Microsoft shrinks Kinect into a $399 cloud-powered PC peripheral

Kinect originally debuted as an Xbox 360 accessory for motion sensing so you could control games with your hands or body. While it was a successful console accessory initially, its bundling and lack of games with the Xbox One forced Microsoft to rethink its entire approach to Kinect. Microsoft is now packaging up all of its impressive work with Kinect into a tiny sensor that it’s hoping businesses will now pick up and use.
Dubbed the Azure Kinect Developer Kit (DK), the PC peripheral incl