Microsoft's new Kinect is clearly a big upgrade over the original model, but the marketing hype surrounding it has already started to outrun the technology powering it.

The Xbox One wasn’t just a video game machine and the Kinect 2 sensor was the physical manifestation of that.

When Microsoft started selling a basic Xbox One package without a Kinect V2 for $100 less, the result was unequivocal: Sales took off. Most gamers can take or leave the ubiquitous depth camera ...

The Xbox One will sit on top of other living room devices, and the new Kinect will sit on top of the Xbox One. There's been plenty of positive Xbox One coverage since yesterday's launch, not least ...

For anyone paying attention, it seems like Microsoft has all but given up on the Xbox One Kinect sensor with the release of the Xbox One S.

No, Microsoft doesn’t have it in for its old depth sensor. Instead, the reason is more mundane. Microsoft essentially simulated an entire Xbox 360 in software to allow the One to become backward ...

Microsoft’s Kinect is the sensing technology that allows gamers to use their bodies and body motions as the game controller. The company re-engineered Kinect for the Xbox One to be more responsive and ...

Microsoft’s Kinect may not have found success as a gaming peripheral, but recognizing that a depth sensor is too cool to leave for dead, development continued even after Xbox gaming peripherals ...

The new Kinect for Xbox One comes bundled with the console and enables motion- and voice control out of the box. It features a 1080p camera compared to the VGA sensor on the original Kinect ...

According to IGN, Microsoft's Marc Whitten says the Xbox One will no longer require the Kinect motion sensor to stay connected in order to function.

The Kinect is a depth-sensing camera peripheral originally designed as a accessory for the Xbox gaming console, and it quickly found its way into hobbyist and research projects.

Microsoft's new Kinect is clearly a big upgrade over the original model, but the marketing hype surrounding it has already started to outrun the technology powering it.