Microsoft to bring Kinect to Windows PCs

Microsoft’s plan to integrate the Kinect’s voice and gesture recognition capabilities into PCs using the Windows operating system was the highlight of Ballmer’s last appearance on stage at the CES

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Las Vegas: Microsoft plans to bring its Kinect technology to bear on personal computers following its phenomenal success with the gesture and voice-recognition sensor in the Xbox 360 game console.

“I’m thrilled to announce that Kinect is coming to Windows on 1 February,” Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said in his final keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which opens in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

                    Ballmer said Windows 8 “will deliver the best of the PC and the best of the tablet.”

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