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Microsoft has released the Kinect for Windows commercial program, which it says was designed to let firms explore new ways “to improve internal operations, build new customer experiences, and potentially revolutionise their industries”. The move means any business can now join the 300-plus organisations already developing applications with Kinect for Windows through an early adoption …

Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has admitted what Sony has been telling us all along – that Kinect has “some real problems as an input device” but says it excels in terms in creating freedom and emotion. This comes after Lionhead’s Fable: The Journey was demoed at E3, a game which appeared to be on rails …

EA has confirmed that Mass Effect 3 will be released on March 6th, 2012. The sci-fi sequel was confirmed earlier this evening to support Kinect, allowing players to progress through conversation trees using voice recognition. “With Mass Effect 3, we are delivering blockbuster action and heart-wrenching emotion on a scale that far exceeds anything we’ve …

The public will see Microsoft “really deliver” on Kinect this year, Microsoft UK’s GM for sales and marketing, Neil Thompson has pledged. Speaking to trade mag MCV, Thompson said the Xbox platform is moving to a broader audience – and publishers will soon flock to the Kinect platform seeking success. “We’re constantly looking at what …

Microsoft demonstrated a range of features for upcoming Xbox 360 chat service Avatar Kinect at the firm’s Redmond headquarters earlier this week, which you can see in the new trailer below. Unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show back in January and first demoed by MS CEO Steve Ballmer, the face-tracking service will allow users to …

Microsoft is reaching out to give the Kinect modding community a big, warm hug with the release of official PC development tools this spring. You’ll surely have seen at least one of the many fascinating hacks that have turned up over the past few months as people with programming skills fooled around with the raw …

Microsoft has shown off a fully functioning, behind-closed-doors ‘future house’ based on its own technology – with Kinect-style motion control at its core. ‘Microsoft Home’, based at its headquarters in Redmond, Seattle includes a mock child’s bedroom. On the room’s wall are a selection of Microsoft entertainment choices. During an exclusive first look by Channel …

If you’ve ever wondered how motion controllers could be used in FPS games, the video below may shed some light on the matter. The clever modder below has combined Kinect with a Wiimote to change the way Call of Duty is controlled. Looks fun too, if still a long way behind the responsiveness of a …

With the new breed of motion control filling the stop-gap left by where we would once expect a new console cycle, analysts have expressed their delight at the festive performance of both PlayStation Move and Xbox 360 Kinect. “Among all the analysts, I was the most bullish, forecasting five to six million in sell through …

Here’s the first trailer for Avatar Kinect, the online Xbox 360 chat service Microsoft unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this week. The face-tracking service will allow users to directly control their Xbox Live avatars using Kinect, with the motion sensing peripheral translating facial movements such as smiles and raised eyebrows. The video shows …

Microsoft revealed a new Avatar Kinect online chat service during the company’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote speech. Confirming rumours that emerged earlier this week alongside images of the service, the company said the face-tracking service will allow users to directly control their Xbox Live avatars using Kinect. When the service launches this spring, Kinect will …

Microsoft has taken a metaphorical scalpel to Kinect’s insides – to give us layman an insight into the device’s “secret sauce”. Kinect program managers Ron Forbes and Arjun Dayal go into great detail on the Xbox blog about the device’s “brain”. They write: “In the analog world, it’s not just about yes and no, but …

Microsoft’s Kinect team is reportedly working “very hard” to potentially quadruple the accuracy of Kinect. The platform holder hopes that the motion-sensing peripheral will soon be able to detect finger movement and hand rotation, according to Eurogamer. The depth sensor used by Kinect is currently set at a 30 frames per second limit and a …

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe chief Andrew House reckons Microsoft will struggle to develop a broad range of games for Kinect. While Move can work with any genre, he feels Microsoft’s camera-only motion control solution has “limitations”, as Sony found out with EyeToy. “We learnt from that experience that there are limitations around a camera-only solution. …

From tomorrow you’ll be able to experience Kinect functionality via the PlayStation Network. Well, kind of. That’s if developer Virtual Air Guitar Company’s Kung Fu Live lives up to expectations. The PSN beat ‘em up uses body tracking tech through the PlayStation Eye to achieve similar results to Microsoft’s Kinect, the developer chirped, whilst noting …