What started as a gaming device from Microsoft is continuing to generate buzz and curiosity from our customers. Last week, Microsoft released its latest software update for Kinect for Windows and the functionality keeps improving its use in business scenarios. Kinect is a commodity device allowing an application to gain information about the real world—about a [...]
Excitement is building for next week’s NRF 102nd Annual Convention & EXPO – a convention and EXPO of more than 25,500 engaged retail professionals from 78 countries. The show starts Monday, January 14th. This year, there should some very interesting retail technology to view and discuss. And much of it will be around how retailers can [...]
Watching my kids dance to Donna Summers “Hot Stuff” on Dance Central 2 at the local Microsoft retail store I began to realize that this game console may single handedly solve the obesity problem in the United States. Rather than spending endless hours on the couch honing their hand eye coordination playing Halo or the [...]
Microsoft Kinect is a full-fledged phenomenon now. Not only was it the fastest selling new consumer gadget in history, but it’s now officially moved beyond gaming with the Kinect for Windows hardware and SDK. As of February 1st, the Kinect for Windows commercial license allows anyone to create new, innovative interfaces utilizing Kinect’s depth camera [...]
