Gaming

How Motion Detection Works In Xbox Kinect

The prototype for Microsoft’s Kinect camera and microphone famously cost $US30,000. At midnight Thursday morning, you’ll be able to buy it for $US150 as an Xbox 360 peripheral. Let’s take some time to think about how it all works.


January 6, 2010
Gaming

Next-Gen Nintendo DS Will Have Some Kind Of Motion Detection

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata was more mouthy than most presidents are about their upcoming – but unannounced – products, and said that the upcoming DS will have an accelerometer. Or, some kind of motion sensor.