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Microsoft might’ve stripped the Kinect out of the Xbox One recently, but that doesn’t make the hardware itself any less impressive—it’s just not the best device for a low-cost gaming console at the ...

Say what you will about Steve Ballmer’s swan song CES 2012 keynote (and the ridiculous, mostly made-up hype preceding it), at least we got a launch date and price for Kinect for Windows. It’s about ...

Microsoft on Feb. 1 will roll out Kinect for Windows as it tries to leverage Xbox’s best feature and natural user interface for broader use. In a blog post, Microsoft outlined how it plans on turning ...

Oregon State University student Alex Wiggins gestures to Kinect, which in turn makes a remote-control toy helicopter take off while teammates Ruma Paul (left) and Fabio Matsui (right) look on. The ...

Microsoft will discontinue the original Kinect for Windows sensor this year, the company has announced. Microsoft is phasing out the original Kinect for Windows after it launched Kinect for Windows v2 ...

Microsoft on Feb. 1 will roll out Kinect for Windows as it tries to leverage Xbox's best feature and natural user interface for broader use. In a blog post, Microsoft outlined how it plans on using ...

Microsoft has confirmed that it will bring out new hardware for Windows users to embrace its motion-based control platform Kinect. Great news? Perhaps not. Redmond confirmed in a blog post this week ...

Ballmer just said it live on stage at CES. Yelling it, no less. Short and sweet. Kinect for Windows will be official on February 1st. Ballmer just said it live on stage at CES. Yelling it, no less.

Microsoft released a new software development kit for its Kinect for Windows sensor today, expanding the capabilities of the platform for software developers building new Kinect apps for Windows PCs.

Microsoft's last ever keynote speech at CES last night was definitely more of a whimper than a bang, with a bit of tubthumping for Windows 8 and its phone range, but not a lot of really new stuff to ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s second Kinect for Windows sensor is arriving on July 15th for $199, ...