Tag: Kinect
Kinect for Windows SDK due out this Spring
Here's news that will make the legions of intrepid Kinect motion controller hackers happy; Microsoft are to release an official non-commercial SDK kit for Windows to the public this Spring. Since launching last November, the Kinect has been the focus…
Greatest ever Olympian Michael Phelps gets his own Kinect swimming game
Michael Phleps, the American Olympic swimmer who is more fish than man, is to get his own Xbox 360 Kinect title. Called Michael Phelps – Push the Limit, it "utilizes Kinect for Xbox 360's unique capabilities to let players go…
Kinect drives record quarterly earnings for Microsoft
The launch of the Kinect Motion controller has resulted in record quartley earnings for Microsoft. 8 million Kinect units were sold, leading to a 55 percent improvement in performance for the company's entertainment division compared to the previous year….
Kinect to officially support PC and Mac soon?
Microsoft's Kinect Xbox 360 motion controller has got off to a blistering start, with sales rapidly outdoing Sony's Move and legions of new gamers being drawn to the console. In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, it's also attracting a…
If the Xbox 360 isn't a games console, what is it? Steve Ballmer knows!
Steve, Steve, Steve Ballmer. Nothing makes us happier than your often bizarre, always excellent soundbytes concerning your gang Microsoft's gear! If you're not air-punching at press conferences, you're dropping stone cold clangers like this one; saying that your Xbox 360…
Cause some disorder with this Joy Division Kinect hack
Unknown Kinect Pleasures v2 from gwygonik on Vimeo. Now here are two things we didn't expect to be writing about in the same post when we started work this morning; post-punk legends Joy Division and Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect Motion…
Free DLC coming to Kinect Sports and Kinect Joyride
Despite only being available for little over a month, Xbox 360 Kinect launch titles Kinect Sports and Kinect Joyride are to recieve a batch of brand new DLC content. And best of all? It's all absolutely free. The branded content…
Ultimate Air Guitar Hack
Air Guitar prototype with Kinect from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo. Air guitar fans, behold the latest Microsoft Kinect hack. This latest hack gives takes air guitar to a whole new level. Designed by Chris O'Shea, the Air Guitar Prototype won't…
4.1 million PS3 Move controllers sold: Battle of the Sales hots up
Sony have announced that they have now sold 4.1 million PS3 Move motion controllers, following news that Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect offering has reached the 2.5 million sales mark. Though Sony's sales are almost double that of Microsoft's, their Move…
Kinect sales hit 2.5 million
Well on the way to the Christmas gaming top-spot, Microsoft have confirmed that their Xbox 360 Kinect motion-sensing contoller has now sold over 2.5 million units. That's in a mere 26 days. "We are thrilled about the consumer response to…
