News Tagged: Updates
News: The List of Skyrim Kinect Voice Commands is Here
English and Dragon supported
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gets Kinect voice command support today, and we have a list of supported commands. Use a dragon shout in English without holding RB, or push down the bumper and say one, two or three words of the dragon language equivalent and magic happens. You can also use Kinect to navigate menus and.. Continue Reading »
News: New Kinect Entertainment Apps Available Now
Xbox, play more
After the recent major Xbox Live Dashboard update there's now even more reason to turn on your Xbox 360, as new entertainment apps were made available last night. You can now use Kinect to control YouTube, MSN, MUZU.TV and plenty more. Here's the list of what's new now. · blinkbox (blinkbox). United Kingdom· MSN. Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, United.. Continue Reading »
News: At Last, Australians Can Use Kinect Voice Commands
Say g'day!
It's been a long wait, but finally gamers in Australia can use Kinect's voice commands. We reported last year that Kinect couldn't understand Aussies, but now with the Xbox Live Dashboard update going live around the world today that injustice is about to be corrected. Here's what Microsoft Australia's director of consumer channels group, David McLean, had to say: We are unique in the.. Continue Reading »
News: Xbox Gets Voice Search With Tomorrow's Dashboard Update
All the details inside
The next big Xbox Live update starts rolling out tomorrow, taking the next big step to full voice control integration into the Xbox 360 dashboard. We've got a full run-down of what's available from tomorrow, with Xbox Bing search the biggest addition for Kinect owners. Are you as excited as we are? The Future of TV Begins Now on Xbox 360 Kinect for Xbox 360 brings voice.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Creating Kinect Hardware Just for Windows
Ready for its close-up
Kinect's had as much use on PC as it has on Xbox 360, and after embracing the possibilities with an official software development kit earlier this year, Microsoft is now putting together a version of Kinect specifically for Windows users. New components and firmware mean the sensor will be able to focus on objects just 50cm from its cameras, greatly increasing its close-up.. Continue Reading »
News: Xbox Dashboard Gets Full Kinect Support on 6th December
Update revealed
The current Xbox Dashboard was never really built to take full advantage of Kinect, but the next revision of the system software will support the sensor in all areas instead of just a small boxed-in hub. The dashboard update will arrive on 6th December, granting all Xbox Live members new features such as Bing voice search and full Kinect gesture support over the entire dashboard.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Announces More Entertainment Partners for Xbox
Plenty will use Kinect
Microsoft's just announced a huge list of new entertainment coming to Xbox 360, with nearly 40 new services on the way before Christmas. LoveFilm, BBC, HBO GO, Bravo, SyFy and more will all come to Xbox 360, many of them supporting Kinect's voice recognition and gesture support for easy navigation. Not all content will be available in all regions though, nor will it all.. Continue Reading »
News: Next Dashboard Update Due In November
Puts Kinect at the front
This year's E3 presentation from Microsoft put Kinect right at the centre of the Xbox experience, and now according to the latest rumour we'll be able to try it out for ourselves on 15th November when the update rolls out around the world. The biggest update is that Kinect controls don't just work in the Kinect Hub, but right across the board, with gesture and voice.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect "More Accurate Now Than at Launch" says Microsoft
Getting better all the time
It's official: Microsoft has boosted Kinect's accuracy in the past six months. Xbox senior product manager David Dennis confirmed the software powering the sensor has been updated recently, paving the way for the likes of Kinect Fun Labs and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. I think like we showed at E3, like Kudo showed with Kinect Fun Labs – a lot of that.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Avatar Kinect Launching 27th May
New updates roll out soon
According to Joystiq, the next round of Xbox Dashboard updates will begin to hit consoles everywhere from 19th May, with the big addition being the launch of Avatar Kinect on 27th May. Joystiq cites images sent through from a Microsoft technical support employee that reveal the release date, as well as reconfirming the update will be free to all Xbox Live Gold members.. Continue Reading »
News: Your Yoostar Clips Can Now Open on YouTube
Ready for your close-up?
Yoostar 2 built its whole world around a social experience but one vital piece of the puzzle was missing: access to the world's biggest video-sharing community, YouTube. Not any more though, as the publisher has just announced an update bringing YouTube support to the movie karaoke game. Now you can upload your performances to the web for all to see, we want to see what.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Support for Netflix Shouts "Action" Today
Sensor's voice control expands
The range of entertainment you can command with only your voice just expanded, as Netflix's Kinect support rolled out today. Subscribers to the US-only service can now pause, play and stop videos through the streaming service on Xbox 360 using voice commands. Pete Thompson, general manager for Xbox Live, believes the combination of Netflix and Kinect is another string.. Continue Reading »
News: First Yoostar 2 DLC Details Touch Down
Pricing and scenes inside
Now that Yoostar 2 has been available on store shelves for a week or so, players might feel the need to expand the movie karaoke game's array of clips. Good news, then, that the game's new Yoostore is open now, and we have the list of scenes coming to the game between now and the end of April. There's a mixture of additional scenes for films already on the disc — Forrest.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Joy Ride Gets New Features for Free Today
Live play and player cameras
Kinect Joy Ride may not be the pick of the bunch in the sensor's line-up, but it's good to see the driving game receiving free new content all the same. Today the title received a title update that adds Xbox Live play to two modes, as well as a brand new driver cam feature. The update should download automatically if you play Kinect Joy Ride while connected to Xbox.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Kinect to Get Significantly More Accurate with Update
Here comes the science
Last month, Blitz Games CEO Philip Oliver spoke of USB imposing limitations on Kinect, with the bandwidth of the USB 2.0 connection restricting the amount of information the sensor can send in any one go. Now Eurogamer claims a source at Microsoft has confirmed the company is working on technology to allow better compression of the data, theoretically allowing more.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: What Future Features Do You Want From Kinect?
The sky's the limit!
Kinect's been out worldwide for a while now, long enough for many of us to become accustomed to the technology and what it can do. Voice recognition, automatic signing into your profile when it recognises your face, video chat online – it's not just a game controller, it's a brand new interface, and it's only going to get better. Kudo Tsunoda, Kinect's creative director,.. Continue Reading »
News: Make Your 360 Kinect-Ready with Today's Major Xbox Update
Update: now available in Europe!
With just a few days to go until Kinect launches in the States, Microsoft is preparing to unleash its Fall update today to give your 360 all it needs to work with the new sensor. The dashboard itself will see the biggest change, with the regular pad-controlled system a clearer, cleaner version of the existing menus, with a brand new interface for Kinect users. Your.. Continue Reading »
News: Don't Put Any Kinect Discs in Your Xbox Just Yet
If you want to survive
If you've managed to score an early copy of any Kinect launch game, don't put it in your 360 console just yet: it will update your 360 to the new Kinect-enabled dashboard, but you won't be able to connect to Live without downloading another update. The problem with that is the newest update doesn't exist on the servers yet – for obvious reasons – so you'll be stuck in a.. Continue Reading »
