New Kinect for Windows out next year

Impressively, the new Kinect sensor can "measure the time it takes individual photons to rebound off an object or person to create unprecedented accuracy". Clever stuff. So clever in fact, that it's able to detect slight wrist rotations, and even the wrinkles in your clothes.

The expanded field of view also means that more rooms will be suitable for arm flailing during games or, if you prefer, changing slides in PowerPoint.

Up to six skeletons (or people, if you're less morbid) can be tracked at once, and it's accurate enough to track the tips of your hand and thumb.

All this can take place in dim lighting conditions too, thanks to a new IR sensor.

We'll find out more about Kinect 2.0 at Microsoft's BUILD event in June, so stay tuned.

[via Kinect for Windows blog]