Jun 26
Jun 26
On May 22, Microsoft’s Scott Evans said that the next-generation Kinect will be arriving for PCs, but didn’t specify whether it would be possible to use the next-generation console’s Kinect with a PC or if users would have to wait for the Windows-specific model. Microsoft laid the speculation to rest, saying that the Kinect shipping
Jun 26
Kinect for Windows isn’t expected to arrive until 2014, however as of today developers have the opportunity to apply for early access. Microsoft has opened the application process and made it clear there is a “limited number of spots in the program.” Those looking to apply should know there is some fine print and that
Jun 26
Jun 26
Microsoft’s new version of Kinect for Xbox One is also headed to the world of PCs, like its previous incarnation. The new Kinect for Windows sensor won’t be available publicly until some point in 2014, but developers can apply for an early, $400 development kit starting right now (due before July 31st at 9AM PT), Microsoft announced today. In that $400, developers (if accepted) will get early SDK access, a pre-release “alpha” version of the device, a final retail version (at launch), and private access to both APIs and the Kinect for Windows engineering team (in private forums and webcasts). Should you get in, you’ll find out more come this August.
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Software, HD, Microsoft
Source: Microsoft
Jun 26
Windows developers itching to get their hands on Xbox One’s new Kinect are in luck.
Posted in: Today's ChiliWindows developers itching to get their hands on Xbox One’s new Kinect are in luck. Pre-orders for the new Kinect’s development kits—going at $399 a pop—have just opened up.
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Jun 26
It’s not very common to find an enthusiastic fan of motion-controlled gaming, but it’s rarer to find an enthusiastic fan of roaches. But for the unlikely fan of both, researchers have developed the best(?) of both worlds: Kinect-controlled cockroaches.
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Jun 25
Jun 25
Mad scientists turn roaches into cyborgs, control them with Kinect, laugh at nature
Posted in: Today's Chili
We’d love to tell you that the researchers at North Carolina State University aren’t monsters who implant circuits on living things so that those living things do their bidding, but we’d be lying. They totally do that, roaches are their primary victim, and now they’re using Microsoft’s Kinect to help them control the insects. Sure, why not!
As Dr. Alper Bozkurt of NCSU says in today’s new release, “Our goal is to be able to guide these roaches as efficiently as possible, and our work with Kinect is helping us do that.” Apparently the researchers are employing Kinect for data collection as well, determining how effectively the cyborg survivors respond to electrical impulse-motivated control. They say the end goal is to use the partially mechanized arthropods to, “explore and map disaster sites.” For now, there’s some very weird stuff happening in North Carolina. Head below for a video of the roaches in action.
Filed under: Misc, Robots, Science, Software, Alt, Microsoft
Source: North Carolina State University
Jun 20
While many gamers have been focusing on the various fiascos surrounding the Xbox One’s used game policy and such (for which Microsoft pulled a 180), one thing that a lot of people have overlooked is the intense focus that Microsoft is putting on its Kinect sensor with the new console. While it can be considered
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