Mar
16
2011
16
2011
It’s A Jork!: The Self-Aware XBox Kinect Hack
This is a College Humor original about a guy who hacked his XBox Kinect to be self aware. It's every bit as frightening as you might expect and I believe offers a real glimpse of the future. Ooooooor ...
Mar
09
2011
09
2011
Kinect sells 10 million units; motion-enabled Netflix, Hulu coming
Microsoft's Kinect launched back in November and, according to Microsoft, the hands-free device has already hit the 10 million units sold worldwide plateau.
In fact, ...
Feb
22
2011
22
2011
Guess What, Hackers? Microsoft is Giving You the Keys to the Kinect
Turns out Microsoft is changing their minds about hackers and the awesomeness they create. Changing their minds because I’m sure they’ve realized what kind of dough could be made from such an enterprise. Originally, Microsoft released a statement in response ...
Feb
01
2011
01
2011
Video Game News Round Up: Marvel vs Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat, and Halo Kinect?
Image from Destructoid
Its only Tuesday and we got some news from the video game world that may interest some of you gaming bastards. First off, we got two news bits on Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom 3. With the game set ...
Jan
19
2011
19
2011
Body and Brain Connection: Brain Age on Kinect, with uneven results
We're used to playing Brain Age games on the Nintendo DS, and video of heavily Botoxed celebrities teaching themselves basic skills on the system ...
Jan
06
2011
06
2011
Avatar Kinect brings magic of motion-controlled chatrooms to 360
Microsoft's Kinect has been a runaway success, selling 8 million units worldwide since launch. At CES, the company announced its next step in taking ...
Jan
06
2011
06
2011
New Kinect Mod Gives You Really Jiggly Boobs
Even in 2011 we are still finding more breast mods for Microsoft’s Kinect as we may have found the winner in RichWhitehouse’s Noesis mocap.
In the demo, it shows how the avatar, being shown as SoulCalibur’s Ivy and her always big ...
Jan
03
2011
03
2011
Kinect designers to debut motion controller for PCs
The debut of a motion-sensing controller designed for PCs has been announced by PrimeSense, the creator of the Kinect for XBox 360. The company ...
Dec
20
2010
20
2010
Report: Microsoft looking into improving Kinect performance
Microsoft's Kinect left us largely impressed, but in many instances the motion control system wasn't as precise as we would've liked. But according to ...
Dec
02
2010
02
2010
Kinect Hacks and Modding Potential
Who would have known that a motion controller ad don for the Xbox 360 would turn out to be such a hit in the hacking community? I think I have heard more about the mods than the actual game play ...
Nov
29
2010
29
2010
Kinect sells 2.5M in 25 days, consumers ARE the controller
Ignore the doom-sayers and those who miss their buttons, because it looks like the Kinect is already a success. Microsoft has announced ...
Nov
26
2010
26
2010
Deca Sports Freedom shows just how bad Kinect games can get
Microsoft's Kinect feels like magic when everything is working well, and it's exciting to think about the kind of game experiences it'll provide in ...
Nov
23
2010
23
2010
Mega-Difficult XBox Kinect Racing Game
Yo dude, you still think the Kinect is for them casual folks? Well then, you should check this video out just to see how really difficulty Kinect games can be as the video below is from the game Kinect Joy ...
Nov
22
2010
22
2010
Microsoft claims Kinect left open by design (with bonus hacked vids)
The Kinect's open-source PC drivers allow coders to have their way with the hardware, and we've already begun to see interesting things coming from ...
Nov
22
2010
22
2010
Demonstration Of Real Time Lightsaber On The Kinect
When we saw some games that will be coming out for the Kinect back in E3, we saw a potential Star Wars game. The only thing the demonstration of that video showed was how you could use the force ...
Nov
17
2010
17
2010
Xbox 360 set to be 2010′s best-selling console in the US
The Nintendo DS was the best-selling hardware for October, according to the NPD sales information for the US. The Xbox 360 came in second ...
Nov
15
2010
15
2010
Hacked Kinect used to manipulate images, more to come
The Kinect is a very intriguing piece of hardware, one with more promise than may seem immediately apparent. There was a rush to create ...
Nov
11
2010
11
2010
Microsoft not amused by open source Kinect drivers
DIY hardware company Adafruit Industries recently offered a $3,000 bounty to encourage the development of open source drivers for Microsoft's Kinect motion control camera. ...
Nov
10
2010
10
2010
The Kinect effect: how Harmonix mastered Dance Central’s menus
Dance Central has quickly emerged as one of the best received titles for Microsoft's Kinect. Not only is the game great, but the smaller ...
Nov
08
2010
08
2010
Building the future: Microsoft’s Kinect a marathon, not a sprint
We don't have any hard numbers available yet, but the Kinect launch at least looks like a success. Microsoft took over Times Square with ...
Nov
05
2010
05
2010
Bathed in light: how the Kinect paints your room in IR (video)
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) ...
Nov
04
2010
04
2010
Sonic Free Riders barely works, shows issue with Kinect jumping
One of the games missing from our blow-out review of Microsoft's Kinect was Sonic Free Riders, and I've finally had time to try it, ...
Nov
04
2010
04
2010
Feature: Buy a house, clean your floor, move your butt: Ars reviews Kinect
I'm standing in front of my television, and as I lift both hands to the air, palms facing inward, the crowd goes wild. They ...
Nov
03
2010
03
2010
I Think the Sonic Fan Fic Writers Have Infilitrated Sega
So before I had watched this video preview for the Xbox Kinect game Sonic Free Riders, and had only seen a screencap, I decided I'd post it and make fun of it. Then I saw a ...
Nov
01
2010
01
2010
G.R.O.W. For The Week Of 11/02/10: Get Your Kinect On… Or Not
Welcome gaming bastards to another edition of G.R.O.W. This is NerdBastards weekly video game release list where we give y’all a heads up on what was released for the consoles and PC. We also cover downloadable titles as well although there ...
Nov
01
2010
01
2010
Ars.TV exclusive: watch us play with Kinect live, in the wild
Last week we attended Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, and we had a special opportunity to record ourselves playing with Kinect. Our cold-brewed, full-body review ...
Oct
29
2010
29
2010
Playing Kinect games early prevents Xbox Live access
Kotaku
Kinect may not be hitting store shelves until November 4, but that hasn't stopped some lucky gamers from getting their hands on early copies ...
Oct
18
2010
18
2010
Kinect launch titles revealed: MS hopes you like dancing, fitness
Microsoft is launching Kinect for the Xbox 360 on November 4, and the company has announced the games that will be available during the ...
Sep
16
2010
16
2010
TGS Video Trifecta: Codename D, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, FFXIV
• Suda51, the madman behind No More Heroes and Killer 7, has a new game coming out called Codename D. It's going to be for Microsoft's Kinect nonsense.In case you were worried ...
Sep
08
2010
08
2010
$400 Xbox 360 Kinect bundle with 250GB HD coming November 4
With Kinect set to launch in North America on November 4, Microsoft has announced a bundle that will see the controller-free device bundled with ...
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