Update at 4:03 p.m. PT: This story has been modified with response from Microsoft. The first person who figures out how to build an open-source driver for Microsoft's much-hyped new Kinect motion ...

A hacker has released drivers that will allow you to communicate and control the Kinect device. The hacker and electronics DIY crowd has been really excited about the possibilities that the technology ...

Two weeks ago, an industrious software engineer created open-source drivers, which allowed the Kinect camera to be used with a PC. At the time, Microsoft responded with some legal saber-rattling, ...

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In a move that few saw coming, Microsoft has released parts of the software used to control its Kinect hardware into the Open Source world. Twenty two code samples have been released into CodePlex for ...

A hacker won a contest on Wednesday to be the first person to successfully create an open-source driver for Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensitive controller. Last week, open-source hardware developers ...