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Microsoft is reportedly taking a new step towards putting together its products, through packing a series of Kinect features inside the next release of Windows Phone. Rumor has it that the company has started working on integrating the Kinect NUI (Natural User Interface) in the mobile operating system. Windows Ph... |
11 April 2012
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The groundbreaking Kinect NUI (natural user interface sensor) that Microsoft launched almost a year ago to breathe new life into Xbox 360 consoles is protected by a vast dowry of intellectual property, the software giant revealed.
According to the Redmond company, approximately 600 patents have been filled in an ef... |
31 October 2011
08:02 GMT |
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Microsoft says that just as the world is asking what it will do with Kinect next, it’s in fact asking the world the same thing. The video embedded at the top of this article was released at the same time with the Redmond company announcing that it plans to provide a new Kinect for Windows SDK designed to suppor... |
31 October 2011
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Windows 8 has been optimized to understand touch interaction like no operating system before, including its predecessor, Windows 7. And of course, this automatically implies that there’s a great opportunity for Windows 8 developers to put together NUI applications for the next iteration of the Windows client... |
5 October 2011
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Microsoft is not building just a new version of the Windows client, with Windows 8, the company is laying the foundation for future Windows releases, in terms of natural user interface evolution. NUI models are already widespread, but they’re still far from being ubiquitous, and there’s one frontier th... |
5 October 2011
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Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) has been available for download for over two weeks now, and although the release is still in pre-Beta stage, early adopters can access it without restrictions.
At BUILD, Microsoft also offered attendees over 5,000 Windows 8 test devices, to test the OS on n... |
28 September 2011
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Windows 8 sports two very different user interfaces cohabitating in harmony and complementing each other, each one designed for a specific scenario. But the world needs to think of Windows 8’s next generation UI as “more equal” than the older interface. Offering users both the Metro UI design... |
1 September 2011
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The Touch Mouse Artist Edition is a new flavor of the plain vanilla Touch Mouse, upgraded with a new designed created by Deanne Cheuk. Already a marvelous product, the peripheral received an artistic upgrade courtesy of Cheuk, as users can see in the image on the left as well as in the video embedded below. Lindsey... |
24 August 2011
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A new video from Microsoft offers a glimpse into how technological innovation will dramatically change the way in which users consume entertainment content in the future. And the “future” term is used loosely, since, in a sense, the future is already here. The video embedded bellow reveals demos of Kinec... |
18 August 2011
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Researchers have been exploring scenarios in which Microsoft Surface can be leveraged as a robot command and control center, and it appears that they’re making real progress. Make sure to watch the video embedded below in order to get an idea of how the natural user interface (NUI) capabilities of Microsoft Su... |
12 August 2011
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Earlier this week Microsoft released a new testing Build of the Kinect for Windows software development kit. Kinect for Windows SDK continues to be in development at this point in time, and what the Redmond company actually offered was a Beta Refresh of the developer resources, and nothing more. Kinect for Wi... |
5 August 2011
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Microsoft Research was playing with natural user interface concepts and prototypes long before the Xbox team ever thought about the possibility of controllerless gaming, which sparked the ideas that culminated with the release of Kinect. Last week, during the Research Faculty Summit 2011, Craig Mundie, chief researc... |
25 July 2011
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Kinect, the standalone natural user interface sensor that provides controller-free experiences to Xbox 360 console owners is just at the start of its journey, at least this is what a top Microsoft executive is hinting. The Redmond company is not exactly offering anything specific about its plans for the evolution of... |
23 July 2011
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Windows 8 will usher in a new era of NUI-enabled experiences produced with the help of Microsoft’s next generation developer platform. Just as Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2010 are intimately connected, Microsoft is building Visual Studio vNext for the developers building Windows 8 applications, including NUI a... |
22 July 2011
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With Windows 8, Microsoft is going to step up its NUI (natural user interface) efforts quite a bit, both in relation to the operating system, as well as with applications designed to run on top of the platform. According to one job post from the Redmond company unearthed by Mary-Jo Foley, members of the Windows Live... |
21 July 2011
11:11 GMT |
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For children suffering from autism, cerebral palsy or hydrocephalus, traditional input models including keyboards, mice, or controllers are impassible barriers when it comes to interacting with a computer. But with Kinect for Xbox 360, their disabilities no longer factor in, and they’re able to play video game... |
20 July 2011
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Microsoft is adding a new product to its line-up of NUI (natural user interface) PC peripherals, the Explorer Touch Mouse. According to the specifications offered by the Redmond company, the new Explorer Touch Mouse is capable of delivering up to 18 months of NUI goodness on just 2 AA batteries. At the same time, t... |
20 July 2011
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With Windows 8, Microsoft is blending together the natural user interface and the graphical user interface to create a new UI tailored to next-generation form factors.
