Significant gains in the understanding of angles and angle measurements by elementary school students are seen in those who performed body-based tasks while interacting with a Kinect for Windows ...

Microsoft has created a unique experience with its Kinect motion-control gaming system. On its face, it’s more compelling than either the Nintendo Wii, which is now showing its age, and the Sony ...

Physical therapy researchers at Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center are developing a home therapy program for stroke patients, and the Xbox Kinect plays a central role. It involves a home-brewed game ...

Picture this: a classroom full of 9-year-olds are up and moving around, contorting their bodies and waving their arms. But it's not gym period or even music class getting them moving—these kids are ...

Walt Disney is often talked about as the godfather of animation, but that honor truly belongs to two Frenchmen: Charles-Émile Reynaud projected the first animation onto a screen in 1877 and Émile Cohl ...

Despite plenty of initial skepticism, Kinect is proving to be a pretty cool gadget with lots of wow! power. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

Microsoft's $150 Xbox add-on, the Kinect, can use face-recognition technology to log you onto your Xbox Live account. But it's not trouble-free. To understand why, you need to know how it works.

Starting this spring, people who own an Xbox 360 and a Kinect sensor will be able to use avatars to talk to each other in a variety of virtual worlds, with their avatars not only mimicking their ...

Microsoft is no longer building any Kinect devices for consoles or PCs, writes Fast Co. Design. Since their 2010 introduction on the Xbox 360 and through major updates for Xbox One and PC, the sensors ...

Microsoft's next-generation Kinect will detect eye movement, a report has suggested. Using Kinect 2.0, users will apparently be able to pause entertainment content by looking away from the TV screen.