In the two-plus months since the creation of open-source drivers for Microsoft's Kinect made it possible to hack the popular motion controller, the device has been used as a sophisticated piano, to ...

Greg Borstein’s book Making Things See from publisher Make: Books aims to be a practical guide to the world of Kinect hacking. Greg Borstein’s book Making Things See from publisher Make: Books aims to ...

Intrepid but flawed, Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensor for Xbox 360 offers true controller-free gaming at a reasonable price, but suffers from serious accuracy and tracking issues. We follow the latest ...

The Kinect has been a big success for Microsoft's Xbox. It's a motion sensor that lets you play video games by moving your body — no controller of any kind necessary. Computer engineers and hobbyists ...

When Microsoft's hot new Kinect motion-sensitive controller was released earlier this month, Phil Torrone and Limor Fried saw an opportunity to subvert what was being presented as a closed system.

Well, that was fast. Do-it-yourself electronics kit maker and hobby retailer Adafruit recently announced that a hacker had won the company’s Open Kinect Bounty. Spain-based hacker Hector Martin ...

Today, Microsoft is announcing eleven finalists in the ultimate Kinect hacking showdown: a spot in a TechStars-backed accelerator just for Kinect-based ideas. Kinect hacks have been something we’ve ...

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It looks like Microsoft has finally realized the potential that Kinect hacking has for the device's popularity. After initially talking up the numerous safeguards it had taken to reduce the chances of ...

*It's a press release. 20 million gamers can turn their Kinect equipment into a real 3D scanner for free and win up to $1000 in Artec’s Winter Fun with Kinect contest Prizes for the most original ...

A new generation of tools will soon make it even easier to tinker with the Kinect, the $150 Microsoft device that lets people control video games by gesturing. Only Kinect: The Open Exhibits project ...

The Kinect 3D Sensor may be a robot's best friend. Willow Garage recently sponsored a Kinect-hack competition for the open source Robot Operating System (ROS). Amateur and professional engineers from ...