When the Kinect for Xbox 360 was first demonstrated in June 2009, it looked like the future of technology. By tracking your body with an advanced infrared camera, sensors, and a microphone, the $150 ...

This holiday season, the video game industry hype machine is focused on building excitement for new PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Ten years ago, a similar chorus of hype reached a crescendo with the ...

Anyone remember Xbox Kinect? It was this strange-looking motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, and later Xbox One, which used a camera to track the gamer's movements. First unveiled at E3 2009 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover mobile, PC and broader tech. There's been plenty of positive Xbox One coverage since yesterday's launch, not least here on ...

LOS ANGELES — So when is that cool, killer game arriving for my Xbox 360 Kinect? With all the noise about the upcoming Xbox One, the new Kinect, and now a hefty slate of next-generation games unveiled ...

According to Microsoft marketing executive Mike Nichols, the “vast majority” of Xbox One owners who have a Kinect still use the voice- and gesture-based camera peripheral on a regular basis. In a new ...

("FRU" for the Xbox One makes you use your body to help navigate puzzles and challenges.Through Games) Way back at the 2014 edition of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, Microsoft gave ...

Microsoft’s march toward a voice- and gesture-controlled Windows experience just picked up momentum. On Wednesday the company reiterated that a final version of its Kinect for Windows sensor would be ...

Despite plenty of initial skepticism, Kinect is proving to be a pretty cool gadget with lots of wow! power. Microsoft's motion-sensing device for the Xbox 360 — a device that lets you play video games ...

What is Azure Kinect DK? While the Kinect brand is best associated with a motion-sensing device for gaming, those days are behind it: Kinect is all about business now. The latest model is called the ...

Microsoft's $150 Xbox add-on, the Kinect, can use face-recognition technology to log you onto your Xbox Live account. But it's not trouble-free. To understand why, you need to know how it works.