Now that Kinect for Windows 2.0 devices have shipped, a preview of the software development kit is available for more than game developers. The Kinect for Windows team released a preview of its Kinect ...

Microsoft has yet to provide an exact launch date, but it will allow companies to use Kinect for commercial purposes starting sometime in early 2012. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Microsoft has loosened the reigns on the Kinect for Windows SDK, allowing for commercial development of apps that utilize the popular motion detection hardware for its videogame console, and said it ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. To mark the one-year anniversary of the Kinect launch, Microsoft is releasing version 2 of the Kinect for Windows ...

Fresh on the heels of its envisioned future video, Microsoft has posted an inspiring portrayal of the Kinect to YouTube. The video outlines the somewhat unexpected uses of Kinect in its one-year ...

Rumour has it Microsoft will release a software development kit for Kinect for Windows this week. WinRumors reports Microsoft will announce the SDK during a live-streamed Channel 9 event on Thursday.

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Want to plug Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect camera directly into your Windows 7 PC? Now you can: Microsoft’s made the Kinect for Windows SDK beta available for download, gratis, and you can get it ...

Microsoft has launched the Kinect SDK beta, giving Windows developers an official way to use the Xbox's sensor-packed Kinect accessory. To launch the SDK, Microsoft held a special 24-hour coding event ...

While the first Kinect never quite found its footing on the PC, Microsoft hopes that with the new Kinect for Xbox One, developers will be able to create better motion-controlled PC experiences. As a ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft's Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit is out of beta ...