The Kinect software development kit (SDK) beta was released by Microsoft today, enabling developers to create Visual Basic, Windows 7 C#,and C++ applications that recognize user input through the Xbox ...

Oregon State University student Alex Wiggins gestures to Kinect, which in turn makes a remote-control toy helicopter take off while teammates Ruma Paul (left) and Fabio Matsui (right) look on. The ...

The Kinect has been hacked for many purposes, but this Android implementation tutorial is the first we’ve heard of it being used on a mobile phone platform. Although not a finished product at this ...

Youtube user [programming4fun] got a Kinect for father’s day and with just a little bit of code, came up with a 3D display using only a Kinect. Instead of the usual Kinect hacks like computer vision ...

We've been waiting for confirmation on yesterday's rumor, about Microsoft's motion-sensing Xbox 360 peripheral coming to PCs, and now we have it. MS has just now released a software development kit ...

Microsoft announced Monday that it will release a non-commercial SDK for the Kinect, allowing developers to create new uses for the motion-based system beyond gaming. "The community that has blossomed ...

Microsoft on Thursday released a software development kit for its Kinect gaming system, and hackers are already testing the limits of what the device can do. After the release of the SDK, Microsoft ...

Now that Kinect for Windows 2.0 devices have shipped, a preview of the software development kit is available for more than game developers. The Kinect for Windows team released a preview of its Kinect ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Soon after the Kinect hit the market last November, academics and hobbyists began to experiment with it. Using open-source drivers on Windows-based ...

When Windows developers get their hands on the code for the motion-sensing system, we could see gesture touch everything from Office applications to computer monitors. Jay Greene, a CNET senior writer ...

Software development kit will allow third-party developers to create software titles that use a Kinect motion sensor plugged directly into a Windows PC. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET ...

Kinect Fusion, the Microsoft Research project which uses the Kinect sensor to create 3D models of objects and environments, will be made available in the Kinect for Windows SDK, Microsoft announced ...