All the stories tagged with kinect
Kinect-based parental controls a possibility?
10/03/2011, When one trolls for patents in a patient manner, sooner or later you would come up with a gem – as tech blog Geekwire found out recently, where they managed to discover a US patent for software that relies on [...]
Microsoft patent uses 3D camera to determine user’s age
10/03/2011, A recently revealed patent by Microsoft has shown that the Redmond may have some interesting ideas involving a 3D camera that sees it merge with parental control. The patent suggests that Microsoft has plans for a 3D camera, similar to [...]
Kinectimals hail from Build-A-Bear Workshop
09/22/2011, Build-A-Bear Workshop will be working paw-in-hand with Microsoft on Kinectimals in a build-and-scan promotion. Starting from October 11 onwards, Build-A-Bear Workshops and buildabear.com will feature a quartet of bears that you see above, where you can bring them home for [...]
Apple patent sounds like the Xbox Kinect
09/14/2011, The concepts of the various technology seen in the movie Minority Report seem to be rather popular, and given the rate at which technology is progressing, it’s only a matter of time before we see it being made into reality, [...]
Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party brings guns to the Xbox 360
09/08/2011, One of the best parts about the Xbox 360 Kinect is the fact that it doesn’t require any controllers – users just move their arms and bodies around in front of the camera to play the games. There’s no need [...]
Kinect used in virtual dressing room
09/02/2011, Right, so your clothes might not be an accurate video game controller just yet due to restrictions in the technology and scope of development involved, but that does not mean Microsoft’s Kinect cannot have some fun by itself – as [...]
Child of Eden free with Kinect
09/01/2011, Ever since the Kinect from Microsoft rolled out in November last year, it has been a success, doing far better than most people expected. Despite retailing for $150 (which can buy you another console, or perhaps a Nintendo 3DS), it [...]
nsquared shows off seamless computing
08/31/2011, It looks like the future of computing is shaping up to be pretty impressive, judging by nsqared’s latest video demonstration of seamless computing. On the official nsquared blog, the company recently showed off a computing system that makes use of [...]
Delta robot is Kinect-controlled
08/30/2011, Microsoft’s Kinect is certainly an interesting piece of gaming engineering, especially when it tracks your entire body as a controller, and we have since seen plenty of people come up with different kinds of hacks for it. Well, one of [...]
Xbox 360 4GB with Kinect gets $50 price cut (rumor)
08/26/2011, For those who have been holding off long enough to get the Xbox 360 (of any make), then the latest rumor circulating the Internet might be of interest to you. It seems that the 4GB version of the Xbox 360 [...]
Star Wars Xbox bundle delayed to 2012
08/25/2011, Were you excited at the prospect of being able to get your hands on the Star Wars R2-D2 edition Xbox 360 as a Christmas present for yourself or a loved one? The bad news is that it appears that the [...]
Fruit Ninja Kinect DLC “Storm Season” released today
08/25/2011, Not long after Fruit Ninja Kinect for the Xbox 360 was released, it looks like we’ve already got some downloadable content for the game. Available today, the latest DLC for the game called Storm Season is now up for download. [...]
Microsoft shows off Xbox 360 and Windows Phone interaction
08/22/2011, When Microsoft announced that gaming would be a big part of Windows Phone, people wondered about how Xbox Live on the mobile operating system would interact with their Xbox 360 consoles. Well, today at GameFest, the company gave a demonstration [...]
