Microsoft can’t hope to mount Kinect sensors at the top of every notebook PC, so it may adopt a different approach: Using the webcams that are already built into most PCs and tablets. Michael Mott, ...

Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 4 console won’t come with the PlayStation camera that users will need to enable voice and gesture controls, and according to reports that’s for a very good reason. As it ...

Another week, another hacked Kinect story. At this rate you’d think Microsoft actually intended the device for homebrew. It’s like watching America’s Got Talent for geeks. Or voyeurs. The latest ...

A rumored software update for Microsoft's Kinect is said to be bringing a larger video resolution that could result in enhanced body tracking. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple.

Microsoft lopped off the Kinect from its Xbox One in May to help the system sell better, but it’s not getting rid of the motion-tracking camera peripheral. The company announced today that a ...

Having had a few opportunities to play around with Microsoft's Kinect camera peripheral over the past year (then it was still called Project Natal), we were eager to try the seemingly finalized ...

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 ...

In 2013, Microsoft chose to price the Xbox One at $500, a full $100 more than its main competitor, the PlayStation 4. The price difference was due to the inclusion of the Kinect camera, a sensor ...

Could your Xbox Kinect camera be spying on you? According to secret documents provided by Edward Snowden to The Guardian, as part of Britain's "Optic Nerve" program, the country's top intelligence ...

That question was asked to me by Bodymetrics CEO Suran Goonatilake right before a demo (see above video) of his company’s fancy virtual shopping technology at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. It’s ...