About 1 year back on the same day, Microsoft introduced its new gaming device Kinect which has revolutionized the way of gaming and now today on the same day, it has announced it’s more and more awesome new games and features. Companies like EA Games, Ubisoft and many more presented new games that are going [...]
Steve Clayton today has posted today on the Official Microsoft Blog about bringing Kinect to Windows with a SDK that will be available later this spring. He talks about how we believe this SDK will enable developers in the academic research and enthusiast communities to create new and amazing experiences on the PC through natural [...]
Coming later this spring, the Kinect for Windows SDK is a programming toolkit that will enable researchers and enthusiasts easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running Microsoft Windows 7. With this SDK, you’ll be able to take advantage of: The latest advances in audio processing, which include [...]
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, has promised that the company will support Kinect for PC in the future. Speaking to the BBC’s Click online program Ballmer revealed that Microsoft is planning to support Kinect on PC in the future. “We’re trying to move beyond gaming to include the world of socialization, movies, TV, music, and we’re [...]
Hi folks! Welcome back to my blog. Though previously I have done few posts on Microsoft XBox Kinect (How motion detection works, Sales demand, Inside XBox Kinect Hardware: iFixit teardown) but now atlast I found some time to write a review about Microsoft XBox Kinect. Few days back I was invited to the launch event [...]
The prototype for Microsoft’s Kinect camera and microphone famously cost $30,000. At midnight Thursday morning, you’ll be able to buy it for $150 as an Xbox 360 peripheral. Microsoft is projecting that it will sell 5 million units between now and Christmas. We’ll have more details and a review of the system soon, but for [...]
Microsoft’s hands-free motion controller extension for the Xbox 360, Kinect, is in stores now. Good luck finding it, though. USA Today reported on Thursday that the peripheral has sold out at many retailers. According to the paper, Amazon.com has sold out of the stand-alone Kinect unit, but still has some of the $300-and-up Kinect/Xbox 360 [...]
The day from when Kinect was announced before the release, I wanted to know what are all the hardware parts used by Microsoft as the technology used is really very amaizing. iFixit made it possible. iFixit completely tearsdown Kinect into seperate parts and so here comes the technical description of Kinect. For detail description and [...]
The Project Natal sensor device Project Natal is the code name for a”controller-free gaming and entertainment experience” by Microsoftfor the Xbox 360 video game platform. Based on an add-on peripheral for theXbox 360 console, Project Natal enables users to control and interact with theXbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller through a [...]
