While Kinect has boosted sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system, the new game controller is widely seen as having a broad range of potential applications in such areas as healthcare, education ...

At the Lakeside Center for Autism in Issaquah, three 5-year-olds stand in front of a big screen displaying a river-rafting game. They laugh as they jump or wave their arms, making their on-screen ...

When Microsoft expanded its Kinect sensor to Windows and made a software development kit available for commercial applications, we wondered when we’d see the technology start to trickle out into the ...

Anthony Taormina is an original member of the GameRant team, having been part of the publication for 15 years. He coordinates content for all facets of the site and manages its social media, PR, and ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Todd Bishop on May 17, 2012 at 5:18 ...

People may soon pay bills and manage their banking by waving their hands in front of their TVs, if an application from a Lithuanian company at this week’s CTIA conference proves successful. The ...

Kinect has been used for controlling cars in fast action games and simulating actions in sports such as tennis and golf but it can also be used as another way of controlling your PC, just as you do ...

Microsoft on Friday announced a program designed to help ten developers or startups launch businesses around products for Kinect, the controller that senses motion and voice. Developers with Kinect ...

Microsoft (NAS: MSFT) had a tiger by the tail a year ago and didn't know it. The company that helped bring Windows to the masses had rolled out its latest accessory with great fanfare, but it took a ...

Microsoft on Thursday released a software development kit for its Kinect gaming system, and hackers are already testing the limits of what the device can do. After the release of the SDK, Microsoft ...

Microsoft has never been shy about its ambitions for Kinect's depth sensing abilities. A pair of patent applications, however, show that its hopes and dreams are taking a more Hollywood turn. One ...

I’ve been excited about Microsoft’s new Kinect accessory for the Xbox 360 ever since I played a demonstration of it last year. Kinect, which goes on sale today, is a sophisticated camera and sensor ...