Microsoft has significantly upgraded the sensing capabilities of the second-generation Kinect sensor that will ship with the newly announced Xbox One game console. One example: The Kinect can ...

Microsoft has attempted to reassure privacy-perplexed gamers that the new Xbox One will not be a permanent spy camera in their living room, promising that the updated Kinect sensor will support ...

When Xbox One is on and you’re simply having a conversation in your living room, your conversation is not being recorded or uploaded." [3] Players will also control whether Kinect is on ...

It's a huge reversal for Microsoft, which had previously talked up the $500 (£399 UK price) of the Xbox One with the bundled Kinect 2.0 to be the undisputed ruler of the living room ...

There are no bands to wear, no attachments to worry about. Kinect sees and tracks each user in the room. Read: Xbox One Review – Six Months Later The original Kinect enhanced the casual game ...

but what if you're playing in a really small room, or another environment that just isn't conducive to motion-based control? And then there's the privacy aspect. With the Xbox One, Kinect is ...

Check out how we test and review games here “Delivering more choices” was how Microsoft chose to announce that it was offering a Kinect-less Xbox ... room by a motion control system too far ...

"Kinect does require to be connected to Xbox One in all cases, yes. We use the living room almost as a moniker – that's where we assume the best screen is in the house. But if you like to play ...

For all the buzz about the new Kinect that will ship with the Xbox One, there are remarkably few facts to go around. Sources trumpet its infrared-enabled ability to detect motion in a dark room ...

Almost exactly one year after announcing a new Xbox, a console that was to be integrally tied to the Kinect, Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox One bundle that doesn’t include the camera and ...

Xbox One fans ... dim living room) and the games on offer tended to have short lifespans. After Mattrick's departure, new Xbox boss Phil Spencer rapidly dropped support for Kinect to focus on ...

Your Kinect will need to be connected in order for the Xbox One to function ... field of view to accommodate a greater variety of room sizes. Microsoft proprietary Time-of-Flight technology ...