Kinect hacks are coming thick and fast, but here is one that will set millions of PC gamers’ hearts a-flutter: A hack that lets you gesture control WoW. The tech is coming from the University of ...

While many of us have been using our Microsoft Kinects for nothing more than some sport simulations and dance titles, it seems that there are some people who are actually trying to push the device's ...

Plenty of digital ink has already been spilled about how Microsoft's impressive new motion-sensing camera performs as a game controller — or as a controller without the controller, as it were — but ...

When Microsoft announced the Kinect, the motion-gaming peripheral that requires no controller to work, it was celebrated by the mainstream and hardcore alike for its unique functionality.Since then, ...

The conventional wisdom is that Kinect was an albatross on Xbox One, making the system more expensive at launch and taking ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is preparing a Kinect Play Fit system alongside a new “Joule” wireless heart rate monitor accessory.

Who doesn't want to be a Jedi Knight and say, "Lightsaber, on" before slicing the air with your arm, um lightsaber, to cut down a few Storm Troopers? With Microsoft's demo of the much anticipated ...

Though mostly focused on children's games, there are also games like Zumba Fitness Party, Mingle (a match and merge puzzle ...

Microsoft's director of developer relations for Xbox envisions a future where Kinect powers a "smart home" with functions that intuitively adjust a thermostat, set mood lighting, or even play a "theme ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. People are hacking Kinect, doing all sorts of amazing things with it like mapping their rooms and turning into a bloated mutant. But when does the ...

Xbox Kinect gave players a preview of the future. Engadget reported that the gaming device was first launched in 2010. Microsoft produced another two versions after seven years but stopped making new ...

When the Nintendo Wii launched, the future of motion gaming was in doubt. Some speculated that the console would die as soon as it launched, since they suspected gamers wouldn't want to jump around to ...