Tag: Kinect
Xbox One Kinect will scan and redeem download codes
There are few things I hate more in the world than redeeming download codes on a gaming console. Without a keyboard, it's a painstaking task using the onscreen virtual keyboard with a controller to tap out dozens of digits and…
Microsoft insist Xbox One Kinect will not record your conversations
As well as always-on internet requirements and used game concerns, Microsoft's Xbox One console has raised eyebrows over the way it uses its new Kinect motion and sound sensor. A constantly-connected requirement of the console, many feared that it could…
Will Microsoft make a Surface tablet with Kinect motion controls?
Microsoft wants to put it's Xbox 360 Kinect motion control system into laptops and tablets, hinting at the possibility of a Surface tablet with Kinect motion controls embedded. It's the "dream" of Craig Mundie, senior advisor to Microsoft CEO Steve…
Scary Kinect patent will charge you to watch films on a PER PERSON basis
You may want to unplug your Kinect from your Xbox 360 console, lock it in a box and bury it amidst the graves of the old Indian burial ground under cover of darkness and a lightning storm after reading this…
Leaked Kinect 2 pictures; could this be the Xbox 720 motion sensor?
Lately, Microsoft's rumoured Xbox 720 has fell foul to a range of leaks, but as yet there is not any definitive information on either the console or its expected Kinect 2 peripheral. However a new image has surfaced from…
Leap Motion launches 3D motion control device 200x as sensitive as Kinect
Leap Motion have launched what they claim to be the "world's most accurate" 3D motion control device, 200 times more sensitive than the Xbox 360's Kinect controller. Priced cheaply at $69.99 (around £44), the small 4-inch camera plugs into…
Kinect-powered Internet Explorer browser coming to Xbox 360
It looks like Microsoft will soon be popping another arrow into the Xbox 360's quiver, with reports coming in that a Kinect-powered version of Internet Explorer is to land on the games console. A custom-built version of the browser that…
Skyrim Kinect launches today: Full list of voice commands here!
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's highly-anticipated Kinect voice control support hits the Xbox 360 today! FUS RO DAH! Picking up the player's spoken commands, Kinect support lets you browse menus, control followers and equip items just by speaking one of…
Microsoft looking for Xbox Skype developers
A job listing over on Microsoft's recruitment page states that the team are looking to build a Skype Xbox Engineering Team, suggesting video chat integration could be coming to the Xbox 360. According to the listing, Microsoft is "building the…
REVIEW: Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure (Xbox 360)
After a sterling effort with Disneyland: Kinect Adventures, it's the turn of Pixar's finest characters to take centre-stage on the Xbox 360. Can lightning strike twice for motion-controlled magic?
