The next generation of Microsoft's other version of Kinect – the one focused on computing and business applications rather than gaming – is also in development.
Microsoft demonstrated the new dashboard for the Xbox One. While it isn't a drastic overhaul visually, the emphasis on using motion and voice to navigate highlights the company's commitment to Kinect.
With Microsoft revealing its next system on Tuesday, the time is ripe to explore what Microsoft did right with the Xbox 360 and where it could have improved.
A trio of Johns Hopkins students has adapted Microsoft's Kinect sensor for use in a system that would prevent heatstroke related deaths of children trapped in hot cars.
The Simsensei will track your body movement, expressions, and listens to
your voice so that it can say "Hmm" at the perfect moment to make you
feel better.
Stan Lee, the creator of such iconic super heroes as Spider-Man, The
Hulk, and Dum Dum Dugan, is really excited about Marvel
Avengers: Battle For Earth for Kinect, and he looks really cool playing it.
I'm running (and squatting, and lunging) through one of the game's four-week training programs. In the first installment, I get assessed and exhausted.
Dancing like a fool without looking like a fool is hard, which is why
we usually dance alone at home. But you demand to know what the new
Dance Central plays like, and we have to deliver.