Kinect is the latest fruit from the R&D Microsoft has been putting into developing natural user interfaces. While the Nintendo Wii allowed users to interact with videogames using typical gestures and ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. Therapist Mari Therrien, left, works with a 5-year-old using Kinect at the Lakeside ...

Starting this fall, Xbox Kinect owners won't just use the motion control device to slice virtual fruit or turn their living room into a dance floor. They will use it to answer questions during a ...

LAS VEGAS, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Microsoft Corp. executives today showcased the next version of the Windows Phone operating system and other powerful next-generation applications that span ...

I've been excited about Microsoft's new Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 ever since I played a demonstration of it last year. Kinect is a sophisticated camera and sensor system that allows users to ...

This story was updated on Monday, March 11, at 2:13 p.m. PST, to make clear that the sample codes Microsoft made public were for Kinect for Windows and to clarify Ben Lower's company title.

Microsoft announced its Azure Kinect camera modules alongside HoloLens 2 early in 2019. Both devices use the same mixed-reality camera module, using a time-of-flight depth sensor to map objects around ...