In case you've been living under a rock for the past few months, the release of Microsoft's game changing, voice activated, controller-free peripheral Kinect is right around the corner. As expected, ...

For PC users more interested in the practical side of Microsoft’s Kinect, a Windows version is now available for $250. Microsoft is also launching the Kinect for Windows commercial software ...

Coming up to exactly one year since Microsoft originally released their new Kinect gaming motion controller for the Xbox 360 console, Microsoft has today unveiled plans to release a commercial ...

While the Kinect was originally set to be a living room rival to the Wii, the hacker community took advantage of the relatively inexpensive motion sensor to deliver interesting results. Microsoft ...

The software giant launches a version of its motion-sensing game controller for Windows, hoping to spark development of PC applications that use natural user interfaces. Jay Greene, a CNET senior ...

Microsoft has yet to provide an exact launch date, but it will allow companies to use Kinect for commercial purposes starting sometime in early 2012. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Microsoft is making available to testers for download on June 16 a beta build of a software development kit (SDK) that enables the company's Kinect sensor to work ...

The Kinect is about to cross its one-year anniversary on the Xbox 360. With the full-body sensor heading into its second holiday season, Microsoft announced that it intends to bring official motion ...

Microsoft’s Kinect, which has been so far used for non-commercial purpose only, is going to be soon launched in commercial version. This commercial version of Kinect will roll out in early 2012. The ...

Microsoft delivered a beta of a software development kit (SDK) enabling the Kinect sensor to work with Windows PCs in mid-June 2011. But this SDK was licensed for non-commercial use only. The Softies ...

The Kinect for Windows SDK, a beta version of which is already available to developers, is being prepared for a commercial rollout in early 2012. The current beta version is targeted at academics, ...