News Tagged: Kinect
News: Xbox Gets Voice Search With Tomorrow's Dashboard Update
All the details inside
The next big Xbox Live update starts rolling out tomorrow, taking the next big step to full voice control integration into the Xbox 360 dashboard. We've got a full run-down of what's available from tomorrow, with Xbox Bing search the biggest addition for Kinect owners. Are you as excited as we are? The Future of TV Begins Now on Xbox 360 Kinect for Xbox 360 brings voice.. Continue Reading »
News: 750,000 Kinect Sensors Sold in Thanksgiving Week
Wow
Selling 10 million sensors around the world in one year is an impressive achievement for Microsoft, but selling 750,000 in just one week in the United States is pretty impressive too. Major Nelson confirms that over 750,000 sensors were shifted during Black Friday week. That figure includes bundles and standalone sensors. It'll be interesting to see if the rush for Kinect has a positive effect.. Continue Reading »
News: Help Bodoink Get Made and Maybe Get a Steak Dinner
It'll make sense
Fed up of developers making Kinect games you have no interest in buying? Want to help someone create a game you actually might like? That's why Robomodo is asking for your help funding Bodoink, an Xbox Live Arcade game made just for Kinect. Using crowdfunding website Kickstarter, Robomodo is hoping to attract $35,000 by 28th December in order to finish the game and see it.. Continue Reading »
News: Just 114,000 Japanese Have Bought Kinect
Dismal
Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan, and the average Japanese home is very small. Surprise surprise, then, that Kinect has only mustered a pitiful 114,000 sales in the Land of the Rising Sun. Even combined, the three best-selling Kinect titles — excluding Kinect Adventures — only amount to a meagre 60,300 sales, barely even one sale for every two Kinect sensors. The top three titles.. Continue Reading »
News: Rare Talks Kinect's Past Problems and Future Promise
Where is it going?
No matter what you make of Kinect's current games line-up or its future potential, you can't argue the past 12 months have been anything but fascinating: watching developers create new concepts to fit a button-free body-tracking control system, with all the success and struggle that brings with it. One studio that's been integral to Kinect so far is UK developer Rare, and its.. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft: Microsoft Needs to Support Kinect Year-Round
Not just a holiday fad
Anyone who's glanced at the Kinect sales figures knows the sensor was quick out of the box, selling 8 million units in its first few months on sale, but the last update put the sensor at 10 million sold in its first year. With 80% of its lifetime sales in the first Christmas, it's clear Kinect hasn't yet achieved a solid year-round sales performance, something that worries.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Creating Kinect Hardware Just for Windows
Ready for its close-up
Kinect's had as much use on PC as it has on Xbox 360, and after embracing the possibilities with an official software development kit earlier this year, Microsoft is now putting together a version of Kinect specifically for Windows users. New components and firmware mean the sensor will be able to focus on objects just 50cm from its cameras, greatly increasing its close-up.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Offers $20,000 to Spark Kinect Creation
Interested? Read on
Microsoft's eagerness to spread The Kinect Effect continues apace with a brand new incentive for development studios. Called The Kinect Accelerator — exciting names obviously a key focus at Microsoft these days — the programme is offering $20,000 to "entrepreneurs, engineers and innovators" to help develop the next big Kinect breakthrough. If you're after more.. Continue Reading »
Feature: Kinect Holiday Gift Guide 2011
What's worth your money?
There are over 80 games available for Kinect now, and knowing exactly which one to pick up as a present can be a tough proposition. That's why we've put together our Kinect holiday game guide 2011 to let you know exactly what you should be looking for when picking a game this season. We've split this article into five categories for ease of use: Family Time, Party,.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: What's Kinect Doing Right or Wrong?
One year on, how's it going?
Kinect has had a full 12 months to bed itself in, and arguably the standard of releases this Christmas is higher than what the sensor launched with last year, but the sensor still hasn't established itself as a home for quality games. In the past few days we've seen an encouragingly healthy discussion about the matter here at KINECTaku, so we wanted to give you a.. Continue Reading »
News: Video Proof That Kids Love Kinect
Who knew?
