Credit Crunch Christmas: Kinect sensor and two games under £100
The Kinect for Xbox 360 sensor seems to be going from strength to strength, so if you've been thinking about getting in on some controller-free action then this deal via eBay from gaming store ShopTo...
View ArticleKinect hack + Wiimote + cat + robot = Guaranteed internet hit (video)
The Internet loves a cat, that's for sure. And whilst Kinect hacks may be a bit old hat now, and the Wii is on its last legs; combine the three with some robot virtual reality action and you've got an...
View ArticleKinect for Windows to land in February
Microsoft is to release the Kinect for Windows SDK to developers on the 1 February. It means sample code, Kinect drivers and APIs will be available to the general public and should spur on the...
View ArticleKinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way
How would you like to get your hands on (or rather keep them off) a laptop sporting a built-in Kinect sensor? It's more than just a hollow dream - Kinect packing laptops made by Asus, and Microsoft...
View ArticleKinect for Windows goes live with new hardware
Just as Steve Ballmer promised when he mentioned a 1 February launch at CES, the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) is now officially available, alongside dedicated hardware for the...
View ArticleWin Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D preview tickets
Star Wars fans, listen up, we've managed to use the Force to convince the powers that be to give us two tickets to an advance preview screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D at...
View ArticleThe Whole Foods Kinect-powered trolley that helps you with your shop
Pushing the shopping trolley around your local supermarket can be such a drag, and that's presumably what the creators of the Kinect powered shopping trolley thought when they came up with the idea of...
View ArticleE3 2012: Show coverage starts here
We've touched down in Los Angeles, have picked up our press passes, and our knees are trembling at the thought of the swarm of top games titles we're about to play. Yep, it's E3 2012 time and...
View ArticleKinectimals roars its way onto Android, finally
Android users can now get their very own virtual cub – the animal variety rather than the dib dib dub sort – with the arrival of Kinectimals at the Google Play Store. For those unfamiliar with the...
View ArticleUbi: The new Windows 8 Kinect app turns any surface touchscreen
A new technology that will turn any surface into a touchscreen with the help of a PC, a projector and Microsoft Kinect has come out of beta and up for pre-order. Created by Ubi Interactive and a part...
View ArticleInside Microsoft's Edison lab: Creating a see-through computer
In 2009, Microsoft showed off a video in which it tried to predict the kinds of technology we would be using in the next five to ten years. One of the ideas that starts its Productivity Future Vision...
View ArticleMicrosoft Envisioning Center: A tour of the future lab
The Microsoft Envisioning Center opened earlier this year and is designed to allow Microsoft to show off a number of futuristic thoughts and ideas without really having to prove they work or tie them...
View ArticleKinect for Xbox One coming to Windows, will be part of updated SDK
The new Kinect sensor for Xbox One announced on Tuesday at the Xbox Reveal event in Seattle will be added to the Kinect for Windows SDK Pocket-lint can confirm. "It will be added, we will have more...
View ArticleThe Eye Tribe eye-tracker for Windows is now available for pre-order
Danish-based company The Eye Tribe has announced that its eye-tracking device for Windows is now available for pre-order. Version 1.0 The Eye Tribe Tracker first debuted at CES 2013, but it hasn't...
View ArticleMicrosoft teases Kinect 2 sensor for Windows, 'getting closer and closer to...
Microsoft has officially unveiled the second-generation Kinect sensor that will be made available to Windows PC gamers. In a blog post on the Kinect blog on Thursday, the Redmond-based company showed...
View ArticleiPhone 7 is go, Samsung starts manufacture of Apple's A9 chip
Samsung has started making the A9 chip for Apple, the processor believed to be at the heart of the next iPhone; the iPhone 7 or, if Apple sticks to tradition, the iPhone 6S. It was revealed several...
View ArticleXbox One gains ground, was best selling console in UK and US in November
Last month, during the console's first birthday celebrations Pocket-lint revealed that the Xbox One was soon to be announced as outselling the PS4 in the UK for the first time. That has now been...
View ArticleYou’ll never believe how much Seagate’s 8TB hard drives cost
Seagate is never satisfied with the hard drives out there and has yet again broken the mould and created a new type of HDD, saving everyone money. This new hard drive uses Shingled Magnetic Recording...
View ArticleBest geek Christmas jumpers: Sonic, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and more
When that magical time of year arrives where houses start to become light shows of decorations you’d be forgiven for feeling left out, stood there in normal non-flashing clothes. That's one reason why...
View ArticleWIN: 2 Huawei Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition smartphones and Arsenal replica...
Pocket-lint has teamed up with Huawei, the official smartphone partner for Arsenal FC, to give away two exclusive Huawei Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition smartphones, each with a 2014/15 Arsenal replica...
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