Intrepid but flawed, Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensor for Xbox 360 offers true controller-free gaming at a reasonable price, but suffers from serious accuracy and tracking issues. We follow the latest ...

Since Microsoft released its Kinect accessory for Xbox 360, it’s become the “it” gadget for hackers. And we’ve seen so many hacks for it since its introduction that, well, we’ve kind of lost count. So ...

The Kinect has been a big success for Microsoft's Xbox. It's a motion sensor that lets you play video games by moving your body — no controller of any kind necessary. Computer engineers and hobbyists ...

This holiday season, the video game industry hype machine is focused on building excitement for new PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Ten years ago, a similar chorus of hype reached a crescendo with the ...

Adafruit, the folks behind the bounty for an open-source Kinect driver, one that would allow end users to use the Kinect with more than just the Xbox 360, have posted a how-to guide. It should be ...

The developers at Harmonix aren't afraid to hit the reset button if something isn't working correctly. Chances are, strumming a plastic Stratocaster changed quite a bit before you ever even started ...

We’ve seen a pile of homebrew Kinect Hacks that take advantage of the figure- and gesture-detection capabilities built into the Kinect’s firmware—and now we’re seeing yet another implementation that ...

It looks like Microsoft has finally realized the potential that Kinect hacking has for the device's popularity. After initially talking up the numerous safeguards it had taken to reduce the chances of ...

Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect controller for Xbox 360 can now be used unofficially as a rudimentary PlayStation controller, thanks to a new hack released over the weekend by programmer Shantanu ...

*It's a press release. 20 million gamers can turn their Kinect equipment into a real 3D scanner for free and win up to $1000 in Artec’s Winter Fun with Kinect contest Prizes for the most original ...

In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming device. Swing an imaginary lightsaber and that would be translated onscreen. Throw a football and it ...