(Phys.org) —Beyond reading body motions, Kinect is getting a workup by researchers at Microsoft, now showing substantial control additions. Microsoft Research this week showed how Microsoft Kinect for ...

Microsoft Research this week showed off a demo application that allows for Kinect to recognize multi-touch gestures. At this point, the Kinect sensor can track a person's skeleton, but only views ...

Microsoft 's video games console, the Xbox One, launched a software update Thursday which redesigned the dashboard and introduced new features, but also removed the ability to control the device using ...

The Kinect is arguably Microsoft’s most important innovation of the past decade, and has done more for changing the nature of computer interaction than pretty much any other recently created input ...

Microsoft has revealed that it has been developing a new set of hand recognition features for its Kinect motion controller, and is preparing to release the next step: Kinect hand recognition features ...

Some great things are in store for Kinect for Windows. Microsoft is very close to releasing a hand-gesture recognition feature in its Kinect software that will allow its users to manipulate their PC ...

We all know that human communication involves more than speaking—think of how much an angry glare or an acquiescent nod says. But apart from those obvious communications via body language, we also use ...

The thing that was cool about the Wii when it first launched wasn’t the graphics, it was the motion controls. Motion controls are popular again this year with the Sony Move system and the Microsoft ...

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