Feel your virtual scimitar twist in your hands with Reactive Grip controller
A company called Tactical Haptics demonstrated their new device at GDC 2013 last month. The company was founded by Professor William Provancher earlier...
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TECHi reporting and analysis covering Kinect. 27 articles, newest first.
5 credible rumors about the Xbox 720
With over 70 million consoles sold since it was unveiled in May, 2005, the Xbox 360 is one of the most popular game consoles ever created. Many of the...
It's one giant "Leap Motion" for mankind as company unveils gesture-control with 200x accuracy
Play Angry Birds with chop sticks. Browse web pages without a mouse or touchscreen. Sign a document within 1 centimeter with pinpoint accuracy. These are...
Kinect to a full version of Internet Explorer with the Xbox 360
It could be a play to increase the number of Internet Explorer users. It could be a differentiator between them and Playstation. It could be both. Either...
Microsoft Store's $99 Xbox costs more than if you bought it normally
With any payment plan, you will likely pay more than you would if you bought the product up front. That's the case with the latest offer from Xbox, but...
Star Wars Kinect from E3 looks pathetic
I suppose we should have expected it. Those of us who have dreamed of battling as a Jedi with real lightsabers have been waiting for a virtual version (so...
Kinect armchair takes laziness to its logical conclusion
Sit back, and relax. For the rest of your life. Quite possibly the coolest Kinect hack yet has come from Microsoft itself - in the form of this...
Microsoft Kinect Could Take 3D To The Next Dimension
Steven Bathiche might have just become Microsoft's most popular developer for the time being. He has created a slew of new tech demos utilizing Microsoft Kinect that will enable users to interact with displays in ways
Eat Your Heart Out, Kinect - Robot Arm Mimics Your Gestures
How cool is this? The answer, before you read any further or watch the video for additional information, is this: really cool. The Biological Cybernetics Lab at Tsukuba University here demonstrate a robotic arm that
Kinect is Used for Another Genius Purpose
If you have been following Techi, you probably have seen unusual uses for the Kinect. A gesture-controlled robot might have been something you looked into, or you might have found out how you could learn to dance using
Gesture-Controlled Robot is Possibly the Most Fun You'll Ever Have With Kinect
A TECHi archive story on an MIT Kinect robotics demo, with context on how gesture control and depth sensing fed later robotics and AI systems.
Dance Central Lets You Bust Out Killer Dance Moves Without a Remote
We're not gonna be foolin' you with some controller waving and wagging. No, seriously, this is it. Real dancing with a console game. With the XBOX Kinect and the game Dance Central , this is possible. No longer are we