After getting discontinued in the Fall of 2017, the Microsoft Kinect is back, but not for gaming. Project Kinect for Azure is a version of the pioneering camera/sensor array, designed for businesses.

Anyone remember Xbox Kinect? It was this strange-looking motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, and later Xbox One, which used a camera to track the gamer's movements. First unveiled at E3 2009 ...

Microsoft’s Kinect may not have found success as a gaming peripheral, but recognizing that a depth sensor is too cool to leave for dead, development continued even after Xbox gaming peripherals were ...

Kinect may be Guinness’s new world champion when it comes to fastest-selling piece of geek tech, but what about the Xbox 360 motion-sensor’s software attach rate? Microsoft says it sold “more than 10 ...

Microsoft debuted the fourth generation of its Kinect sensor on Monday, bringing the hardware inside the next-generation HoloLens to the company’s developer community. The Project Kinect for Azure ...

Microsoft might have all but abandoned the Kinect sensor for its Xbox family of consoles, but that hasn't stopped the TSA from deploying some Xbox Kinect sensors at the Newark Liberty International ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Kinect originally debuted as an Xbox 360 accessory for motion sensing so ...

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 ...

One hacker is claiming to have taken control of Microsoft's Kinect sensor, releasing three videos (one embedded below) showing the ability to manually move the sensor and access its tracking camera's ...