Microsoft has created a unique experience with its Kinect motion-control gaming system. On its face, it’s more compelling than either the Nintendo Wii, which is now showing its age, and the Sony ...

That's the challenge Microsoft Corp. faces as it begins selling the long-awaited system ahead of the lucrative holiday season. To succeed, Kinect will need to exude the kind of iPad-like magic that ...

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 ...

Microsoft's Xbox Kinect system brings real people into virtual worlds — scanning people jumping around their living room, for example, to animate characters playing volleyball on a virtual beach. Now, ...

Microsoft may have pulled the plug on Kinect, but research applications for the gaming peripheral continue to trickle out. The latest, from University of Missouri researchers, constitutes a pair of ...

Microsoft got excited when hackers started coming up with novel uses for its Kinect motion control system which debuted for the Xbox 360 in November. But it was less than thrilled with the idea of ...

Microsoft is readying a new assault on the living room armed with a motion and voice detection system called Kinect that the company hopes will transform not just gaming, but home entertainment.

Microsoft and the United States Air Force are testing the Kinect as part of a home therapy physical suite program for injured soldiers. Microsoft will also be discussing the project with Army's ...

Computer scientists at the University of Southern California have used Microsoft's Kinect sensor to detect, with 90% accuracy, whether you are depressed. All you have to do is sit down in front of ...

The Microsoft Kinect has been used for a wide range of purposes, and now according to a recent report, the South Korean Military are using the Kinect to guard the South Korean border. A software ...

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 ...