Microsoft reveals an A.I. camera for developers that costs $399

Microsoft announced the introduction of a new smart camera for business at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona on Sunday. Microsoft is drawing on both its Kinect and Azure public cloud brands, as it sets off on the next phase in the company's emphasis on artificial intelligence -- an area Microsoft identified as a top priority in a recent annual report. The Microsoft Azure Kinect is "new intelligent edge device that enables developers to create a wide range of AI-powered experiences," Julia White, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Azure marketing, said at the conference. The system has a 1-megapixel depth camera, a 12-megapixel camera and a seven-microphone array on board. It will work with "a range of compute types," White said.