When David Holz, CTO of Leap Motion, first told me not to focus too much on the company's hardware because the real magic was in the software, I only half believed him. After listening to Microsoft ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Listen 4:55 The Wii revolutionized video games with its motion-sensitive controller. Now, Microsoft has one-upped ...

Microsoft is expected to announce it has agreed to buy Canesta, a maker of chips that allow game systems and other electronic devices to recognize gesture controls, the New York Times reported. The ...

We never really know where the next game-changing innovation will come from. The smartphone started out as just that -- a smarter phone. But when Apple opened up its API to developers, that open ...

The diversifying optics company anticipates a market worth as much as $800 million by 2015 as gesture recognition goes beyond gaming. One of the consumer electronics success stories of the past few ...