The Kinect software development kit (SDK) beta was released by Microsoft today, enabling developers to create Visual Basic, Windows 7 C#,and C++ applications that recognize user input through the Xbox ...

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 ...

In conjunction with its release of a Kinect software development kit for Windows 7 today, Microsoft held a “Code Camp” where it invited outside software developers and computer science students from ...

In the world of motion control there are two competitions occurring. On the one side are two consoles that are attempting to secure their portion of the precise peripheral movement markety by way of ...

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It turns out that yesterday's report was true, as today Microsoft released the beta version of its Kinect for Windows software development kit. While certainly not the first development software ...

Microsoft this morning announced the Kinect for Windows Software Developers Kit, a free beta release for non-commercial applications of the company's hands-free technology for Windows 7. The company ...

Microsoft has been vocal about its plans to foster development of Kinect software for the PC, but the console maker is planning to adapt its motion-sensing hardware to the platform as well. In a post ...