Fear not, because Microsoft just released the Kinect for Windows. Basically, it’s designed expressly for hacking. The Kinect for Windows can reliably ‘see’ objects 40 cm (16 in ...

In true Microsoft form, the Xbox Kinect was ahead of its time ... You could even compare Windows Hello and its facial recognition to the Kinect of old, or at least that’s what I tell myself.

Microsoft abandoned the idea of using it as a motion sensor for gaming and it was discontinued. The technology did however end up evolving as a sensor into what eventually became the Azure Kinect ...