Microsoft releasing development kit for Kinect motion controller
Microsoft is releasing a development kit in March that will help third-party developers create applications that use its Kinect motion controller. That means Microsoft...
Windows Phone 7 and Kinect learn to play ball together (video)
Now here’s a cool demonstration of some possible integration between Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and its Kinect motion gaming controller: using a phone to...
Microsoft’s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent — fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history
Call it Kinectification. Microsoft said today that its video-game business grew dramatically thanks to sales of its Kinect motion-sensing system. The Entertainment & Devices...
Shortages coming for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Kinect
Microsoft confirmed today that its Xbox 360 game console and Kinect motion-control system sold in such large numbers during the holidays that it expects...
Video game sales were down 6 percent in 2010
[Updated] Video game sales were down 6 percent to $18.58 billion in 2010, compared to $19.7 billion in 2009, according to preliminary estimates for...
Motion-control startup Omek is bringing gesture controls to the PC (video)
After the smashing success of Microsoft’s Kinect motion-control system for the Xbox 360, a bunch of companies are getting excited about taking the technology...
Microsoft sells a staggering 8M Kinect motion control systems
Since November, Microsoft has sold more than 8 million Kinect motion-control systems for the Xbox 360 video game console. That’s a pretty staggering number...
Week in review: Skype outage affects tens of millions
Here’s our roundup of the of the week’s tech business news. (It’s shorter than usual, owing to the fact that there’s less going on...
Microsoft says “Not!” to Kinect sex game
Microsoft got excited when hackers started coming up with novel uses for its Kinect motion control system which debuted for the Xbox 360 in...
Call of Duty and Kinect help video game sales hit record in November
And there was much rejoicing. Video game sales rose a healthy 8 percent for the month of November compared to a year ago, according...