This edition we finally have release date news officially from the developer’s mouth for Kinect Star Wars, a leak from Ubisoft Reflections hinting at a new Kinect title, blind people using the motion sensor to feel their way through obstacles, and the NFL Play 60 at the Super Bowl. All in this edition of Quick News. ...

As promised, version 1.0 of the Kinect for Windows SDK is now available from Microsoft and beyond the usual bug fixes, etc, is actually a lot of new features that take advantage of the new hardware advantages of the motion tracker’s latest model. ...

Well it’s now official. There is a true Kinect designed specifically to work with Windows, ending the necessity of actually “hacking” the Xbox 360 version as many have already. Or at least that is what Microsoft hopes will happen. The motion tracker was released today, along with a new version of the SDK that will surely be the bible for integrating it into a wide range of applications. ...

This edition we have Kinect for the laptop, bad marketing from Kinect Star Wars, and a theme park in a box with the Kinect at the helm? Sound interesting? Read on…

Could the Kinect come to a laptop near you? It’s more likely than you think. Rumor has it that Microsoft will be willing to license the technology to laptop manufacturers to include voice recognition, web cam, and gesture control in new laptops, but may wait until Windows 8 comes out since it has inherent support for the tracking system. What will this mean for you? ...