SoftKinetic has introduced its own Kinect-like motion controller at the recent CES 2012. The DepthSense DS311 camera uses the ‘Time of Flight’ technology that is reportedly more responsive and accurate than the PrimeSense technology in Microsoft’s Kinect. More »

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Microsoft’s next-generation Kinect will reportedly support lip-reading as well as motion sensor and voice recognition. The motion sensor will not only be able to determine which direction they players are facing but it will also track the pitch and volume of their voices and characteristics to measure their emotions, so it will detect when the gamers are angry. These features aren’t possible in the current version as it uses a USB cable that can only transmit 16Mbps of data, limiting the camera’s resolution to 320×240 at 30fps. More »

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This idea is just super cool! Now, for all you Star Trek fans, it’s not the same kind of Holodeck you might be thinking of, where it’s completely realistic and you can completely immerse yourself in it. It’s not at that stage yet, not even close. In fact it’s still somewhat in the beginning stages. More »

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You don’t have to worry about spending your money to hire your own personal trainer for self-defense because Kinect is the perfect replacement for them. With loads of sports games appearing in the Xbox 360, Ubisoft decided to release their own self-defense training camp game as well. More »

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From Wirebot: At the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japanese scientists were able to stimulate the future through the use of Kinect! More »

And here I was thinking Kinect or other movement-capture programs are only able to detect body movement, looks like Microsoft has proved me wrong. Microsoft’s new 3D modeling software is able to capture and show every, single wrinkle in your face. Doesn’t matter if you have the face of 90 year old granny, the job will still be done. More »

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The Kinect unit for the Xbox 360 has been very popular since its release and now a certain company is hoping to use a similar system for movie theater seats allowing the audience to move along with the movie. More »

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From Wirebot: Jean-Christophe Naour has created graffiti art using only the Kinect as his capturing device. His goal with “Kinect Graffiti” is to use the abilities of Microsoft’s gaming device to track the motions behind the graffiti and visualizing how that movement flows. More »

Microsoft’s Kinect hacks has benefited mankind in many ways, from glasses-free teleconferencing to Tesla coil manipulation, and now the latest project, Luis de Matos’s wi-Go, helps disabled shoppers. The wi-Go was created to help disabled shoppers by enably the cart to follow the wheelchair user through the addition of a laptop and a Kinect to a shopping cart. The wi-Go can be used by anyone, regardless of physical capability. More »

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You probably thought that Microsoft’s Kinect was for Xbox 360 usage only, but it’s not - with its open source coding, anyone can use it (hack into it) and make numerous inventions for it, such as this virtual dressing room! The virtual dressing room is a collaboration between AR Door and Topshop. More »

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I don’t know about you guys but whenever I think of souvenirs, an image of snow globes featuring a vacationing area comes to mind. Not so much a little inanimate statuesque figure of yourself posing on La Rambla street of Barcelona. More »

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From Wirebot: And you thought you had it tough. Think again - the promoter in charge of Microsoft’s Kinect launch event in Time Squares last fall is now suing Microsoft for fines issued by the city’s police. More »

From Htcyou: Wouldn’t it be nice to take our Kinect games out and about with us? Fortunately, we should expect to see this kind of gameplay coming to Android devices fairly soon from a company by the name of XTR3D. Named iZi, this app will allow you to play some of your favorite games with just a simple gesture. More »

I can’t believe some of you fell for Google’s April Fool’s ploy recently! Gmail Motion has got to be one of the most ridiculous ideas ever! Who would seriously ever consider creatin — oh, well, it looks like someone has gone and created Gmail Motion. Read on to find out more! More »

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So, what do you think the fastest selling consumer electronic device is? Is it the iPod Touch? The iPad? The iPhone? Is it something from the Apple corporation? NO. In fact, the record-breaking device comes from Apple’s main competitor: Microsoft. More »

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