Microsoft has confirmed a new Kinect device with optimized hardware components and numerous firmware adjustments tailored for close up PC-user scenarios is on the way.

Microsoft's Kinect motion-gaming peripheral, which launched yesterday, has already been torn apart by the folks over at iFixit, who have revealed some rather interesting components inside the device.

Microsoft reveals Kinect for Windows v2 design, getting ‘closer and closer’ to launch. by Jenna Pitcher. Source Kinect for Windows. Mar 28, 2014, 4:49 AM UTC ...

Microsoft hasn’t issued so much as a mutter about the next-gen Kinect for Windows since first announcing the device last May, but nearly a year later, the company’s revealed the design of what ...

The company revealed a Kinect for Windows commercial program a ... The new hardware will be built on existing Kinect for Xbox 360 hardware with improvements made to certain hardware components and ...

Microsoft is working on new Kinect sensor hardware tailored to work with the commercially-licensed version of Kinect for Windows PC development kit, which is due to launch in early 2012.

Other than the main Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, there are also other essential components – including a hub and power supply unit. The hub connects to the main sensor unit, power supply, as ...

Microsoft just killed off the Kinect, ... Since the launch of the Kinect, the various components that it combines have been imitated piecemeal.

Microsoft today launched the Kinect for Windows commercial program, bringing the Xbox 360 motion-sensing peripheral’s hardware and software to the PC platform. The company hopes businesses ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. In a sign that Kinect for Windows v2 is nearing ...

The Kinect for Windows team says to expect SDK and runtime updates 2-3 times per year moving forward. The Kinect for Windows sensor is available to order now , priced at $249.99. Recommended ...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: STMicroelectronics has worked closely with Microsoft in supplying several key components for the new Kinect for Xbox One. "ST's ability to win important designs with Microsoft ...