Microsoft discontinues Kinect successor

8 months 3 weeks ago

Microsoft has ended production of Azure Kinect, the successor to the Xbox peripheral, drawing a line under the motion-sensing camera's lifespan.

As announced in a blog post, the company will stop selling its latest version of the hardware this October or until stocks last.

In 2019, Microsoft introduced the Azure Kinect Developer Kit, aiming it at manufacturing, retail, and healthcare markets rather than gaming.

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Sophie McEvoy