Kinect hack makes April Fools’ prank a reality

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Unless you have been hiding out in a cave for the last week or so, you have heard about this year's April Fools' joke from Google. Gmail Motion was purported to be an action-driven interface for Gmail, complete with goofy poses and gestures for completing everyday email tasks. Unfortunately it was all an elaborate joke and no gesture-based Gmail interface is forthcoming...at least not from … [Read more...]

Kinect, mouse, and nerf gun combine for House of the Dead

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[Tony Blanch] built his own motion controller for playing House of the Dead. It should work with any shooter that follows the 'rail' type of game play (your character is not free walking, but moves along a set path beyond your control). Two parts come together to make this happen. The first is the Nerf dart gun that you see above. The circuit board fitted into the top portion of the plastic … [Read more...]