Oh my! When the folks at iFixit tore down a Microsoft Kinect they found a strong little fan among the many, many sensors. They suspect that Microsoft’s a bit paranoid about heat dissipation after the ...

The news from Fast Company that Microsoft has ceased manufacturing Kinect, a device developed for its gaming console XBox 360 in 2010, will have an effect on several digital health companies that have ...

Microsoft finally reveals the price of its Kinect accessory, as well as unveils a new version of its console that replaces the Arcade system bundle with a machine that packs 4GB of built-in flash ...

Kinect is the latest fruit from the R&D Microsoft has been putting into developing natural user interfaces. While the Nintendo Wii allowed users to interact with videogames using typical gestures and ...

Microsoft today released the final Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0, which you can download now for free directly from Microsoft.com. The launch means developers can now finalize their apps for the Kinect ...

The first Kinect camera for the Xbox 360 and then Windows PCs, from Israeli company Primesense, now owned by Apple, is being phased out in favour of the Xbox One’s new Kinect camera. Microsoft’s ...

Putting aside all the hype around the Kinect, which went on sale in the U.S. last week and hit stores in the U.K. today, here's a quick look at three core technologies in the system that have ...

Microsoft has ended production of Azure Kinect, the successor to the Xbox peripheral, drawing a line under the motion-sensing camera's lifespan. As announced in a blog post, the company will stop ...

Microsoft has revealed plans to phase out the original Kinect sensor for Windows-based PCs in 2015. The original Kinect for Windows first released in February of 2012, but has since became obsolete ...

Microsoft's Kinect for Windows sensor and development kit are coming to China and a handful of other new markets this fall. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...