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Windows Desktop OS to get Microsoft Xbox Kinect

Now Industry, Healthcare and the sometimes dangerous world of Engineering are all on the table to be the next frontier to receive the ground breaking functionality of Microsoft Xbox Kinect. Microsoft is moving full-steam-ahead in developing new tools and software that will allow developers to breath new life into the slumping PC and Laptop markets […]

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Apr 26, 2011
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Now Industry, Healthcare and the sometimes dangerous world of Engineering are all on the table to be the next frontier to receive the ground breaking functionality of Microsoft Xbox Kinect. Microsoft is moving full-steam-ahead in developing new tools and software that will allow developers to breath new life into the slumping PC and Laptop markets in order to upset the landslide movement towards smartphones and tablets. The controllability that the Xbox Kinect brings to the forum may be just what the doctor ordered to revitalize this market.

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