Originally designed as a gaming system that lets players control games using gestures and voice, the Kinect is still proving invaluable in the operating room. By using the Kinect to look at and ...

This holiday season, the video game industry hype machine is focused ... a similar chorus of hype reached a crescendo with the release of Xbox Kinect, promising to revolutionize how we play.

By tracking your body with an advanced infrared camera, sensors, and a microphone, the $150 Kinect accessory let you control games and media using just your body and your voice. But then ...

This allows a gamer to play a game without using a physical controller. Or to use Kinect’s catch phrase, you are the controller. Some gamers were disappointed with the original Kinect.