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Microsoft excited about Kinect hacking community

Microsoft excited about Kinect hacking community
  • Posted November 22, 2010, 8:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming With Video
  • It looks like Microsoft has finally realized the potential that Kinect hacking has for the device’s popularity. After initially talking up the numerous safeguards it had taken to reduce the chances of product tampering and promising to work closely with…

Robot uses Kinect to see the world, obey your commands

Robot uses Kinect to see the world, obey your commands
  • Posted November 19, 2010, 9:32 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming, Hardware With Video
  • Philipp Robbel, a PhD student at MIT's Personal Robotics Group, has combined the Kinect motion controller with an iRobot Create platform to create a battery powered robot that can see its environment and obey your gestured commands, according to Singulariy…

Kinect sells one million units in 10 days

Kinect sells one million units in 10 days
  • Posted November 16, 2010, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Microsoft has announced its hands-free motion controller Kinect just broke the 1 million units sold milestone. Not bad for an Xbox 360 accessory that costs almost as much as the console itself. The $150 camera device landed on U.S. store…

Kinect can now do multitouch, and Mac OS X

  • Posted November 12, 2010, 7:24 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Florian Echtler and Theo Watson have managed to hook up the Kinect motion controller into two separate software libraries. Echtler used his own libTISCH library to demonstrate multitouch capabilities while Watson ported over libfreenect, the open source Kinect drivers, to…

Open source Kinect drivers for PC arrive, $3,000 bounty won

Open source Kinect drivers for PC arrive, $3,000 bounty won
  • Posted November 11, 2010, 9:31 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • The NUI Group posted its Kinect motion controller hacking results first, and is now working on an SDK and Windows drivers to enable all the capabilities of the peripheral. That will all be released as open source once the group's…

Microsoft got Kinect technology since "Apple is a pain in the ass"

Microsoft got Kinect technology since "Apple is a pain in the ass"
  • Posted November 6, 2010, 12:23 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Apple
  • Back in June 2008, PrimeSense was looking to sell the technology that would eventually be engineered into what we now know as Xbox Kinect. The first company in Silicon Valley that PrimeSense CEO, Inon Beracha tried to demonstrate the sensor…

Xbox Kinect launches, strong holiday sales expected

Xbox Kinect launches, strong holiday sales expected
  • Posted November 4, 2010, 4:48 PM by Mike Fischer | Filed in Gaming
  • Last night saw the midnight release of Microsoft's Kinect, the Xbox 360's much-advertised motion-sensing peripheral. Fans lined up days in advance at some locations, with a flagship launch event held in Times Square. Offering a "controller-free gaming experience," the sensor…

Kinect will work for seated gameplay, launch titles announced

Kinect will work for seated gameplay, launch titles announced
  • Posted October 18, 2010, 1:19 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming
  • Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect motion-sensor gaming accessory will not be limited to gamers willing to stand up the whole time. The perceived lack of seated gameplay, largely driven by the early demos and advertisements of standing gamers, will not be…

Microsoft unveils first Kinect TV ads, in-game advertising

  • Posted September 28, 2010, 11:25 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft
  • Microsoft is launching the Xbox 360 Kinect motion-sensor gaming accessory in November (on the 4th in the US and on the 10th in Europe). The company's expectations for the device are quite high and with the launch less than two…

Microsoft: Kinect will outsell the iPad

  • Posted September 17, 2010, 8:39 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft
  • Microsoft is expecting the Xbox 360 Kinect motion-sensor gaming accessory to sell millions this holiday season and is being rather optimistic when asked about the device's chance of success. "The preorders have been really strong," a Microsoft spokesperson told Gamasutra.…

Microsoft announces 'Special Edition' Kinect bundle for $400

  • Posted September 8, 2010, 11:05 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming
  • Microsoft has announced it will release a special edition Xbox 360 bundle this November packaging the company's long-awaited Kinect motion-sensing device with a copy of Kinect Adventures, a spare controller, and the 250GB version of its console for $399. Naturally,…

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