To appeal to families ready to graduate from the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Corp. wants to build on the success of the Wii's motion-capture wand -- by getting rid of the wand entirely. On Monday, ...

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LOS ANGELES, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Get ready to Kinect to fun entertainment for everyone. Microsoft Corp. today capped off a two-day world premiere ...

There are a lot of futuristic things we’re still waiting on: jet packs for the entire family, self-driving cars and time-travel, to name a few. But one new, pretty darn amazing bit of technology has ...

Just a few days after the launch of Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing game system, hackers have broken the security behind it, according to a video released today. The video below shows that a hacker ...

When Oliver Kreylos, a computer scientist, heard about the capabilities of ’s new Kinect gaming device, he couldn’t wait to get his hands on it. “I dropped everything, rode my bike to the closest game ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. French videogame star Ubisoft is showing off its moves with titles that capitalize on Kinect motion-sensing Xbox 360 console controllers ...

Kinect's Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor involves controlling a "vertical tank" robot using motion-sensor technology. Photo courtesy Games Press The hype for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor was so promising ...

Anyone who’s ever stood in front of a Kinect-equipped Xbox knows the fun of virtual control, of using your hands to manipulate what you see on the screen without touching anything but air. The Leap ...

PrimeSense has raised a round of private equity funding as part of its plan to expand its motion-control chips beyond Microsoft’s Kinect game console product. The funding comes from Silver Lake Sumeru ...

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