The next version of Windows will make possible NUI interaction models not only on future devices, but also on more traditional PCs, provided that... |
18 July 2011
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The next generation user interface of Windows 8 will be chromeless at core, Microsoft said during its Worldwide Partner Conference 2011. Users that have been watching the evolution of Windows are undoubtedly well aware of the fact that the Windows 8 UI has suffered a major overhaul, especially when the operating sys... |
13 July 2011
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Enhanced search capabilities right at the fingertips of iPad users. This is what Microsoft is bringing with the version 1.1 update to the Bing for iPad application. The Bing for iPad app is making great use of the form factor’s natural user interface to seamlessly blend in new search functionality. It sho... |
6 July 2011
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Next generation form factors running Windows 8 are bound to sport a range of evolved features, functionality and capabilities compared to Windows 7 machines today. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer while talking at the Rotary Club of Seattle at the end of June 2011 hinted of a new level of human comput... |
4 July 2011
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Per Microsoft’s new “Windows Everywhere” mantra / strategy, Windows 8 is designed to play nice with a range of form factors, including ARM powered devices such as tablets, but not only slates. Having used Windows 7 on touch enabled devices I must say that I wasn’t really all that impressed wi... |
13 June 2011
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Once again, there’s just radio silence from Microsoft when it comes down to the next major iteration of Windows. Earlier this month the company shared the first official previews of Windows 8 at two technology-focused events, and with the video demos came the first details about the new operating system. A co... |
13 June 2011
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Microsoft has yet to confirm officially that Kinect is coming to Windows 8, but I have a pretty good feeling about this, especially since a company representative told me last year that the software giant was hard at work porting the NUI technology beyond Xbox. The E3 2011 demos that the Redmond company presented, e... |
8 June 2011
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Bing and Kinect is an extremely powerful NUI combination that delivers next generation user experiences unmatched by any of Microsoft’s rivals in the console space. By blending together the natural user interface capabilities of the Kinect sensor and of its decision engine, the Redmond company will enable Xb... |
7 June 2011
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The first Windows 8 details were certainly devoured quite fast by a starved audience which had to content itself with speculation and leaked details until this week’s D9 and Computex conferences. Microsoft still hasn’t invited the public to the Windows 8 feast, but in all fairness, the software giant did... |
3 June 2011
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Windows 8 devices will provide user experiences that are natural extensions of next-generation form factors, or at least this is the promise from Microsoft. The software giant also showed off Windows 8 at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan this week, in addition to the D9 conference demo by Julie Larson-Green, corporate vic... |
2 June 2011
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Microsoft released the first official preview of Windows 8, offering a small taste of what’s coming next. Along with the first ever Windows 8 video demo, Microsoft also published a screenshot of the Start View. Combining natural user interface concepts with the graphical user interface, the Redmond company ca... |
2 June 2011
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The first official preview of Windows 8, the forthcoming major iteration of the Windows client, is here. Microsoft demonstrated the next generation of Windows, internally code-named “Windows 8” at both D9 and Computex events, with a focus on the flavor of the operating system designed for emerging form f... |
2 June 2011
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Game developers creating games designed to take advantages of the NUI capabilities introduced with the addition of Kinect sensors to Xbox 360 consoles, should make sure and build great gesture detection. Microsoft has just the right resource to at least point devs in the right direction, especially if they require a... |
31 May 2011
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Will Windows 8 usher in the era of NUI gaming for computers? Windows 7 certainly didn’t manage to do it, but the potential for marrying natural user interfaces with next generation gaming experiences is there, and is bound to become only more comprehensive with Windows vNext. Over the weekend, I could not help... |
30 May 2011
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Microsoft is gearing up to give a taste of the upcoming Windows 8 NUI evolution as early as next week, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. The software giant has already offered sneak peeks at Windows vNext on several occasions this year, but with the exception of confirming System on a Chi... |
27 May 2011
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Remember all those Xbox 360 users standing in line to get a new Kinect natural user interface sensor when it was launched last year?Well, they were actually the first consumers to recognize the amazing potential of Kinect and act on it. Last week, news emerged of a Kinect fitting room, designed by AR Door and on di... |
17 May 2011
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Is Bing out-searching Google on the iPad? Well, the answer to that should come quite easy to iPad owners, as all they have to do is download the new free Bing application available through the Apple App store.Customers will of course have to decide for themselves, but the response is bound to be a positive one, sinc... |
