Daily Archives: Dec 6, 2011

Check out this video of YouTube user KinectFAAST who uses Kinect technology to control gestures in Skyrim on the PC. The program, called FAAST, is middleware that runs on the OpenNI framework. The OpenNI framework doesn't support voice so the guy uses VAC (Voice Activated Commands) software to convert spoken words to keystrokes via a RazorFish bluetooth headset.

the recent public testing phase of the Star Wars: The Old Republic brought in 2 million volunteers. According to the game's publisher, EA, a whopping 725,000 unique players joined the game over the Thanksgiving weekend, making it "one of the biggest beta tests in history."

Verizon will apparently launch a streaming service sometime in 2012 that will take on services such as Netflix, and potentially challenge traditional cable television services.

Verizon and Motorola have partnered to release two new DROID XYBOARD tablets this month with Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating systems. The tablets boast dual-core 1.2 GHz processors, 1 GB of RAM, and MotoCast.