Engadget Peripheral of the Year: Microsoft Kinect (2012)!
In short, woot!The winners of the 2012 Engadget Awards -- Readers' Choice - Peripheral of the Year: Microsoft Kinect (2012)Today, we are pleased to announce that Kinect for Windows was recognized by...
View Article"Basic Navigation in Kinect using WPF"
Vuyiswa Maseko is back (we missed you) and continues his series of Kinect Development series...Basic Navigation in Kinect using WPFNavigation in Kinect applications cannot be the same as other...
View Article"Getting started with [Developing with] Microsoft Kinect"
Muhamad Umer is also back, continuing his series on developing with the Kinect.If you're just getting started, his guide will help guide you in the right direction...Part 2 – Getting started with...
View ArticleBrick - The Building Sized Kinect Game
You all know I've been trying to avoid "Inspirational" posts recently, but I get some that are just too cool to not share. And this one isn't just inspirational either, you can actually buy this...
View ArticlePresentationAid - A Presentation helper tool for the Kinect
I came across this project and thought it perfect for the Gallery. I mean, sure we've highlight Kinect Presentation like projects in the past, but none recently and that fact this is open source is...
View ArticleKinect Games V3, with a new game, Word Mage!
Friend of the Gallery, David Renton, is back with a new release of his Kinect Games suite, including a new game, Word Mage...Kinect Games version 3During my adventures with Microsoft in London a week...
View ArticleSamples, source and feedback. The Kinect for Windows Samples are now on CodePlex
The Kinect for Windows team, have both started up a new blog, Kinect for Windows Developer Blog and also released all the Kinect for Windows Samples on CodePlex. Now you can easily browse, download and...
View ArticleNow we're Kinecting with Battery Power!
Today's kind of hardware hack is one that I wouldn't have believed possible... Who would have thought that you could power a Kinect with some AA batteries and that it would be usable for hours?Making a...
View ArticleKinect for Windows SDK v1.7 coming out today! [IS out... download it now]
Well you all know the big news right? The Kinect for Windows SDK v1.7 is coming out today. This is a release that many have been looking forward too and includes some frankly awesome features...Hot...
View ArticleAcademic pricing for Kinect for Windows availability broadened
You all know how much of a fan I am of using the Kinect as an educational tool. I've highlighted a number of projects written by teachers, projects for learners (of all ages, young and old), projects...
View ArticleFree River Crossing education game by Kinems
Since my last post was about Kinect for Windows Academic pricing, it seemed fitting to highlight this project... Speaking of which, make sure you also check out all the other cool stuff on the...
View ArticleJediSmash!
The first project post on the Kinect Gallery (almost two years ago... wow, Of course our first Kinect for Windows SDK Project has to involve a Light Saber!) was about using the Kinect to give you Jedi...
View ArticleFusing the Kinect, AutoCAD and Kinect Fusion (with some C#)
Given the release of Kinect for Windows SDK v1.7 and the inclusion Kinect Fusion, the next two posts are about, well, Kinect Fusion!Please join me in welcoming back Kean Walmsley and his combining the...
View ArticleKinect for Neurosurgeons?
While I've been trying to avoid inspirational posts, I thought this an interesting post as part of our mini-fusion series...Kinect + Brain Scan = Augmented Reality for NeurosurgeonsWith a little duct...
View ArticleKinect Depth Smoothing, updated for Kinect for Windows SDK v1.7
Well over a year ago we highlighted a project by Karl Sanford that helps with one of the common questions/issues encountered with Kinect, "noise" in Say No to the noise... Real-Time Kinect depth frame...
View ArticleGetting started with Kinect Interactions
Looks like it's going to be a v1.7 kind of week (I know, imagine that!). Today's post by András Velvárt is a great getting started guide for one of the cool new features in the Kinect for Windows SDK,...
View ArticlePush to Press with the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.7
We continue with our v1.7 week theme with today's project by Vuyiswa Maseko and take a different look at the Kinect Interactions...How to do Push to Press with Kinect SDK 1.7Microsoft officially...
View ArticleSlide into PointPoint with a Kinect and a PowerPoint add-in
Today's Kinect Project is one of the favorite kinds, controlling PowerPoint with gestures, via the Kinect. This one is different in that it's based on a PowerPoint add-in, so has a better connection...
View ArticleKINECTing System Center Orchestrator Runbooks
Today's inspirational, just for fun, video shows that even IT guys can get into the Kinect world (well, kind of, not really, but still this is kind of fun Just For Fun–KINECTing Orchestrator...
View ArticleKinect Television - Putting the You in the TV...
Today's project by Tom Kerkhove provides a nice introduction and example of using the video from the Kinect in a cool way...Tutorial – Kinect TelevisionWelcome to the very first Kinecting for Windows...
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