After using a camera with an infrared filter to shoot some friends playing games with the hit motion-sensitive controller, Audrey Penven discovered a hidden cyberpunk treasure trove. Artist Audrey ...

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.

One of the three “cameras” on the face of the Kinect is actually an IR projector, throwing out infrared light so the other (non-RGB) camera can get a sense of your room in 3D space. It’s invisible to ...

The prototype for Microsoft's Kinect camera and microphone famously cost $30,000. At midnight Thursday morning, you'll be able to buy it for $150 as an Xbox 360 peripheral. Microsoft is projecting ...

Alongside a new version of its Xbox console today, Microsoft also debuted a new, far more sensitive version of its Kinect sensor. The new Kinect recognizes both the user and the controller and ...

Kinect works by projecting infared light throughout the room it’s situated in. Under normal circumstances, it’s invisible, but switch to night vision mode and you can actually see the dots floating ...

Want to know how to make a pool table an attention-grabber on a showroom floor full of highly explosive video games? Try a couple of Kinect cameras, some projectors and a sound system. OpenPool's an ...

Microsoft's Webcam-style add-on Kinect is easily hackable, but don't expect to hear the software giant sharpening its legal swords to stop intrusions any time soon. Microsoft's Kinect, the Xbox 360's ...

Geeks are hacking the Kinect for all sorts of things all around the world. I like the Kinect most when it's used to control a robot, but there are all sorts of other cool things that the Kinect can do ...