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Angry Birds Kinect Comes To PC Via Hack
A group apparently specialising in Kinect software for Windows called KinEmote has hacked Kinect so that it plays Angry Birds on the PC. Watch it below:
Kinect PC Support ‘In The coming Months’
Microsoft will announce official Kinect support for PC “in the coming months”, according to Winrumors. News site WinRumors claims that “Microsoft officials are currently readying an official SDK and Kinect drivers for Windows”. The website says Microsoft “is set to unveil driver support and an SDK in the coming months and will allow third-party developers […]
Analyst: Kinect Outsold Move By 5 To 1 In December 2010
Gaming analyst Michael Pachter has said that Kinect bundles have outsold Move bundles by 5 to 1 during December 2010. You can read more here.
New Hack Allows Max Payne To Be Played Using Kinect
Now, that’s what you call a “brilliant”. The eminent hacker Jack Schofield’s latest hack sees the Remedy’s acclaimed third person shooter Max Payne being played with the motion controller. The hack allows the game to be played with a Wiimote as well. Schofield is known for the hack he had done lately on Sunday which […]
Microsoft: Kinect Sells 8 Million Units In First 60 Days
Microsoft has announced at this year’s CES that Kinect has sold 8 million units in its first 60 days. Awesome we say, bring on the controller free future. Microsoft previously estimated that Kinect would sell 5 million units by the end of 2010. Kinect went on to sell 1 million units in its first 10 […]
Microsoft’s Avatar Kinect Leaked?
Nope, not the Avatar movie if that’s what first came up in your mind. Leaked screenshots from a Microsoft event revealed “Avatar Kinect”. We’re guessing it integrates Kinect functionality into Xbox 360’s Avatars and won’t be a full fledged game on its own. It will be announced at CES 2011. via GlimpseDog
Microsoft Debunks Kinect Accuracy Improvement Rumors
Rumors speculated that Microsoft had been working on a Kinect update that improved it’s accuracy. That’s not true. Microsoft has debunked the rumor. Speaking to CVG, a Microsoft spokesperson said, “We’re constantly working to expand and improve on experiences for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, however, this rumour is completely unsubstantiated. “We couldn’t be more […]
Microsoft Working To Improve Kinect Accuracy?
Microsoft may be working “very hard” to improve the accuracy of Kinect. That’s according to Eurogamer. The improved accuracy would enable Kinect to detect finger movement and hand rotation. It will be done by upping the Kinect’s depth sensor resolution to 640×80 from its current 320×240. Kinect will have to pull in 35 MB/s of […]
Microsoft Blocks Kinect Sex Game
By now you have heard (and maybe even watched a video demo) of the Kinect sex game by software developer ThriXXX. ThriXXX had this to say about Kinect and the upcoming sex game: “Recent events in the Kinect Hacker community and the Open Sourcing of device drivers have enabled the Kinect device to be used […]
Kinect Hands-On Gamersworldbd Reader Expeirence
Gamersworldbd reader “mashinator” shares his hand-on experience with Microsoft’s Kinect. This article has been edited by me. Today was my first day using Kinect and I must admit, the wow you feel when you control the game with no controller is just something else. I remember when I first played the Wii, I felt really […]
Kinect Drivers Now Available For PC And Mac
The OpenNI project – a non-profit organization consisting of PrimeSense (the 3D depth sensing tech behind Kinect), robotics company Willow Garage and motion control game developer Side-Kick – has released Kinect drivers that allow it to work with PCs and Macs. The OpenNI project aims to “certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of Natural […]
Microsoft: Kinect Shortages Are “Absolutely Not” Fake
Microsoft has defended that Kinect shortages are “absolutely not” fake and has not been designed to spur demand. This comes after gaming industry Michael Pachter stated that both Microsoft and Sony are telling ‘this’ in order to ‘spur demand’. However, Microsoft attributes the shortages to a logistical issue involved with supplying a new product to […]
“Higher Priced Kinect” Outselling PlayStation Move, Says Analyst
Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter believes that Microsoft’s Kinect has overtaken the sales of Sony’s PlayStation Move, even though the former is “higher priced”. The Move starter pack is priced at $100 and Kinect at $150. “Interestingly, the higher priced Kinect controller appears to have overtaken the Move controller in the sales race, with sales about […]
Sony: Kinect Tech Problems Are “Quite Big”
In a recent in-depth interview with SSCE software engineer Anton Mikhailov by Video Gamer, he said that Kinect has tech problems which are “quite big”. “We’re not necessarily against Kinect or against depth cameras, it’s just we feel like Move has more applicability across more genres so it fits better with what we try to […]
