Tag: Kinect

03 JAN

Microsoft stops selling the Xbox One Kinect adapter

You knew Kinect peripherals weren’t long for this world when Microsoft stopped producing the Kinect in October, but it’s still a sad day. The company has stopped making the Xbox Kinect Adapter that lets Xbox One S, Xbox One X and Windows PC users attach the depth-sensing camera without the presence of the original Xbox […]

25 OCT

Microsoft has stopped making the Kinect, and that makes me sad

Microsoft is no longer building any Kinect devices for consoles or PCs, writes Fast Co. Design. Since their 2010 introduction on the Xbox 360 and through major updates for Xbox One and PC, the sensors combined a depth-sensing camera, a regular video camera, and a microphone array into a device that Microsoft hoped would usher […]

25 OCT

Microsoft kills Kinect, its motion control camera for Xbox and Windows

Microsoft is no longer making the Kinect, as reported by Co.Design. The motion-sensing and voice-recognizing device for Xbox One and Windows will disappear from store shelves once the current stock runs out. Microsoft once touted Kinect as an essential component of the Xbox One. Now, as the company prepares to launch the Xbox One X, […]

06 JUL

Kinect is pretty great at scanning dino bones

When your fancy high-tech tools aren’t suited for the job, it’s time to call the tinkers. The Field Museum of Natural History had a certain famous Tyrannosaurus rex skull they wanted examined with 3D imaging systems, but their dental scanners couldn’t fit around the dinosaur’s massive jaw. They contacted MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture group, […]