Researchers at the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came up with a novel solution when they found that their sophisticated 3D scanning equipment wasn't quite up to the huge ...

Microsoft has announced new functionality for gesture controls coming to the Kinect for Windows SDK, while also reigniting our imagination about the future of Kinect Fusion. First up, Fusion: at ...

University of California, San Diego students preparing for a future archaeological dig to Jordan will likely pack a Microsoft Kinect, but it won’t be used for post-dig, all-night gaming marathons.

MIT’s Camera Culture group has been able to successfully capture a high-resolution 3D scan of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull using about $150 worth of equipment and some free software. The skull, which ...

Kinect occupies a strange place in the tech world. It’s a nearly universally beloved piece of technology that was both ahead of its time and very much of its time, all at once. It felt — for a moment ...

At its Wednesday event, Microsoft unveiled a nifty new feature that can capture 3D images of objects using the regular camera on any device. The feature, called the Windows Capture 3D Experience, lets ...

<em>Star Wars Kinect</em> aside, Microsoft wants to remind you that its motion control hardware isn't all play; the company has finally announced the eleven finalists ...

A quite literal addition to our Digital Home section is Skanect; another Kinect mod that shows off how sophisticated Microsoft’s little sensor bar is and makes us wish we’d paid more attention in DT ...

While HoloLens 2 is undoubtedly the aspirational star of Microsoft’s augmented-reality (AR) offerings, the company isn’t putting all its eggs in that particular basket. Alongside the new HoloLens ...