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Microsoft welcomes Xbox Kinect 'hackers' | |
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By Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent, BBC News, Seattle | By Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent, BBC News, Seattle |
Microsoft is to open up its Xbox Kinect technology to allow amateur software developers to experiment with it. | |
The company is to release a software development kit in the spring, which will give developers access to the secrets behind the technology. | The company is to release a software development kit in the spring, which will give developers access to the secrets behind the technology. |
For now it will only be for personal use, but Microsoft says it will release a commercial version in due course. | For now it will only be for personal use, but Microsoft says it will release a commercial version in due course. |
Kinect, which turns the player's body into a game controller, has been a big hit since it launched last November. | Kinect, which turns the player's body into a game controller, has been a big hit since it launched last November. |
It has already captured the imagination of the hacker community, which has been demonstrating various uses for the technology, including 3D photography. | It has already captured the imagination of the hacker community, which has been demonstrating various uses for the technology, including 3D photography. |
Microsoft is hoping that an army of smarter developers will now find more ways to take Kinect to the next level. | Microsoft is hoping that an army of smarter developers will now find more ways to take Kinect to the next level. |
"As breakthrough technologies like these reach scale, the resulting creativity and invention will open up a whole new world of possibilities for computing," said Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer. | "As breakthrough technologies like these reach scale, the resulting creativity and invention will open up a whole new world of possibilities for computing," said Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer. |
The announcement was made during an open day at Microsoft's research centre near Seattle. | The announcement was made during an open day at Microsoft's research centre near Seattle. |
The company is hoping that the success of Kinect, developed by its own scientists, can give it a greater presence in the home entertainment field. | The company is hoping that the success of Kinect, developed by its own scientists, can give it a greater presence in the home entertainment field. |
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