If you are a Xbox Kinect owner, Xbox LIVE would like to invite you to help them set a new Guinness World Record.

On Saturday 23 April 2011, Xbox LIVE would like to set a new world record for the largest online sprint ever by joining hands across the world with all Xbox LIVE players.

The Guinness World Record attempt will just be one of the fun events that will take place over a weekend of entertainment on Xbox LIVE. During the weekend, dubbed XBox Nations, all Xbox LIVE members will be given Xbox LIVE Gold access to gain access to the latest content online and enable them to play multiplayer games.

Xbox Nations will take place from Thursday 21 April 2011 to Monday 25 April 2011, for more details about Xbox Nations follow Xbox South Africa on Twitter or Facebook.

For me the XBox Kinect is one of the hotest gadgets available in the gaming market today and it seems that others tend to agree with me.

Microsoft has announced that their XBox Kinect system has officially hit the 10 million units sold mark and that is in only a few months making it the fastest selling gadget on earth. Rightfully so, the Kinect has earned its place in the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition as the fastest selling consumer electronics device.

“The sales figures here speak for themselves,” said Gaz Deaves, Gaming Editor for Guinness World Records. “According to independent research, no other consumer electronics device sold faster within a 60-day time span, which is an incredible achievement considering the strength of the sector.”

The Kinect has sold on average 133 333 units daily in its first 2 months of launch totaling more than 8 million units over the period.

Do you own a Kinect? Tell us what games you enjoy.

Microsoft has one of the hotest gadgets available on the market today, the Xbox 360 Kinect, allowing you to use your body as the controller, but it seems they are not willing to let it at that.

Microsoft recently launched Windows Phone 7, a new mobile operating system that are set to compete head on with the likes of Android and Apple iOS, but since its release uptake of Windows Phone 7 has been very stale.

Microsoft is however hard at work trying to integrate its Windows Phone 7 operating system into as many other systems as possible, and one such integration it that of their very own Xbox 360 Kinect. You are probably asking now, how on earth will you integrate Windows Phone 7 with Xbox Kinect? Have a look at this video.

So what do you think? Will this change your mind on Windows Phone 7? Would be cool to add to the Kinect gaming experience by controlling additional features via your Windows Phone 7 device.

Microsoft’s long awaited motion controller, Project Natal, was introduces at the E3 show and dubbed Kinect.

The move by Microsoft came a few months after Nintendo launched its popular Nintendo Wii which took motion control gaming to the next level, however Microsoft did not sit back and soon afterwards announced their own motion controlling system, Project Natal.

Users wanting to get their hands on the new Microsoft Kinect motion controller will have to wait a bit as it is only due later this year, some say October. Pricing for the Kinect controller is still unkown.

The Kinect controller makes use of built in cameras and microphones that uses facial and voice recognition to enables users to simply navigate the menus or start and stop movies using their voice.  A new menu also allows users to simply grab out to the screen to select menu items or start games.

Some of the games users can expect is Kinect Sports a direct aim at Wii sports I presume, Joyride a racing game that lets you steer the car with an imaginary steering wheel, Kinect Adventures which includes a river rafting time trial game. There is also a Dance Central game in development by MTV studios that will bring the So you think you can dance experience to the XBox.

I am really looking forward to the Kinect motion controller from Microsoft and will definitely be buying one, on demand of the wife also.