Kinect Unloved And Lonely In Tokyo

In an effort to give Japanese gamers a ~~hands~~ body-on with Kinect, Xbox Japan set up a demo station at a large electronics store in Tokyo's Shinjuku. Make that, a lonely demo station — for now, at least! More »

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Is Kinect Already Hacked?

Judge for yourself. Someone claims to have written a driver for the Kinect's motor, and he's extracted a Kinect's-eye view of what players look like to the device (above). More »

11/07/10

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K Monthly - October 2010

Welcome to the October 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original video game coverage, including reviews, previews, features, and weekly columns, from Kotaku—plus an all-new look at the future of Kinect for the Xbox 360. More »

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The Future Of Kinect: How Microsoft Plans To Put A Video Game Controller In Everything

Microsoft is spending half a billion dollars to make sure that when you hear the word Kinect you think "the future of video games." More »

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The Future of the Thrown Controller...now in colour!!!

One guy asked for it, and he got it!

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The topic of the thread is "How Do I DELETE the Picutres Taken During Dance?"

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Basically, this person claims to have played Dance Central naked and the Kinect took some pictures. What do you make of this, Kotakuites? Believe it or not?

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Kinect Could Have Been On The Mac Instead Of The Xbox

Kinect is the Xbox 360's Great Wavy Hope in the battle for the home entertainment market. Did you know, however, that the device could have easily gone to Apple instead? More »

11/05/10

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Two Important Questions About Playing Kinect Naked

Kotaku has already put Kinect through its paces, testing its voice and face recognition capabilities and how well it performs under imperfect lighting conditions. We haven't tested it naked (as far as I know...) but other people have. More »

11/05/10

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The Complete Kinect Round-Up

Kinect game reviews, good and bad. Kinect stress tests. Kinect photographed near a can of beans. A video diary of nine days with Kinect. A tale of two re-arranged living rooms It's all here in our definitive Kinect article round-up. More »

11/05/10

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Will Kinect's "Thousand Points of Light" Interfere With the Wii's Remote?

Let's say for some odd reason you want to have both your Xbox 360 Kinect on and your Wii? Why? I haven't a clue, but if you did, would the two systems, which both use infrared, interfere with one another? More »

11/05/10

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Jimmy Fallon Pulls A Kinect Oprah

Xbox 360 Kinect's third appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon features Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda without sunglasses, the Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev playing Dance Central, and ends with everybody in the audience scoring a Kinect bundle. More »

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Xbox 360 Kinect Stress Test, Technology Vs. Dogs, Darkness, Disguises

The Xbox 360 Kinect can be confused by large dogs and wildly flailing children. Those are two stress tests that Microsoft's controller-free add-on failed in a series of trials involving lighting, human and dog distraction, rubber masks and voice confusion. More »

11/05/10

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The First Moron To Break His TV With Kinect

Well, the first moron that we've heard of. He's not really a moron, he's Phil Villarreal, author and critic. And he's out a pricey television. You are the controller? No Phil, you are the guy with the broken TV. More »

11/05/10

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Hack Kinect, Win $2000

DIY hardware champions adafruit industries want somebody to come up with a set of open source drivers for Microsoft's Kinect, so anyone can run the thing on all kinds of different computer systems. There's a reward. Of $2000. More »

11/04/10

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What's Inside A Kinect?

If the sight of bare printed circuit boards, tangles of wires and exposed chips makes you queasy, best look away from iFixit's new Kinect dissection. But if you want to know exactly whats inside that new hands-free controller, read on. More »

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Consumer Reports Knocks Down Kinect Skin-Color Claim

Yesterday GameSpot set off a minibomb with an anecdote about Kinect not recognizing two dark-skinned users while lighter-skinned gamers had no problems. Consumer Reports has weighed in, saying this sounds like a claim about laptops from last year. More »

11/04/10

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This Man Waited Two Days For His Kinect

Peter Gonzales, last seen waiting outside of the Times Square Toys R' Us on Tuesday, celebrates being the first customer to purchase Kinect last night, and the chance to finally take a shower. More »

11/04/10

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This Kinect Game Has Halo Surprises

The Halo franchise has infiltrated a Kinect launch game. What kind of gesture-controlled Halo are we talking about? Video spoilers below. More »

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Review: Sonic Free Riders Shows How Bad Kinect Controls Can Be

Sonic Free Riders is a cautionary tale about the importance of controls in gaming. Make a game interesting, give it solid graphics and some unique hooks, but don't lock down the controls and you're going to have a disaster on your hands. More »

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Ask Us Anything About Xbox Kinect [Q&A; session ended]

Brian Crecente and I have each been using Kinect for over a week, playing and reviewing many of the launch games. Are you worried about living room space? Wondering about games or the dashboard? Ask away and we'll answer here. More »

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The Ultimate Guide To Xbox 360 Kinect

This is your guide to everything you need to know about Xbox 360 Kinect: how it works, what it costs, and what games you can play on it. More »

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Kinect Unloved And Lonely In Tokyo

Is Kinect Already Hacked?

K Monthly - October 2010

The Future Of Kinect: How Microsoft Plans To Put A Video Game Controller In Everything

Kinect Could Have Been On The Mac Instead Of The Xbox

Two Important Questions About Playing Kinect Naked

The Complete Kinect Round-Up

Will Kinect's "Thousand Points of Light" Interfere With the Wii's Remote?

Jimmy Fallon Pulls A Kinect Oprah

Xbox 360 Kinect Stress Test, Technology Vs. Dogs, Darkness, Disguises

The First Moron To Break His TV With Kinect

Hack Kinect, Win $2000

What's Inside A Kinect?

Consumer Reports Knocks Down Kinect Skin-Color Claim

This Man Waited Two Days For His Kinect

This Kinect Game Has Halo Surprises

Review: Sonic Free Riders Shows How Bad Kinect Controls Can Be

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