After seven long years on the market, the Kinect is officially sailing off into the sunset. Fast Company reports Microsoft has shuttered Kinect manufacturing, signaling the end of an era for Microsoft and the beloved (and often derided) console accessory. After debuting for the Xbox 360 in 2010, the Kinect became a must-have accessory that allowed users to interact with the console...
Microsoft has confirmed that its Kinect device will not be natively supported by the upcoming Xbox One S console. With no outlet to plug the Kinect directly into, owners will have to seek out a USB adapter if they wish to use it with the new model. General Manager of Marketing for Xbox Devices Matt Lapsen stated through the Xbox Wire that this was done to keep the size down. In order...
Yesterday Microsoft announced it would be closing both Lionhead, developer of titles like the Fable series and the former home of sometimes-visionary developer Peter Molyneux, and Press Play, the studio responsible for Max: The Curse of Brotherhood. It looks like those were the first closures, rather than the only ones. Videogamer looked at the Microsoft Studios website and noticed...
Long, long ago, the Xbox One was accompanied by a device outfitted with microphones and cameras, and this device was a required part of the console that had to be connected for the system to function. Then, it turned out some people weren’t comfortable having a sensor array plugged into their living room theater, while others felt silly talking to their televisions. The Kinect is one of...
Maybe I'm wrong, but I counted a single passing mention of the Kinect during Microsoft's E3 presentation this year. More specifically, the use of its features happened only once. It was when Microsoft announced that the Xbox One would play Xbox 360 games. The Kinect was used to demonstrate that the "Xbox, take a screenshot" feature works. That was it for the camera and microphone based...
It seems like this year more than any year in the past, the big names of E3 are eager to spill some pretty big beans before the show. Just this week, in fact, Bethesda unveiled a new Fallout game ahead of their first E3 press conference. Seems pretty weird, right? Well, we know what’s up. There’s only one reason all these companies would be telling us what we expect to hear ahead of...
Microsoft has dumped hundreds of millions of dollars – maybe billions, even – into Kinect. Initial research, the first version that launched for the Xbox 360, and then its inclusion with the Xbox One and the additional research and development that went alongside with it. They left even more money on the table by forcing early adopters to pay for the product, losing millions of sales...
The first Lumia smartphone to sport a Microsoft logo wasn’t exactly the cutting-edge flagship we were hoping for, but you can be sure Microsoft has exciting devices up its sleeve for the future. The prototype handset pictured above with a giant rear-facing camera could well be one of them. It’s codenamed the Nokia “RM-1052,” and it made its first appearance on Chinese auction site...
Microsoft is gearing up to launch its own smartwatch that will be compatible with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone devices, according to sources familiar with its plans. The software giant doesn't yet have a release schedule, but it's thought the device could be here as soon as this summer. "The device will draw on optical engineering expertise from Microsoft's Xbox Kinect division to...
If you still want to live life like Tom Cruise in Minority Report with your Xbox One, but you bought the console sans Kinect, you can now officially dive into the version two of controllerless motion control with a standalone purchase. Kinect 2.0 is officially on sale, and it comes bundled with Dance Central Spotlight for $149.99. The game comes as a download code, so all that's in the...