbers. You’ll use advanced gesture motions, and utilize the touch-technology therein, to channel surf, or pause, play, rewind, or fast forward whatever it is your watching.

That is, if your home set-up supports all of that. Just because you have the remote, doesn’t mean you’ve got what it takes to make any of that happen, mind you. The concept is pretty cool, sure, but we are wondering how you’d select channels quickly. You used to just push the channel number, and get there pretty quickly. Would we have to flick our way down the list to get to our favorite episode? We certainly hope not.

[via GearLog]

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Android 2.1 on More Than Half of All Android Devices: It seems like only yesterday that everyone was clamoring for Android 2.0, and then even sooner that they all called out for immediate access to Android 2.1. But all of that yelling is in the past, as it turns out that 2.1 is now fully present on more than 50% of Android-based handsets. Actually, it accounts for 55.5%. Pretty good numbers, even if there are still 18.9% of owners out there running Android 1.5. Still, at 3.3%, Android 2.2 is making a claim for fame, and it’s only going to get more prevalent soon. [via Android Community]

iPhone Making its Way to T-Mobile: Yes, that says iPhone, and not iPhone 4. And yes, that’s for a reason. Why? Because no one thinks that the iPhone 4, in the incarnation that we see it now (antenna issues and all) is going to make an appearance anywhere else other than AT&T’s network. Nope, it’s going to be an iPhone, sure, but it won’t be the same thing. A new rumor suggests that T-Mobile, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States, is actually almost finished with their talks with Apple, pretty much clinching the final necessities needed to get their hands on the coveted device. The rumor also suggests that it will come out some time in the third quarter of this year, which ends in September. So, it should be pretty much any day now that we hear some kind of official verbiage on this issue if it’s actually true. [via SlashGear]

House of Representatives Completely Blocks Prisoners from Mobile Phones: Right now, prisoners aren’t allowed to have mobile phones. But, for the most part, it’s just a written rule that bears no real consequences if they are found with one. But, thanks to the US House of Repesentatives, S. 1749 has just been passed, and that means the original bill approved by the Senate back in April is one step closer to getting signed by the President, and then enacted as a law. Which means any prisoner caught with a mobile phone, or any device capable of accessing outside communications or the mobile web, will be served with a punishment. Now, what’s next? State governments are currently petitioning to get cellphone signals jammed at prisons around the country. We’ll see how that goes. [via PhoneMag]

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Gesture Control Without Gloves, Multiple Hands: So, technology keeps advancing, and we’re riding the train towards the future in our big comfortable chairs. One of the stops on the tour would have to be Fraunhofer Technical Institute in Germany, where scientists there have created a new, advanced gesture control system that doesn’t need any gloves, but can fully recognize multiple hands at the same time. The system actually has the ability to track not just your hands, but also your individual fingers. Unfortunately, the scientists have no idea when this technology will be ready for the mainstream, but we’re hoping it’s tomorrow. No, seriously. [via DVICE]

Microsoft: Hardcore Gamers Will Enjoy Kinect, Too: So, when you look at Kinect, and see all those great games it’s launching for, there might be some of you out there wondering where, exactly, the hardcore games are. Like, your next favorite First Person Shooter, or the next great action-adventure title. You won’t see them, at least not right now. But, don’t freak out. Microsoft has your back. The Redmond-based company says that hardcore games, like Halo-esque titles are coming down the pipe, but they just won’t be the focus right off the bat. No, they may take up to 18 months to show up onto the scene. Right now, those are being kept to the controller, but will make their way to Kinect sooner than later. So, you can start breathing again. [via CrunchGear]