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 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 ...

At the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, UK researchers unveiled the latest in inexpensive, non-invasive visual prosthetics research… inspired by Kinect for Xbox 360. The new device – worn like ...

Microsoft discontinued the Kinect today, ending the motion-sensing Xbox peripheral's lifespan after seven long years of gaming mediocrity and wasted potential. Although the Kinect wasn't exactly a ...

An image of cyclists created using Microsoft Kinect sensors during the Tour of California. (Microsoft Image) The art of cycling took on a whole new meaning during last month’s Amgen Tour of California ...

Romeo is a writer, gamer, PR practitioner, podcaster, and pro wrestler who's been playing for nearly his whole life. Since getting a Famicom at 4 or 5 years old, he's never stopped playing, whether it ...

Cycling is a great-looking sport. The scenery alone draws millions of television viewers during the Tour de France. Sixty-one percent of people in a French survey said the gorgeous images shown were a ...

You probably get that motion capture involves performers prancing around in tights that have ping-pong balls attached. But what the heck is going on, exactly? Simple: The producers of a game or film ...

Aki Kanerva and Ilkka Kalliomäki aren't just any indie game developers. The Finnish duo is dedicated to motion gaming and, as studio Virtual Air Guitar, one of the few companies still making Kinect ...