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Kinect Priced At $199 In Australia 
Xbox Australia: Kinect "Leapfrogs" Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Move 
Report: Kinect Costs Microsoft $US150 To Make 
No Controller? No Glasses? No Problem Let’s be honest: it’s fun to track Harry, Hermione and Ron’s adventures through Hogwarts and the magical realm, but part of each of us always wants to be there ourselves.
Look, it doesn’t carry the official name, but we all know upcoming Kinect title Crimson Dragon is basically a new Panzer Dragoon game. Especially after watching this clip.
I’ve seen plenty of people playing a theremin, but never someone playing an organ with Microsoft’s Kinect motion-controller Yet that’s just what Chris Vik does, reprogramming a Kinect to control a 4-stroy pipe organ.
If you’re a subscriber to the Foxtel app on Xbox 360, you might have noticed that basic Kinect voice controls don’t work so well. An update due to roll out today should fix that, making Foxtel fully Kinect compliant.
In yet another evolution of Xbox rumour, The Verge reports today that Microsoft’s game console will be adding full web-browsing functionality with a special version of their Internet Explorer software.
The Verge is reporting today that Microsoft will be adding new functionality to the Xbox 360 that tracks users’ physical activity across multiple Kinect games. The report also says that there will be a sensor accessory — codenamed Joule — that will track your heart rate while playing. Stats on your activity, measured against various fitness goals, will live in the cloud.
There is a Kinect-powered video game in the Columbus Circle subway station in New York City. It’s being used to sell dog food. Because Kotaku never rests, and because we can’t let Game Informer and television’s Geoff Keighley hog all the big video game world exclusive announcements, your editor-in-chief had to stop and shoot a video of this game on Saturday.
The army wants to install Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect sensor in military helicopters so pilots can use them both for body recognition and flying assistance, Innovation News Daily reports.
