This comes to us with no surprise that Microsoft‘s Kinect sensor has sold 10 million units worldwide, which is mighty impressive by the way. Not only that, 10 million Kinect games have also been sold. And before you think of the bundle option, let it be clear that these are standalone game figures! A little [...]
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8 million Kinect units sold since launch
January 27th, 2011 
Farrukh Remember a previous post mentioning 2.5 million Kinect units sold in the first 25 days? Well according to the updated stats revealed by Microsoft, at their CES keynote, Kinect has sold a total of 8 million units worldwide in about 60 days since its launch! This is certainly a huge leap considering what they had planned – to [...]
Microsoft to increase Kinect accuracy by update
December 20th, 2010 Farrukh According to Eurogamer, Microsoft is working to quadruple the accuracy of the Kinect motion control system which will come in a forthcoming dashboard update. Currently, the Kinect camera’s depth sensor operates at a resolution of 320×240 at 30 frames per second, although if that were to be upgraded to a resolution of 640×480, Eurogamer reports [...]
Kinect hits 2.5 Million units sold in 25 days
December 2nd, 2010 admin Microsoft has projected a target of 5 million Kinect units to be sold by the end of this year. Thanks to the boost provided by Black Friday sales, Kinect, launched 25 days ago, has now surpassed 2.5 million in sales, Microsoft said in a statement, and the device was among the most sought after gifts [...]
First Kinect Prototype cost $30,000
November 10th, 2010 admin Following last week’s appearance on Oprah, the Xbox 360′s motion-sensing system is now the subject of an in-depth article in the New York Times. The article reveals some pretty interesting facts about Kinect. The camera-based system’s first prototype cost a whopping $30,000 to build–200 times the retail price of the unit sold on its own. However, Microsoft claims that unlike the Xbox [...]
Microsoft launching Kinect with 17 titles in Nov
October 21st, 2010 admin Microsoft is quite extensively promoting the November 4 launch of its Kinect motion-sensing system. The company is reportedly spending a hefty amount on its advertisments and has even secured a slot on the all-powerful Oprah television show to show off the device! Below are the launch titles starting from 4th till end of Nov 2010 (not in order of [...]
