Tag Archives: Kinect

Some look at silly April Fools projects and ask "why?" Others look at silly April Fools projects and ask "why not?"

The Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed that Microsoft's Kinect is the fastest selling consumer electronics device of all time.

A German company has developed a concept that would use the Kinect sensor to help customers while shopping at their local grocery store delis and bakeries.

Microsoft has announced that they will be releasing a Software Development Kit in the Spring that will allow people to develop programs for their Kinect sensor.

To demo their Javascript framework for the Kinect, this MIT Media Lab team made a gestural web browser interface. Insert gratuitous tech-blogger Minority-Report rave here.

At Berkeley, a Kinect hack takes flight.

Since when is technological advancement a prerequisite for artistic seriousness?

Day by day, the hacks are getting more interesting.

Kinect hacks are emerging at a rapid pace; it�s hard to recall a mass-market gadget so quickly adapted to new uses. As Bruce Sterling points out, �Microsoft accidentally invented a primo piece of art-installation hardware.� It's this kind of DIY innovation that keeps tech feral.

The ease with which the Microsoft Kinect can be torn down�and the familiarity of the software driving it�has quickly proven a feature and not a bug for hackers. Hacking commercial gadgets is nothing new of course; but the pace at which hacks now appear, as well as the appeal they generate, is something to watch.