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Kinect for Windows 1.5 teased with “seated” tracking

, Mar 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks at Microsoft are bringing the next generation of Kinect for Windows to the forefront this week with a version 1.5 of the software that works with it. This release comes amid a much wider availability for the platform as a whole with 19 new countries in the pipeline for this year. Kinect for Windows version 1.5 will be released at the end of May with such exciting features as "seated" or "10-joint" skeletal tracking, this expanding the abilities of the system further than ever before. Read The Full Story

Next-gen Xbox running ARM chip rumored for 2013

, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [2]

Microsoft confirmed not long ago that it would not be bringing the next-generation Xbox to E3 this year. New information has come to light that Microsoft won’t just be bringing one new console in the future, but two. The info comes from a Reddit user named “MSnerd”, apparently familiar with Microsoft’s plans for the gaming console going forward. Read The Full Story

BBC iPlayer hits Xbox 360

, Mar 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

BBC iPlayer content is available on Xbox LIVE from today, the broadcaster has announced, with UK gamers now able to access the streaming media service directly from their consoles. As with iPlayer users on other platforms, viewers will be able to choose from catch-up content over the past seven days, while those with Microsoft's Kinect sensor bar will be able to navigate and control playback using hand gestures and voice commands. Read The Full Story

Google Kinect-style Android motion tracking teased in patent app

, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [1]

Google is exploring using Kinect-style motion tracking to add a new degree of gesture control to mobile devices, a new patent application suggests, adaptable to future Android phones but also wearables like Google Goggles. The submission, titled "Use camera to augment input for portable electronic device", describes using the front-facing camera in a phone, tablet or other gadget to identify and track the user's fingers in the space around it, recognizing "single tapping, double tapping, hovering, holding and swiping." Read The Full Story

Microsoft releases Robotics dev toolkit for Kinect droids

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has released its Robotics Developer Studio 4 (RDS4), helping robot builders integrate Kinect into their DIY hardware, while a reference hardware platform, Eddie, has also been launched. Meanwhile, Microsoft has also announced its ten finalists of the Robotics@Home competition. The RDS4 toolkit includes simulators so that users can create virtual 'bots without any actual hardware to hand, but the real fun starts when you plug a Kinect into a laptop and some servos. Read The Full Story

Kinect PC becomes digital projector parrot thanks to Microsoft Research

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

Is that a Kinect on your shoulder, or are you just pleased to see me? Microsoft Research has indulged in a little motion-tracking experimentation and come up with the Wearable Multitouch Projector, the 21st-century equivalent of a pirate's useful parrot. A combination of a Kinect sensor bar and a portable projector, the wearable PC can create a virtual display on any wall, notepad, desk or even your hand, tracking movements and gestures as you interact with your data. Read The Full Story

Peter Molyneux to leave Lionhead Studios and Microsoft

, Mar 7th 2012 Discuss [2]

Peter Molyneux, famous for creating such games as Dungeon Keeper, Black & White, and the Fable series, has announced that he is leaving the developer Lionhead Studios, and its parent company, Microsoft. Molyneux will stay on until development of Fable: The Journey has completed later this year. Read The Full Story

Microsoft demos Kinect 3D desktop and Holoflector augmented reality mirror

, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [3]

Microsoft Research showed off some fascinating new technology concepts with three demo videos, two of which heavily integrate Kinect sensors. The projects include a 3D desktop concept, the IllumiShare remote sharing system, and the Holoflector augmented reality mirror, all of which can find diverse applications in gaming, education, and business. Read The Full Story

Whole Foods prototype shopping cart uses Kinect

, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [2]

Shopping carts today are far from what you would consider high-tech. The highest tech shopping carts I've ever seen have simple calculators attached. Grocery store chain Whole Foods is working on the development of the shopping cart of the future, and this cart is very high-tech and so awesome. The cart has a Microsoft Kinect for Windows sensor attached. Read The Full Story

ETRONIKA produce Kinect-based online banking

, Feb 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

As one of the relatively few companies across the earth to receive Kinect for Windows & SDK before the official announcement, you know good and well that Microsoft has some faith in the group known as ETRONIKA. And what they've produced here is something that was bound to happen one way or another: Kinect-based online banking. Their solution includes analyzing user's face, voice, and gestures to help them through the process of banking online. Will such a solution sweep the nation, or will we still be too afraid to trust the computer to know our wrinkles and nose shape? Read The Full Story

Xbox 360 Kinect Star Wars arrives April 3

, Feb 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Xbox 360 Kinect Star Wars bundle will begin shipping April 3, Microsoft has confirmed, alongside the much-anticipated Kinect Star Wars game itself. Already available to pre-order, priced at $449, the console bundle features a white Kinect sensor along with a C-3PO-themed wireless controller and an R2-D2-finish Xbox 360. Read The Full Story

Why Microsoft’s Kinect Is the Next Big Thing In Gaming

, Feb 4th 2012 Discuss [47]

As I’ve said numerous times on these pages before, I’m deeply concerned by motion gaming. I think it’s holding the gaming business back and helps to make the space seem “gimmicky” — something I thought we were trying to move away from.

My issues with motion gaming have prompted me to turn my back on the Wii. In fact, I haven’t even seen my Wii in well over a year, since it’s been sitting in my closet with the rest of the obsolete and boring consoles I’ve bought over the years.

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