Update at 4:03 p.m. PT: This story has been modified with response from Microsoft. The first person who figures out how to build an open-source driver for Microsoft's much-hyped new Kinect motion ...

New York-based Adafruit Industries really wants to get its hands on open-source drivers for Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 peripheral, Kinect. So much so that the firm is offering a handsome bounty for the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last week hardware company Adafruit Industries out out a $3000 dollar bounty for the first person ...

As expected, the first open source drivers for the Microsoft Kinect that allow it to be used with a PC have been released. A developer by the name of Hector Martin is the author of the driver. Right ...

There has been plenty of news about Microsoft's Kinect being hacked, well, now an open source kinect driver supporting the depth and RBG Camera has also been released by marcan42. Those of you ...

Microsoft locked Kinect Technology to stop hackers from hacking into the system and making it available publicly. But, this hasn’t stopped Hector Martin, the guy who just hacked Microsoft Kinect and ...

A hacker won a contest on Wednesday to be the first person to successfully create an open-source driver for Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensitive controller. Last week, open-source hardware developers ...

Adafruit has awarded a $3,000 bounty to a Linux enthusiast who has released open source drivers for controlling Microsoft's Kinect camera.