Get ready for more motion sensor controlled gaming. PrimeSense, the Israeli company that created the depth sensor for Microsoft’s Kinect, announced today that they will be bringing that technology to ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Kinect originally debuted as an Xbox 360 accessory for motion sensing so you could ...

Microsoft’s Kinect may not have found success as a gaming peripheral, but recognizing that a depth sensor is too cool to leave for dead, development continued even after Xbox gaming peripherals were ...

Two years ago, Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows literally opened the PC’s eyes. And now Microsoft researchers are teaching it to see. For too long, PCs sat mute, dumbly waiting for users to type on ...

The Xbox One version of Kinect will be released for Windows-based PCs next week. Microsoft's second-generation motion accessory is now available to pre-order online ahead of its shipping date of July ...

Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor has revolutionary potential, but it’s pricey at $250 for the Windows version. Enter Leap, which plans to sell a more accurate motion-sensing device called the Leap ...

Today, Microsoft announced it will release a non-commercial Kinect for Windows software development kit from Microsoft Research later this spring. The intent of releasing a “starter kit” for ...

Kinect may be Guinness’s new world champion when it comes to fastest-selling piece of geek tech, but what about the Xbox 360 motion-sensor’s software attach rate? Microsoft says it sold “more than 10 ...

As well as unveiling their new Hololens 2 mixed reality headset, Microsoft is also unveiled a new mini PC in the form of the Azure Kinect Developer Kit. Which is now available to purchase priced at ...

Microsoft announced its Azure Kinect camera modules alongside HoloLens 2 early in 2019. Both devices use the same mixed-reality camera module, using a time-of-flight depth sensor to map objects around ...

"We can turn any surface into a 3D touchscreen," explained Anup Chathoth, one third of Munich-based startup Ubi Interactive. Such claims typically conjure up images of floating Minority Report-style ...

Microsoft's final Consumer Electronics Show press conference on Monday night offered little of interest for gamers. Of the minor announcements made, the Xbox 360 maker confirmed that Kinect for PC ...