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  • Win Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D preview tickets

    Win Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace 3D preview tickets

    Wednesday 8 February in London 5 February 2012 16:06 GMT

    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 London's Empire, Leicester Square. 

    Yep, that's...

  • Kinect for Windows goes live with new hardware. Hardware, Kinect, Microsoft Kinect, Microsoft Kinect SDK, Kinect for Windows, Microsoft 0

    Kinect for Windows goes live with new hardware

    Kinect for Windows sensor announced 1 February 2012 14:35 GMT

    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 motion gesture platform.

    The Kinect for Windows...

  • Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way. Gaming, Laptops, Asus, Microsoft, Windows 8, Microsoft Kinect, Kinect 0

    Kinect powererd Windows 8 laptops gesturing your way

    Asus prototypes being tested 27 January 2012 15:36 GMT

    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 backed, are already in existence.

    The Daily...

  • Kinect for Windows to land in February

    Kinect for Windows to land in February

    CES 2012: SDK released 10 January 2012 12:06 GMT

    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 beginning of Kinect software development for the Windows...

  • Kinect hack + Wiimote + cat + robot = Guaranteed internet hit (video) . Online, Microsoft Kinect, Nintendo Wii, Robots, Hackers, Video 0

    Kinect hack + Wiimote + cat + robot = Guaranteed internet hit (video)

    The man doth good 3 January 2012 12:21 GMT

    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 internet hit on your hands.

    That's what...

  • Credit Crunch Christmas: Kinect sensor and two games under £100. Gaming, Consoles, Gaming accessories, Microsoft Kinect, Credit Crunch Christmas, eBay,  0

    Credit Crunch Christmas: Kinect sensor and two games under £100

    Yuletide bargains 15 December 2011 14:13 GMT

    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 might well be of interest.

    You can pick...

  • Pixar heads to Xbox 360 in Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure. Gaming, kid games, Xbox 360, Pixar, Microsoft Kinect 0

    Pixar heads to Xbox 360 in Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure

    To Infinity and beyond 9 December 2011 23:05 GMT

    This Christmas Xbox 360 gamers had Disneyland Adventures for Kinect on the Xbox 360 where you could walk around Disneyland playing a range of different games, and now Microsoft has announced that it has done another deal with the computer animation...

  • Sony Kinect TV on the cards?. Televisions, Home Cinema, Microsoft, Kinect, Microsoft Kinect, Rumours 0

    Sony Kinect TV on the cards?

    A bite back at Apple, perhaps 25 November 2011 9:18 GMT

    Microsoft Kinect, the hugely successful motion control gaming accessory, might just get TV integration as reports suggest Microsoft has approached TV companies about licensing the Kinect tech.

    The Daily has suggested that both Sony and Vizio...

  • Disneyland Adventures. Gaming, Xbox 360, Disneyland Adventures, Microsoft, Microsoft Kinect 0

    Disneyland Adventures review

    4.0 REVIEW The enchanted kingdom 25 November 2011 9:00 GMT

    Disneyland Adventures is the latest Kinect title for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 accessory aimed squarely at the kids, but can get you to fall in love with the magical kingdom all over again?

    We doubt there are many kids who don't love the magic...

  • Deepak Chopra's Leela for Kinect pictures and hands-on

    Deepak Chopra's Leela for Kinect pictures and hands-on

    HANDS-ON Free your mind 11 November 2011 13:48 GMT

    Deepak Chopra's Leela is an interesting proposition. Not exactly a game as such (although "Leela" roughly means "play" in Hindu), nor is it strictly fitness or educational software. It is, quite simply, unique and could well be the most inventive consumer-ready...

  • Dance Central 2. Gaming, Xbox 360, Dance Central 2, Microsoft, Microsoft Kinect 0

    Dance Central 2 review

    4.0 REVIEW Dance fever 10 November 2011 13:38 GMT

    "I can't dance" sang Phil Collins in the '90s. He's not the only one, because here at Pocket-lint, we're quite famous for having the exact opposite of snake hips. Probably something like elephant hips. Sadly, with Dance Central 2 likely to be a hugely...

  • Xbox 360 Kinect three-game Christmas bundle goes live

    Xbox 360 Kinect three-game Christmas bundle goes live

    Coming to UK? 2 November 2011 8:06 GMT

    The Microsoft Kinect motion control gaming system has just shown up on Amazon.com for $149 with three games attached: now you get Fruit Ninja and Gun Stringer joining Kinect Adventures.

    This deal should prove pretty popular and although it...

  • Kinect Sports: Season Two. Gaming, Xbox 360, Microsoft Kinect, Sports games, Kinect Sports Season Two 0

    Kinect Sports: Season Two review

    4.5 REVIEW Lots of fun, lots of work 31 October 2011 17:00 GMT

    Kinect Sports was one of the must-have games on for the Xbox 360 Kinect, and showed us that games didn't have to be all about sitting on your sofa getting fat. But can the follow up, Kinect Sports: Season Two, match and build on the first outings...

  • Microsoft wants Kinect in the workplace. Gaming, Microsoft, Microsoft Kinect, Kinect, Xbox 360 0

    Microsoft wants Kinect in the workplace

    Kinect for Windows commercial program announced 31 October 2011 11:19 GMT

    We're approaching the 1 year anniversary of Microsoft's Kinect system and to celebrate Microsoft has announced that Kinect for Windows commercial program will go live early in 2012.

    We know, we were kind of hoping for something a bit more exciting...

  • APP OF THE DAY: Kinectimals review (Windows Phone 7). Gaming, Apps, App of the day, Microsoft, Kinectimals, Kinectimals Now with Bears, Xbox 360, Microsoft Kinect, Windows Phone 7 apps 0

    APP OF THE DAY: Kinectimals review (Windows Phone 7)

    Connected gaming 27 October 2011 18:00 GMT

    Today’s App of the day might only cost £2.29 in the UK, but to make full use of it you’re also going to have to own an Xbox 360 console and the Kinect sensor too. Still if you’ve got those then this is the latest app for you. 

    Kinectimals Format...

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