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Leap Motion: Control PC With Hand Gestures
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 22, 2012
The new motion control device offers much finer control than Microsoft's Kinect.
Tags: Kinect, motion control, Leap
Commercial Kinect for Windows SDK Due Early Next Year
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published October 31, 2011
Celebrating the first year anniversary of the launch of Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft finally puts a date on the promised commercial SDK for Kinect on Windows -- sort of.
Tags: Microsoft, Kinect, Kinect SDK
Microsoft Shows 'Touch Screen' for Any Surface
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published October 18, 2011
New Kinect-based technology turns any surface into an input device.
Tags: Kinect
Microsoft Ships Beta Tools to Tie Kinect to Robots
By Stuart Johnston | Article Published September 19, 2011
With a new developers kit, designers will be able to create their own robots that use Xbox Kinect as the user interface.
Tags: Microsoft, robotics, Xbox, Kinect
Microsoft Shows Off 'Mango' for Windows Phone
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published April 13, 2011
The software giant trots out its latest pitch to popularize Windows Phone, and also shows a developers kit for PC apps that use Microsoft's dynamic games controller.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone, mobile apps, Windows Phone 7, Kinect
Microsoft's Mundie Shows More 'Natural' UI
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published February 28, 2011
After the stunning success of Microsoft's Kinect 3D games controller, the company's chief visionary shares more on where 'natural' interface is headed.
Tags: UI, user interface, Microsoft, Xbox, Kinect
Developers Kit Coming for Kinect on Windows
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published February 22, 2011
It's been rumored for months that Microsoft would provide the ability to link its Kinect game controller with Windows, but now it's official.
Tags: developer, Windows, Microsoft, developer tools, Kinect
'Natural User Interface' Arrives at Davos Forum
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 27, 2011
Microsoft plans to show off advances in user interface technologies to attendees of the World Economic Forum this week.
Tags: user interface, Microsoft, enterprise software, 3D, Kinect
Will Kinect Gain Windows Connections Soon?
By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 20, 2011
A rumors site says Microsoft is readying a developer’s kit and device drivers to enable its suddenly popular game controller to hook into Windows, and not just Xbox 360.
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, Xbox, gaming PC, Kinect
Why Kinect Is Microsoft's 'iPhone'
By Mike Elgan | Article Published January 06, 2011
Now that the Kinect interface has been on the market for two months, it's clear that Microsoft has really hit one out of the park.
Tags: Microsoft, iPhone, interface, 3D, Kinect