Microsoft Kinect
Gamasutra had a good interview with Sony’s head of R&D, Dr. Richard Marks — it’s well worth the read. They talk about how he got his start in high school…
Kinect Hack: Head-Mounted Kinect Makes For Rudimentary Artificial Vision
Many of the hacks we’ve seen for the Kinect, interesting as they are, are aimed at entertainment or just plain coolness. There are plenty of exceptions, though, like the medical…
While the Kinect’s biggest selling point is, of course, the “you are the controller” thing, it’s obvious that a depth-sensing color video camera like this has plenty of applications we…
Kinect Now Used For Medical Research, In Place Of $100,000 System
The Kinect has only been out for a few months and it has been used for a bunch of different purposes and even broke a Guinness World Record for sales.…
If I had to pick between the Move and the Kinect, I personally would choose the Move, but there’s no denying that the Kinect is just plain interesting — and…
The Kinect Earns A Guinness Record For Fastest-Selling Device
Microsoft announced yesterday that more than 10 million Kinect motion-sensing gaming add-ons were sold since its launch. That put it at the top of the charts as the fastest-selling consumer…
Ja! A gentleman known to the Internet as Nitrogen has put together a type of Kinect do-it-yourself project that’s certainly worth a moment of your time. The “hack” uses the…
At CES, Kinect sales were already at 8 million, and now they just hit 10 million units sold. That’s a huge number considering the Kinect has only been on sale…
Kinetris: You are the One Who Arranges the Blocks from Conan Chen on Vimeo. It only makes sense that the Kincet could play Tetris. Well, with it printing out 3D…
You might remember quite a few years back when the Sega “Trance Vibrator” for Rez made a stir by essentially being… a vibrator. Yeah. So they’re doing that again with…
Here’s one of the more unique uses of Microsoft’s Kinect. A project called Fabricate Yourself turns the Kinect into a 3D printer of sorts. Well, a 3D modeler for a…
Video: What Happens After Touch? Microsoft Research Shows Off Natural User Interface Research
Microsoft has decided it’s time to show us their future vision for smart display technologies. Steven Bathiche, director of Microsoft’s applied sciences group (the guy responsible for Surface), shows us…
Little Magic Stories from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo. Chris O’Shea makes great stuff using a hacked Kinect. This latest experiment is a performance system called Little Magic Stories. It uses…
Put on your coding hats! Microsoft will release a Kinect software development kit for Windows this spring. It will be a non-commercial release, and is being developed for “academic research…
Games Industry Down 5 Percent In January (But Kinect Is Doing Fine)
Everybody panic. The video game industry was down 5 percent this past January compared to January 2010, even if Activision still managed to sell an inordinate number of Call of…
This is pretty cool, though I’m not sure it’ll get that much love. Microsoft just played a video here at MWC showing what they stressed was real code that allows…
First, check out this video by Moullinex. Pretty wild, right? They made it using a hacked Kinect and a 3D capture script. They “shot” each scene with the Kinect and…
The band Echo Lake plays music that sounds like dreamy indie rock with their combination of up-tempo, feel good and aural noise. Their latest music video isn’t too far off…
Microsoft earnings just got released 10 minutes before market close, and aside from growing revenues 5% in the 2nd quarter to $19.95 Billion, their slides reveal some interesting numbers on…
Microsoft earnings just got released 10 minutes before market close, and aside from growing revenues 5% in the 2nd quarter to $19.95 Billion, their slides reveal some interesting numbers on…
We saw this little Kinect hack in an earlier stage a while back, but didn’t post it. I’m posting this update now, because it’s just too nuts to pass up.
An enterprising young hacker has connected the Kinect to a keyboard controlled Street Fighter game, thereby allowing him to throw real punches at Dhalsim.
Seems like we will be getting Kinect-controlled robots on a monthly basis from now on. This time, it’s Japan-based Asura Engineering (known for its real-time robot control system V-Sido), which…
If you’re a Flash developer who’s been dying to get a little Kinect love, raise your hand! Yes! Look at all those hands. You guys are awesome. We’ve seen a…
Kinect-Controlled Humanoid Robot – Bring On The Robo-Gladiators!
Seriously, how long will it take before we have Robot Jox happening for real? Except in real life the robots will be tele-operated by guys with Kinects. Seriously. This will…
Kinect-Controlled Humanoid Robot – Bring On The Robo-Gladiators!
Seriously, how long will it take before we have Robot Jox happening for real? Except in real life the robots will be tele-operated by guys with Kinects. Seriously. This will…
Video: Playing World Of Warcraft With The Kinect (And Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children)
Following up that inane Net Neutrality babble with a fun video. Here was have a man playing World of Warcraft using nothing more than a Kinect. Well done, chap.
PrimeSense, Co-Creator Of Kinect, To Lead Open Gesture Tech Organization
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Content_63.5.jpg"The Kinect, hit-or-miss as it may be when it comes to actual gaming, has certainly inspired the community. Everything from multi-touch surfaces to feeling up a virtual lady has…
Remember that kinda creepy Kinect sex game that we told you about a few days back? Well, Microsoft has issued an official response regarding it, and they are essentially denying…
It Was Only A Matter Of Time: Now You Can Get To Second Base On Kinect
SHUT IT DOWN, everybody. You can now use your real hand to grope a virtual lady. We’ve come a long way since Trespasser.