Once Microsoft unbundled the Kinect from the Xbox One, many gamers assumed that the peripheral would simply die off. And although there haven’t been any recent AAA releases that have made use of ...

Even though Microsoft is now letting people purchase the Xbox One without the Kinect sensor for $399, there are consumers who may prefer to buy the game console with the voice and motion gesture ...

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This year’s new controllers for a PlayStation or Xbox would be immediately familiar ... with Joy-cons of their Switch. Inside the Kinect was also one of the earliest microphone arrays sold ...

You may have gotten an Xbox One with Kinect, the camera/microphone peripheral that Microsoft created for the Xbox One. If you did, there's a great way to use it for exercise: Xbox Fitness.

This year’s new controllers for a PlayStation or Xbox would be immediately familiar ... with Joy-cons of their Switch. Inside the Kinect was also one of the earliest microphone arrays sold ...

Not only is the console larger than the original Xbox 360, but the new Kinect sensor is larger than the first one. Even the massive power brick from the last generation makes a not-so-welcome return.

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The Xbox One S and One X, however, have physical power buttons. For these, still make sure that the power buttons aren't stuck, and are free of debris. Kinect or Cortana could be responsible If ...

Unlike, say, PlayStation 5, the focus is no longer just on bringing gamers to the hardware, but instead becoming one of the biggest ... as embarrassing as Xbox’s bizarre Kinect phase.