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Lovefilm’s movie streaming biz has been growing steadily since Amazon decided to buy it up. The Lovefilm Instant service is now available on PCs, PS3, iPads and smart TVs, but there’s one prime candidate that’s always been missing: The Xbox 360. That’s now been rectified, as Lovefilm instant for Xbox LIVE launches tomorrow (6th December). Read more
Mid-week. The end’s in sight. If you need something to take your mind off these last three days, let us walk you around the metaphorical park of tech news that, if you’re reading this, you’re worried you might have missed.
Kinect has been a huge success for Microsoft in Europe and the US, with millions of sales and gamers making it the fastest selling gadget of all time when it was released late last year. But it seems Japanese gamers are not having any of it, with new figures showing that the motion control camera has sold a mere 114,000 units in its first year on sale.
We know it’s late on a Friday, but really, you should watch this video before heading home for the weekend. Microsoft is suggesting just a few uses for Kinect on a PC, and it’s nothing short of jaw-dropping.
Microsoft Kinect is getting beefed up for 2012. The motion sensor is undoubtedly a powerful piece of kit, but it’s currently limited to what the now aging Xbox 360 can process. Despite Kinect packing its own GPU, it’s hampered by the console it’s bound to, which is why Microsoft wants to move the future of the Kinect tech to your desktop in 2012. And not for gaming. Read more
We got pretty excited about Avatar Kinect when it was unveiled earlier this year, going so far as to compare it to the Star Trek Holodeck. Today it’s finally be release as part of the Kinect Fun Labs service which lets Xbox Live users mess around with Kinect experiments. Avatar Kinect uses the motion sensor to track not only your gestures but also your facial expressions.
The update including Avatar Kinect is available for free as a 658.59 MB download from Xbox.com. While Avatar Kinect will eventually require an Xbox Live Gold subscription, it’s unlocked for all Xbox Live member until September 8 with of 24 virtual environments to choose from and the option to share your virtual TV shows via sites including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Out now | £free | Xbox
Fruit Ninja has already conquered the iPhone, Android and Windows Phone markets with its unique brand of finger-friendly fruit slicing fun, but can it make the transition from touch-screen to controller-less interface? Read our exclusive Fruit Kinja Kinect preview to find out, and check it out in action on video.
