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 ...

But as a next-gen concept with a deeply intelligent and IP-protected role within the living room, Kinect makes the Xbox One look untouchable.

The new Kinect will ship with every Xbox One later this year ... the Kinect has also improved how it senses people and objects in a room. Todd Holmdahl, the Microsoft vice president in charge ...

However, the Xbox One could use a bit more polish before ... even frame the shot based on how many people are in the room. However, Kinect is finicky. It won't recognize every command immediately ...

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 ...

But several months into the Xbox One’s run, I’ve stumbled ... Molyneux takes a shot at Microsoft’s living room ear-eye: I actually wish Kinect wasn’t a requirement. It feels like an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This all comes together with the new Kinect camera ... thanks to cloud storage. The Xbox One may eventually succeed at being the center of your living room, but it takes up a lot of space while ...

Unfortunately, the answer is no. Microsoft has confirmed to Ars Technica that the new generation Kinect that comes packaged with every Xbox One console has a proprietary connector that can not be ...