The weird afterlife of Xbox Kinect(theguardian.com) Released in 2010 and bundled with the Xbox 360, the Kinect looked like the future – for a brief moment, at least. A camera that could detect your gestures and replicate them on-screen in a game, the Kinect allowed players to control video games with their bodies. It was initially a sensation, selling 1m units in its first 10 days; it remains the fastest-selling gaming peripheral ever.
Show HN: CoPlay – Enabling In-Room Xbox Gaming for Children's Hospitals(coplay.io) CoPlay XM is a tool built to help alleviate the common challenges faced by hospitals and organizations when managing fleets of Xbox consoles and users. It automates the process of monitoring and controlling the interactions of groups of xbox live users, adding/removing friends, and wiping user data.