Although there is no shortage of Kinect hacks out there, this one from Dashhacks seems especially cool. According to them, the software part of this design uses a “modified OpenNI programming along ...

When Microsoft released its Kinect Software Development Kit (SDK) to developers to fuel innovation on the Kinect platform, the possibilities were palpable. Projects like Open Kinect have made real ...

Microsoft has released a new update for its Kinect for Windows runtime and SDK today, taking it to version 1.5. The new update brings with it Microsoft’s new Kinect Studio, which has been created to ...

Microsoft released a new software development kit for its Kinect for Windows sensor today, expanding the capabilities of the platform for software developers building new Kinect apps for Windows PCs.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft’s Kinect for Windows 1.5 SDK will include a new Kinect Studio app, seated skeletal tracking, and four ...

You’ve heard the rumors, and they’re true: Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect camera turns out to be hacktastic. Mouse pointers and picture shuffling? So 2010. Why not control robots with your arms?

Microsoft has released official details for the Kinect for Windows SDK beta, which will allow users access to the system's automatic skeleton tracking and use of the directional microphone. The SDK ...

Microsoft’s Kinect motion-tracking sensor for Windows and Xbox 360 can today, out of the box, keep track of basic body parts like your arms and legs. It’s not very good at keeping track of rapid ...

If you want to build a Linux application with motion controls, then you are in luck. Igalia has released an open source skeleton tracking library that works with Microsoft’s Kinect input device. The ...

If you're of the mindset that Kinect on the Xbox One is simply a more advanced version of what we saw on the Xbox 360, you'd be grossly underestimating it. In a TechNet blog post, Microsoft goes into ...