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While Microsoft Corp.’s Kinect 2 sensor is significantly better than its predecessor and can enable not only new types of games, but new usage models for the Xbox One game console in general, it also makes the new system more expensive and thus less popular. Moreover, many consumer functions of …

Game platform holders never confirm plans to cut prices of their devices in order not to disrupt current sales. In addition, they never make announcements regarding new versions of hardware due to the same reasons. Just as expected, this week Microsoft Corp. denied last week’s rumours about incoming price-cuts/new models …

Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One does not have as powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) as Sony PlayStation 4 does. Moreover, it actually reserves 10% of GPU performance for needs of Kinect 2 motion sensor. A new patch for Xbox One is anticipated to cease reserving GPU horsepower for Kinect and boost …

Modern gaming technologies are not only easy to use, but they are getting more and more advanced and considerably more precise than they used to be just several years ago. Therefore, it is not surprising that NASA engineers are experimenting with Microsoft Corp.’s Kinect 2 and Oculus Rift VR helmet …

The new Kinect bundled with the Xbox One has been relatively well received in terms of its effectiveness to pick up voice commands. Indeed, when it isn't working, it could just be that your'e saying something it doesn't understand – it only really knows 30 odd commands after all. Here's …

Apple users are known for getting rather excited about incremental updates to their latest handheld device, but the next-generation of iPhones and iPad's could have a lot more – a whole extra dimension – if Apple decides to leverage the Israeli firm it purportedly just bought for a whopping $345 …

Microsoft has had a tough time getting potential buyers to forget about all of the privacy concerns the internet has raised in regards to Kinect but today the company has finally let users know exactly what happens with the data Microsoft can collect in the new Xbox Live privacy statement. …

Earlier this year at E3 Microsoft made a big deal out of the Xbox One's cloud integration; it was the highlight of the new system. Since then a lot of policies and features have been changed but it looks like the cloud is still going to play a big part …

The Kinect has been a funny old bit of hardware. While it has its uses, like dance games, it's never really enamoured itself with a gaming public. Microsoft didn't do it much of a service either, by suggesting earlier this year, that with the Xbox One it would always be …

One of the reasons Microsoft has been so adamant about including the Kinect motion tracking camera in its Xbox One bundles, is that it'll give the console voice recognition right out of the box. However, that's all well and good if you're in Britain, where voice commands will be usable …

How often have you wanted to punch someone in the face over the internet? No need to answer that question young padawan, we've all been there hundreds and hundreds of times. Which is why, when Kinect first came out, it finally looked like we might get the next best thing …

If we all drew one thing from Microsoft's Xbox One reveal, it's that it loves TV and wants you to watch it through your Xbox. Despite the fact that people are watching more and more content via streaming and on demand services than ever before, Microsoft is continuing to invest …

Pizza Hut has introduced a new app for the Xbox 360, which allows users to order pizzas online and even design their own custom toppings with the use of Kinect. Whether this will evolve into some sort of social-network mini-game remains to be seen, but it does sound intriguing. “We're …

Microsoft's Kinect motion tracking camera wasn't quite up to spec when it was first released, but its functionality has improved over the past couple of years, with regular SDK updates. The latest one that showed up today, 1.7, implements Fusion – a 3D scanning technique – and Kinect Interactions, which …

If you've been thinking that Microsoft's Kinect should be capable of tracking your eye movements as much as your hands and feet, well you're not alone. The guys from 4tiitoo are kickstarting a piece of kit called the NUIA eyeCharm, that slots over your Kinect and adds that tracking functionality; …

When you look at the number of consoles sold in this generation, with the 360 selling over 76 million units, the PS3 around the same and the Wii just shy of 100 million, it's hard to imagine that the last generation saw such reduced figures – unless you look at …

Microsoft is actively hunting for a new software development engineer, to join a team working on future Xbox Kinect experiences and one of the biggest requirements for the position, is a readiness to fail, fast. Forming as part of Microsoft's entertainment division, the accepted applicant will be joining a team of “veterans” …

Get your copies of 1984 at the ready people, as a patent entitled “Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User,” that was registered in April 2011, has now been published for the first time and shows Microsoft's Kinect technology being used to make sure only licensed viewers are watching a movie …

Over half a year later we've finally been granted a solid date for the arrival of Microsoft's Star Wars Xbox 360 bundle which we first laid eyes on during Comic Con back in July last year. Major Nelson has leaked news via a series of tweets that this Star Wars-themed …

We've known for a while now that Kinect will be making its way to PCs as software developers have been given access to Kinect for Windows SDK. But what's of particular interest is in the way it will be used with notebooks. You're probably quick to picture a large awkward …

Microsoft have sold millions of Kinect units this year, being one of their biggest success stories in recent years. News of the upcoming version has been posted online and it seems to be taking the technology to a whole new level. According to sources at Eurogamer, a member of the …

KitGuru's latest addition to the team wishes everyone greetings from sunny California – home to gaming developers such as Nintendo, Sega, Square Enix, Blizzard, and Electronic Arts! Graphics, voice actors, music, game art, character design… so many elements make up video games.  They retain components of movies and books while …

Microsoft held the MIX conference  this week and the hottest topic was body language. Yesterday Microsoft said that a new tool kit is coming for developers to build motion sensor applications to run on Windows and Kinect. Everyone who attended the conference got a free Kinect motion sensor. Kinect has …

Microsoft may be floundering within the mobile space, but their Kinect device has just entered the Guinness World records as the fastest selling consumer electronics device. They have sold over 10 million units worldwide since it was released a short while ago. Microsoft are saying that they are selling over …

Microsoft may be having some problems right now with Windows 7 Phone software, but in the land of gaming they are reaping the rewards, selling over 8 million Kinect units in 60 days. Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer says that the Kinect way of working offers a …

The Kinect device has been a massive seller for Microsoft in the last couple of months. The modding community have also taken to it with open arms, with many videos already on Youtube showing it doing all sorts of weird, and sometimes wonderful things. Microsoft have announced that they are …

For as long as there have been ROM drives, there have been reports of discs being eaten. It's not a new topic, as anyone who spent a day trying to get the remains of a cassette tape our of an old-world music centre will testify. Does the problem still exist …

Some analysts said that Microsoft's Kinetic might not sell that well in the run up to Christmas, but clearly they have been proved wrong. Latest figures  after Black Friday sales in America show that the sensor has sold over 2.5 million units, already. 2.5 million units sold in such a …

Microsoft doomsayers will be very unhappy to read the latest statistics in from the company surrounding the release of the Kinect device for the Xbox 360. They claim to be selling 100,000 units every day since release. Microsoft claim that the 100,000 daily sales are set to increase as it …

It is difficult for Microsoft executives not to mention Apple when it comes to achieving sales goals and once again they target the iPad as being the product to beat. Microsoft Game Studio manager Kudo Tsunda has said in a recent interview with Gamasutra that Kinetic is going to break …