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Microsoft today released the final Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0, which you can download now for free directly from Microsoft.com. The launch means developers can now finalize their apps for the Kinect ...

Microsoft has announced the availability of its Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) 2.0 which, according to the company, contains over 200 improvements and updates since the public ...

Microsoft today released the final build of its second-generation Kinect SDK 2.0 for Windows, in addition to one huge change related to Kinect app distribution: for the first time, developers can ...

Microsoft has announced that Kinect apps are now becoming available in the Windows Store which represents a great step forward for developers and users alike. Kinect for Windows has been available for ...

Now that Kinect hardware is available for Windows, app developers can get busy bringing voice and motion control to desktop PCs. Microsoft is already working on Kinect Windows apps with hundreds of ...

Microsoft is making available a $49 adapter kit that will allow Kinect for Xbox One sensors available for use with Windows 8/8.1 PCs and tablets. Microsoft also is enabling developers to make their ...

Now that Kinect for Windows 2.0 devices have shipped, a preview of the software development kit is available for more than game developers. The Kinect for Windows team released a preview of its Kinect ...

Perhaps changes are coming to Kinect. Former Kinect creative director Kudo Tsunoda is leaving the Xbox division in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Apps Studio, where he will be president. Tsunoda will ...

The Kinect, launched last November, has helped rejuvenate Microsoft's Xbox games franchise, selling more than 10 million units globally and picking up the Guinness world record as the fastest-selling ...

[Update] A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed Kinect-features will become standard for developers creating apps for the Xbox 360, telling Shacknews: "With the new dashboard our objective is to bring ...

The next Xbox One S console doesn't even have a Kinect port, showing that even Microsoft doesn't care about the depth sensor for gaming. However, it may yet make a comeback in VR. Microsoft ...