A recent software project using Microsoft's Kinect for Windows SDK has come up with FaceMouse, which allows users to have their facial movements replicated as PC mouse movements. More...

Microsoft has released the newest SDK, version 1.7, for its Kinect for Windows developers, which adds the much anticipated Kinect Fusion 3D modeling functionality and other useful features. More...

Microsoft has confirmed that the long awaited Kinect Fusion update for the Kinect for Windows SDK will finally be released on Monday, March 18th, along with other new features. More...

Microsoft has released some sample code for its Kinect for Windows SDK under an open source license via CodePlex. It has also expanded the reach of the device for educational purposes. More...

Microsoft Research is developing a way to use the upcoming Kinect Fusion update for Kinect for Windows to help doctors see inside a person's brain before they perform surgery. More...

Microsoft demoed Kinect Fusion in public again this week as part of TechFest. The new technology, which scans objects to create 3D models, will be added to the Kinect for Windows SDK later this year. More...

UK-based Nottingham Trent University has been awarded a grant to research how Microsoft's Kinect for Windows might be able to help stroke victims recover from facial paralysis. More...

The popular Source Engine-based sandbox game Garry's Mod is scheduled to receive an update that will include support for using the Kinect motion gesture device from Microsoft. More...

At BUILD 2012, Microsoft held a panel for Kinect for Windows, where the company showed off some future plans, including Kinect Fusion, which promises to add full 3D reconstruction of real objects. More...

Microsoft has launched a new update to the SDK tools for Kinect for Windows, adding support for Windows 8 among other new features and improvements. Kinect for Windows is now available in China. More...

Microsoft has announced that it will launch an update to its Kinect for Windows SDK on October 8th, along with expanding the reach of the device to a number of additional countries. More...

The Kinect for Windows hardware and SDK is being used by Nissan to give customers a chance to check out the upcoming 2013 Pathfinder before the car is released. More...

A company called Sigma R&D has created a mod for Kinect for Windows that increases the functions of the hardware, and shows off those features in a cool lightsaber demo movie. More...

Microsoft has released the 1.5 version of its Kinect for Windows SDK tools for developers, adding support for features such as face tracking, a way to record and play back Kinect data and more. More...

Leap Motion has announced plans to release a PC and Mac add-on motion sensing interface device that it claims is "200 times more accurate than anything else on the market." More...

Microsoft has announced that the 1.5 software update for its Kinect for Windows device should be released by the end of May with a number of new features and improvements. More...

Software developer Evoluce has released the WIN&I Media Viewer, which allows people with Kinect for Windows installed to present images and video by using hand gestures via the Kinect device. More...

Microsoft's Power and Utilities blog talks about how other companies are using Kinect for Windows in ways to better manage energy consumption in the home and more. More...

Microsoft demonstrates a new way to go grocery shopping based on using Kinect for Windows, where a grocery cart follows a person around the store, scans items and more. More...

A third party developer has released Kinect for Media Center, which uses the recently released Kinect for Windows device as a way to control Windows Media Center in Windows 7. More...

Microsoft has now released the 1.0 version of the Kinect for Windows SDK and runtime files and has also started shipping the Kinect for Windows hardware around the world. More...

Microsoft has revealed more information about the upcoming Windows version of the Kinect motion gesture controller which will go on sale beginning February 1 for $249. More...

Microsoft's Kinect for Windows is being used as the basis for a new student competition called FIRST that will have the Kinect motion gesture device control student-created robots. More...

Microsoft has released the second beta version of its Kinect software development kit for the Windows platform, adding new features to the non-commercial version of the SDK. More...