If you're familiar with Microsoft's Kinect technology, you were probably amazed the first time you saw it, since its motion tracking accuracy looks like it's been taken straight out of a science fiction movie. That said, having such an awesome technology restricted to just gaming would be quite a waste: that's why Razorfish, a company that designs creative user experiences, has applied it to shopping. Say hello to KinectShop!
Microsoft is taking concrete steps to unify their themes and services across different platforms. The first efforts for this appeared in the form of the Metro design language which started from Windows Phone 7 and then moved on to Xbox Live, Office and Windows 8.
We’ve already covered the massive line-up of games Microsoft announced at E3. In this post, we’ll cover the all-new Xbox Dashboard, Live TV, YouTube and Bing integration.
Microsoft’s E3 conference is go! They are set to announce sequels to big franchises (Mass Effect, Halo, Gears of War, Forza), preview upcoming major blockbuster titles like Modern Warfare 3, Ghost Recon and showcase new ways to make use of the awesome technology packed into Kinect.
Gears of War 3, the final installment of the epic third person shooter from, err, Epic got its first official trailer yesterday - and it promises more exciting chainsaw-gun wielding mayhem than you can shake a sticky grenade at.
Microsoft today gave students a reason to turn their backs on Macs by announcing a new offer to help promote the computers running the company's Windows 7 operating system. From May 22nd, students who buy a new Windows 7 PC will also receive a 4GB Xbox 360 for absolutely nothing.
In what could turn out to be the biggest thing to happen to mobile phone gaming since the addition of the touch screen, Touch Arcade speculates Bungie is working on a new iOS game.
One thing we never tire of at Redmond Pie is hacks that use Microsoft's Kinect in new and interesting ways. If an iPhone is involved then you get double points, and that's exactly what Singaporean developer Rockmoon did.
Not content with just being in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the fastest selling consumer electronics device, Microsoft is now going after another record and they need your help.
With Microsoft's huge success in getting controller-less gaming to the masses thanks to its Kinect hardware, it will come as no surprise that the Redmond outfit is looking to bring similar technology and functionality to Windows 8.
