Category Archives: Kinect

Nottingham Trent University has been awarded a grant to build a prototype system with Kinect, which will provide real-time feedback on stroke victims’ facial movements during rehabilitation. The team behind the device will spend 18 months developing the prototype with the £347,000 grant money. The system will track various movements during the recommend 45 minute therapy session for facial paralysis, with feedback appearing on-screen with the patient’s avatar. Information obtained using the tech will then be used to help with the patient’s rehabilitation. More on Eurogamer.

Microsoft’s European VP Phil Harrison has announced the firm’s new London Studio, Lift London, which will focus on cloud gaming instead of physical releases.

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Microsoft has shown IllumiRoom, a proof-of-concept system at CES 2013, which uses Kinect and a projector to augment surrounding objects.

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Dance Central 3 has a huge pile of DLC this month. On January 15, you’ll be able to grab Pitbull’s International Love and Hey Baby (Drop It to The Floor). On January 22, The Wanted’s Glad You Came will launch. On January 29, it’s Flo Rida’s Let It Roll. But first off the bat, on January 8, is Nicki Minaj’s Whip It. A preview of this last one is available through the break.

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The second seasons of both Kinect Sesame Street TV and Kinect Nat Geo TV are available now on the US side of Xbox Live. The interactive TV shows are available as individual episodes for 400 MS Points or in full seasons for 2400 MS Points. Kinect Sesame Street TV has been enhanced with SmartGlass functionality this season, so you can create playlists of your favourite moments.

Dead Space 3 plays better with Kinect they say. Does the slogan represent the truth? Find out in Visceral Games’ Kinect compatibility trailer below.

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A demo for Crimson Dragon, the Kinect title from the creator of Panzer Dragoon, was accidentally released on the XBL Marketplace in Japan today before being quickly pulled by Microsoft. However, as with all things “the Internet”, some quick-on-the-draw folks downloaded it just in time and posted gameplay videos of it. Have a watch below before it’s pulled. The game was originally set for a June 2011 release in Japan before being delayed a week ahead of time. Thanks, Gamekyo.

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Majesco’s bizarre but strangely compelling Kinect game, NBA Baller Beats, has been updated. Joystiq reports the rhythm action affair now boasts leaderboards, as well as a photo capture function, with the option to share images on Facebook.

Kinect Party has launched and will be free through December 31. Grab it now from the Xbox Marketplace – make sure you get both the base game and full unlock. Kinect Party is the sequel to Double Fine Happy Action Theater, which both Pat and Mike hailed as an excellent use of Kinect and one of the few truly kid-friendly games available. If you own both you can unlock the original’s activities in the sequel.

Thanks, StrategyInformer.

Dead Space 3 has a new trailer which shows the game’s co-op mode. It’s below.

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Dead Space 3 will take longer to finish than the previous two games in the series, according to Visceral’s Steve Papoutsis, who described it as “the biggest game we’ve ever made.”

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Kinect is still a big deal over at Microsoft, as the company has just published a new job ad for candidates to help them take the motion-controlled tech to the next level. The advert also makes no secret that the team will “fail” at times, but that each failure leads to new ideas. It’s also a high-risk job, the posting states. See it in full below.

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Dance Central 3 has received Carly Rae Jepsen’s monster hit ‘Call Me Maybe’. The purveyor of poor grammar in song titles sees her song rolling out across Xbox Live from today. GameStop is also doing a rather neat deal on the DLC too. Check it out below.

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Microsoft is hiring for a TV producer to help create “cutting edge” content for Xbox 360, Kinect and Xbox Live, according to a new job posting. It comes on the heels of rumours that the company is gearing up to launch an Xbox TV set-top box in 2013. Get the details below.

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Rare is currently hiring for a new project that uses both Kinect and cloud-based technology. That doesn’t sound like Killer Instinct 3 to us. Regardless, get the details below.

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Garry’s Mod creator Garry Newman is updating his tool-set to support Kinect functionality, which will allow users to control the limbs of character models using Microsoft’s motion device. The characters will also mimic your actions in real-time both within the tool-kit and while engaging in multiplayer. Just perfect for physically tea-bagging people, right? See it in action below.

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Arnold Palmer will grace the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 alongside its namesake, EA Sports has announced.

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Xbox 360 will launch in Israel seven years after it was released in the US, Microsoft has announced. The console’s release was revealed during the firm’s Discovery conference in Tel Aviv yesterday. The console comes with local currency and Hebrew language support, and Xbox Live and Kinect will also be made available. Xbox 360 launches in Israel on November 21. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Microsoft filed a Kinect patent back in April 2011 that would give the company free reign to monitor your movie-watching behaviour and shut down your viewing should an unauthorised person enter the room. Get more information from bizarro-world below.

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Dance Central 3 is adding Gangnam Style DLC to its ever-growing repertoire of ass-shaking tunes, as well as Call Me Maybe and others. Get the DLC roster below.

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