Microsoft Kinect

The video wants to make me rip my eyes off with the edge of my Xbox gamepad, but it heralds an immediate future that fires a clusterstorm of nerdgasms inside my sci-fi-damaged brain. It shows what Capri, the next 3D sensor by the makers of Microsoft Kinect, is bringing to us: extreme precision,...

Get the puck outta here Fans of the NHL can now see the entire 2013 season live and more through their Xbox 360s, no matter where they are in the globe. Well, as long as they're Xbox Live Gold subscribers. NHL GameCenter has launched on the service and subscribers will get a hell of a lot of ice...

Texas-based start-up Lynx Laboratories has been teasing its creation, a 3D camera system for the better part of a month now. Now it's finally prepping to make a serious stab at a market that's still very much in its infancy. The device itself is essentially a giant display (14-inch to be specific)...

The camera of the future is not at CES — it's at Eyebeam, an art and technology incubator in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, where two artists-in-residence are currently shooting a documentary that's probably better described as interactive software than a feature film. Ever since their...

Intel's Perceptual Computing SDK is so smart that it can pick you out from the world around you and put you on any background as if the whole world was a green screen. Think Kinect only way way smarter. More »

Intel is partnering with Nuance and others to add voice, gesture, and face recognition and other "senses" to its computers. As part of what it calls "perceptual computing," Intel is adding systems that will recognize users and respond to them. Among other things, that means an impressive 3D...

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If all goes as planned, Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor camera will be used to help provide physical therapy for injured soldiers and veterans. According to Defense News , the company is working with the Air Force and the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering...

The tools available to therapists tasked with helping children with motor skills impairments improve their range of motion are definitely helpful. But the Human-Automation Systems Lab at Georgia Tech is looking to make said tools even better (specifically for those with cerebral palsy) with the...

Over the last several years, video games have been becoming more and more interactive with new and innovative controls. The Nintendo Wii spurred this change in video game controls when it introduced motion control to the gaming arsenal. When Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, game developers and...