When Microsoft announced a special next-generation Kinect for Windows pre-release developer program earlier today, the move got us wondering whether Windows-based tinkerers couldn't just plug the ...

Here’s how it works. If you own an Xbox One with the Kinect sensor, you can now take that sensor and use it on your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 PC. Microsoft has just announced that it has launched ...

Microsoft's motion-sensor peripheral for the Xbox 360 is now available for Windows ... the works. "We are continuing to invest in programs like our Testing and Adoption Program and the Kinect ...

Here’s how it works ... the Xbox One's Kinect to work on Windows 10. Kinect within Windows, for now, is mostly for developers to code and write things for the multi-usage sensor, but for ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it had discontinued the USB adapter for the Kinect sensor, a pioneering motion-sensing accessory line for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One that sold almost 30 million ...

Kinect has also been used for 3-D modeling. Right now, Microsoft seems to be envisioning a world in which devices containing embedded Kinect sensors will ... was being put to work in a clothing ...

it probably won't work quite as well as the Kinect sensor because the company has left out the RGB camera — a feature that would add unnecessary cost and complexity to the device. But this is ...

That’ll change on July 15, when Microsoft begins selling its “Kinect for Windows v2 Sensor” as a standalone part for $200. That’s right, $200, making it roughly twice the presumptive price ...

Even though we’ve seen dozens of Kinect hacks over the years, there are a few problems with the Kinect hardware itself. The range of the Kinect sensor starts at three feet, a fact not ...

Moreover, the Kinect sensor can also be used with Windows Hello for facial recognition authentication. Microsoft also noted that the Xbox summary update allows for the aforementioned Kinect ...

but the Xbox One will actually refuse to work if Kinect isn't plugged in. (See: Kinect for the Xbox One: Sensor revolution or marketing hype?) On the one hand, this is an awesome boon for ...