Microsoft [MSFT] is holding a press event next week at which point, it is believed the Microsoft Kinect SDK will be unveiled.
The press event is being held at GDC 2011 and it is here we should get to see exactly what's included in the SDK and how the Kinect will be opened up for use on Windows 7 based PC's.
Microsoft has sold 8 million Kinects since launch a few months back and there's been plenty of Kinect Hacks around that have extended what most of us thought the Kinect could achieve. [Read more...]
Sony released a press release today that mentioned that 4.1 million PlayStation Move controllers had been shipped. What this means is that retailers around the world received 4.1 million controllers, but that doesn't mean 4.1 million have been sold to end users.
Inspite of it's massive launch earlier this month and selling millions of units world wide, the funky camera is still receiving a lot of stick from not so eager "hardcore" gamers. They have good reason too. Just taking a quick glance at the titles available at the moment, it seems to be the more casual gamer that will benefit the most from Microsoft's latest tech with games tending to fall into family/party/minigame/rhythm gaming genres. 
Well it's been a day since Microsoft's new hands-free, motion sensing camera - Kinect, arrived in the UK.
With around $500 million being spent on their marketing campaign alone, you'd think Microsoft would let you see a little more of Kinect.
Well it seems Microsoft's Kinect will be launching with plenty to offer it's gamers come release day, touted as a huge step forward as far as it's tech is concerned and with kinect's sole marketing ploy being controller-free gaming, should do reasonably well.
When I was a kid (kinda still am depending on who you talk to) I tended to use the little blocks to make spaceships, guns, (not very good) swords and towers. Even now I still like to play around with it a little from time to time though.
Yes... The little dinghy you see in the image above can be yours, to play with in your very own living room.
Back when I was a teenager living at home, I had my own room, if you could call it a "room" more like a space to store my belongings. These included old slices of pizza, half eaten boxes of bakewell tarts, aged sausage rolls and clothes all over the floor. Yep, typical teenagers room, though nowadays I'm a little better. 