Want to know what good kids' games are available for Kinect? Other than the fact you've come to the right place, Microsoft has put out a video showing exactly how much fun child actors can have when playing on Kinect. The video below shows some of the available and upcoming games for Kinect that young ones of all ages should enjoy, from Kinect Disneyland Adventures to Kinectimals: Now.. Continue Reading »
News: The Black Eyed Peas Experience Goes Live Action
The marketing never dies
Ubisoft's The Black Eyed Peas Experience lands next week, so the publisher has put out an expensive-looking video showing just how much fun you can probably have by imitating the world's biggest party band. We played the game a few months ago, so read our The Black Eyed Peas Experience preview for our initial thoughts. Continue Reading »
News: Play God with Babel Rising on XBLA Next Year
Fire and brimstone
You can finally use Kinect to play God next year when Ubisoft launches Babel Rising on Xbox Live Arcade. The HD revamp of the current iOS hit will release sometime in 2012 and supports Kinect, with no mention of traditional control methods in the press release. Perhaps this could be Ubisoft's first digital Kinect-only title? It would certainly show a lot of faith in the sensor.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Packs More Games into Kinect Holiday Bundle
Bursting at the seams
A few weeks ago, Microsoft introduced Child of Eden to the Kinect sensor package in North America. Now it's ready to change the deal again, with two more games joining Kinect Adventures in time for Christmas. Starting very soon, you'll get digital download vouchers for The Gunstringer and Fruit Ninja Kinect included in the box with Kinect and the Adventures disc. All this.. Continue Reading »
News: Rise of Nightmares Racked Up a Scary 200,000 Sales
The horror
SEGA's Rise of Nightmares was a big hope for the future of hardcore gaming on Kinect, but the company's internal sales figures have revealed it didn't quite do the business. The sensor's first and only 18/M-rated game has sold 200,000 copies around the world since launch. When you consider the sensor has shifted around 10m units in the past year, 200,000 doesn't seem like a lot, but we.. Continue Reading »
News: Xbox 360 Celebrates One Year of "The Kinect Effect"
What's next?
It's hard to believe, but Kinect has its first birthday this week. Released in North America on 4th November 2010 and Europe on 10th November, the sensor has shifted over 10 million units worldwide and generated more body sweat than the Wii Remote every dreamt of. Microsoft is keen to stress that the future of Kinect is even more exciting than the past, and has put together a video.. Continue Reading »
News: Time For Kung Fu High Impact Trailer Chop Socky
Hi-yah!
Want to see some footage of Kung Fu High Impact? We've got a trailer below. The hands-free fighter is hoping to pack quite a punch when it makes its debut next month. Here's hoping it's got a bit more weight on its bones than its predecessor on PlayStation Eye, which proved to be more cop-out than knock-out. Kung Fu High Impact is out next month. Continue Reading »
News: More Interactive Kinect TV Details Surface
Learn more about magic
Last week we reported on Microsoft's plans for interactive TV with Kinect, and now we have updated fact sheets for the Sesame Street and National Geographic projects. It's worth saying this isn't strictly interactive television as the video content will come on DVD, but we're just splitting hairs now and "interactive DVDs" isn't quite right either. Semantics aside,.. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft Announces Four New Kinect Quiz Games
Final answer?
Update: Ubisoft has informed us that Family Feud 2012 is not Kinect compatible, despite an earlier Gamestop leak pegging the game for Kinect. Original story: Ubisoft's locking down the licensed quiz show category on Kinect, with no fewer than four game shows on the way before the end of the year. First up we've got Family Feud 2012, followed by Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Expands to Interactive TV and Books with New Deal
Is there nothing it can't do?
After the roaring success of Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, it's not surprising to learn that the collaboration between Kinect and Sesame Street is far from over. Microsoft has just announced a wide range of new interactive applications for Kinect, exploring all-new frontiers including interactive television and storybooks based on a range of media including.. Continue Reading »
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