When the Kinect first launched last November, gamers were (to put it charitably) a bit skeptical. Here was a device with incredible technological potential, and the most impressive game that came out ...

In the realm of 3D rendering and animation software 3ds Max is one that’s been around for what seems like forever and I know 3D artists who swear by it. So, when I came across a video showing how a ...

The Kinect tagline “You are the controller,” just took another turn for the different when a homebrew use of the device showed how the technology could recognize buttons drawn onto a piece of paper.

The global hacking community has already done an admirable job of exploiting the technology inside Kinect, but now would-be motion control designers can get the tech straight from the source.

While we have seen Kinect-based virtual dressing rooms before, the team at Arbuzz is taking a slightly different approach (Translation) to the digital dress up game. Rather than using flat images of ...

OpenNI, a middleware tool for technology such as Kinect, has received a significant upgrade. Developed by a non-profit consortium, which goes by the same name, OpenNI claims to be the most commonly ...

At CES, we met with PrimeSense, the company that created the sensor for Microsoft’s Kinect add-on. While Kinect is made for gaming, a number of owners created homebrew applications. I asked Adi ...

The Kinect, hit-or-miss as it may be when it comes to actual gaming, has certainly inspired the community. Everything from multi-touch surfaces to feeling up a virtual lady has been created, in just ...

The internet has been all a flutter recently with stories of resourceful individuals finding new and unusual uses for Microsoft's Kinect peripheral, ranging from autonomous robots to motion tracked ...

[Harishankar] has posted a video on his blog demonstrating the ability to control devices using the Microsoft Kinect sensor via IR. While controlling devices with Kinect is nothing new, he is doing ...