E3 Rewind: Microsoft’s 2010 sales pitch for Kinect
It’s 2010, and Microsoft has a new gadget that it needs to sell. The Kinect was a motion-tracking camera for the Xbox 360. It...
Microsoft announces Project Kinect for Azure with its next-generation depth camera
Arguably the most interesting of all the Azure announcements at Microsoft’s Build 2018 conference today is Project Kinect for Azure. In short, the company...
Microsoft kills Kinect, its motion control camera for Xbox and Windows
Microsoft is no longer making the Kinect, as Co.Design first reported. The motion-sensing and voice-recognizing device for Xbox One and Windows will disappear from store shelves...
Microsoft now lets you easily use Kinect as a webcam
Microsoft today announced a few updates related to its Kinect sensor. For one thing, the company said that it has followed through on its...
Naked Labs’ home fitness scanner captures your entire body in 3D
Naked Labs is unveiling what it calls the world’s first 3D Fitness Tracker. It scans your entire body using a mirror and a scale,...
Kinect educational game five times as effective as its mobile version
A recent university study showed the power of educational games using Kinect along with physical objects.
Maybe motion-controlled fountains are Kinect’s future
A Chinese company, Beijing Trainsfer Technology Development, is using the Windows version of the motion-sensing device to create a system that lets people control water fountains with arm and leg movements, as you can see in the video below.
Microsoft Research shows off Handpose, an amazing real-time hand-tracking system
Thanks to the Kinect, Microsoft is well known for its expertise in developing motion-sensing systems. While the technology has improved over the years, tracking human hands still has a long way to go. Enter Microsoft Research’s Handpose.
Microsoft stops producing Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, will focus on Kinect for Xbox One and Windows apps
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 developers who want to build Windows apps that use the device.
Watch Portal come to life thanks to Microsoft’s Kinect
These are holographic windows like you've never seen them before.