8 April 2011
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Microsoft sold a record 10 million units of its natural user interface (NUI) peripheral for Xbox 360. Kinect for Xbox 360 went on sale on November 4th, 2010, and for the first time in years, consumers crowded to stores and queued in line ahead of the general availability deadline, to get the new controller. Since N... |
10 March 2011
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Natural human – computer interaction models are becoming pervasive thanks mainly to the introduction of new form factors, but the NUIs of today are just a preview of things to come.Speaking of previews, at TechFest 2011 in Redmond this week, Microsoft Research will showcase some projects that have yet to becom... |
9 March 2011
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Taking a look at the evolution of the Windows client from one major release to the next, it quickly becomes clear that the platform’s graphical user interface is being overhauled with every new version. Windows 8 will make no exception to this rule, with a lot of pressure already on Microsoft to not only revam... |
3 March 2011
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Have you ever wondered how a next generation user interface from Microsoft looks like while still in development? Well, this is your chance to get a sneak peek at what the future might have in store for users of the Redmond company’s products.During this year’s TechForum annual event, Craig Mundie, Micro... |
28 February 2011
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Microsoft Research is one step closer to enabling human realistic representations as alter egos for computers, complete with complex details such as facial gestures, in order to make users feel a natural interaction when talking to what essentially is nothing more than a machine. Human – computer interaction... |
25 February 2011
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Some of the devices we are using on a daily basis today pack more power than our PC from a decade ago, and yet we aren’t really inclined to calling them computers. This is tangible proof of the continuous evolution of the computing paradigm, and great minds around the world are already not only imagining, but ... |
23 February 2011
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In the spring of 2011 Microsoft will provide enthusiasts and academic researchers with the necessary tools to take its Kinect natural user interface technology well beyond gaming and entertainment. Don Mattrick, president, Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB) together with Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief r... |
22 February 2011
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Natural User Interface is a term thrown around more and more in relation with new technology, describing the evolution of human computer interaction to next generation models allowing users to leverage voice, gesture and touch commands instead of a keyboard and a mouse. While NUIs are indeed being featured in more p... |
26 January 2011
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With products such as Windows Phone 7, Microsoft Surface Windows 7 and Kinect, Microsoft is at the forefront of the natural user interface wave in computing. The company’s products offer customers next generation interaction models involving pen, multi-touch, voice, gestures, etc. Through Channel 9, the softw... |
20 December 2010
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2010 has been a landmark year for Microsoft in terms of the evolution of natural user interfaces and the integration of NUI interaction models in more and more products, establishing the base for widespread, mainstream usage. NUIs are slowly becoming pervasive, not just because of the Redmond company, of course, but... |
11 December 2010
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Having celebrated its five year anniversary at the end of November 2010, the Xbox 360 continues to be at the top of the console game, a position that is bound to only be further consolidated as Microsoft ushers in out-of-this-world NUI gaming experiences. According to sale figures from market analysis firm NPD... |
10 December 2010
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For the time being, Kinect is limited to Xbox 360 but there’s really no reason for the sensor to be focused exclusively on Microsoft’s console.
In fact, it simply makes sense to have Kinect also offered for Windows, especially as the Redmond company pushed its OS to new paradigms of computing in whic... |
4 December 2010
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Microsoft continues to sell 100,000 copies per day of the Natural User Interface (NUI) sensor for its Xbox consoles. According to the latest data supplied by the Redmond company, Kinect for Xbox 360 still enjoys strong momentum even as it approaches the first month after launch. On Cyber Monday, just after Thanksgiv... |
30 November 2010
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Kinect for Xbox 360 is now just hours away for some gamers. Microsoft’s innovative Natural User Interface sensor for Xbox 360 consoles is scheduled to become available at 12:01 A.M. on November 4 in North America. Excitement is great around the launch of Kinect, with Larry Hryb, the Xbox Live Director of Progr... |
3 November 2010
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Microsoft is tailoring the Natural User Interface of the next major iteration of Windows to form factors beyond mobile PCs (laptops, netbooks, etc.) and desktops. While in the United Kingdom on his European Tour last week, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer confirmed that the evolution of the NUI for Wi... |
11 October 2010
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Microsoft’s exploration of natural user interfaces (NUI) hasn’t by any means stopped with products such as Windows 7 or the Surface tabletop computer. An illustrative example in this regard is Microsoft LightSpace. As you will be able to see in the video embedded at the bottom of this screen, the Redmond... |
5 October 2010
06:33 GMT |
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