Contents tagged with Kinect
Special Channel9 Live Kinect Event
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Tomorrow, June 16, there will be a special Kinect focused event broadcast live from the Channel 9 Studios at 9:30AM PST.
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Join Us Tomorrow For A Special Channel 9 Live Kinect Event http://dlvr.it/WThG7
So tomorrow, stop what you’re doing and head to http://channel9.msdn.com/live at 12:30PM Eastern Time for a live and interactive broadcast featuring the Kinect sensor.
Tomorrow’s broadcast will be in IIS smooth streaming 720P, so please make sure you have Silverlight installed. Chances are, if you read this blog, you already do.
Kinect SDK DC Launch at CapArea.NET Silverlight!
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Now that the wraps are off on the Kinect SDK Beta, we can proudly announce that the June 2011 meeting of the CapArea.NET Silverlight Special Interest Group will host the Kinect SDK DC Launch Event. (Add to Calendar)
Details below:
Meeting June 23rd at Microsoft's Chevy Chase Office @ 7pm
Follow us on Twitter => @SilverlightDC
Summer Field Trip: Kinect SDK!
Topic: Kinect SDK DC Launch
When: Thursday, June 23 @ 7PM
Where: Microsoft Chevy Chase Office
Presenter: Joshua Blake
Our usual location at Excella HQ isn't available this month. So we've lined up space at the Microsoft Office in Chevy Chase on Wisconsin Ave. (Metro stop: Friendship Heights)
Now that it's all been officially annnounced, we can now proudly announce that the June meeting of the Sivlerlight SIG, will be all about the KinectSDK!
Yesterday, Microsoft officially opened up the Kinect to indie developers with SDK beta. The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers.
It enables the academic and enthusiast communities’ easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system.
Come to the DC launch to learn the new features of this SDK!
Speaker Bio:
Joshua Blake is an integrator (developer-designer hybrid) with extensive experience developing Natural User Interfaces for Microsoft Surface and Windows 7. He is a Microsoft Surface MVP and is deeply involved in the Microsoft Surface and NUI communities.
He maintains the InfoStrat.VE and Blake.NUI open source projects on CodePlex and founded the OpenKinect community. Joshua maintains a blog “Deconstructing the NUI” at http://nui.jos
Stay tuned for updates.
Microsoft Chevy Chase Office
5404 Wisconsin Ave
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 [map]June 23 at 7:00 PM
Friendship Heights Metro Station
Obligatory Chevy Chase Joke
Links for Kinect for Windows SDK Beta Refresh
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Yesterday, the Kinect for Windows SDK was released to a refresh to the beta.
Here’s a list of links and resources to quickly get up to speed.
- Release announcement: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/kdkrss.xml
- Blog post: http://bit.ly/KinectSDKBeta1RefreshBlogPost
- Details of fixes: http://bit.ly/KinectSDKBeta1RefreshDetails
- Web site updated: http://research.microsoft.com/KinectSDK
- The updated doc links are also all live at http://bit.ly/KinectSDKDocs
- Updated FAQ - http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/faq.aspx
- Coding for Fun, has updated links to http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/
- A link to the forums: http://bit.ly/KinectSDKForums
Jessica Chobot Visits Microsoft Campus
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.G4TV’s Jessica Chobot recently went to the Microsoft campus in Redmond and got a close look with Surface 2.0 and some of the Kinect Fun Labs stuff.
The Kinect Effect
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Here’s a very cool video demonstrating the awesome things people have done with Kinect and how a whole new community of enthusiasts is directing the future of NUI.
Kinect in the Arcade
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.When I was in Orlando for the NGB conference, we stayed just off Disney property. While walking through the arcade, I noticed a very cool site: Kinect.
Obviously, this is a home brew solution, but I can easily see Kinect becoming popular in these kinds of scenarios as well.
Very clever.
Another Use for Kinect
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.You may have heard about surgeons use Kinect in the operating room to avoid touching a mouse & keyboard when looking at MRI/CT imagery. This helps to avoid having to re-scrub since they don’t actually touch anything.
Well, this is useful for the home, too.
While helping to make Thanksgiving dinner, I had the XBOX playing Christmas music to set the mood.
From time to time, I also had my hands dirty with the food prep and didn’t want to handle the controller after touching raw meat.
Thanks to the Kinect, I didn’t have to: I was able to pause, play and skip tracks all without having to touch anything. All I had to do was walk over and wave.
Very cool.
How to Upgrade Kinect Applications to SDK Beta 2.
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Beta 2 of the Kinect SDK was recently released.
As with any beta SDK, changes are inevitable.
Fortunately, Michael Crump has come up with a quick tutorial on what it takes to update your projects.
[found via Pete Brown]
Kinect Accelerator Incubation Project
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Speaking of Kinect, Microsoft is helping to accelerate the innovation we’ve seen around the Kinect by announcing the Kinect Accelerator.
Basically, you get to work on solutions for the Kinect and get the funding to make your vision real.
Very cool.
If you are a developer or existing team/startup focused on building a business that takes advantage of the Kinect and Natural User Interface technologies, then the Kinect Accelerator is where you need to be. Through this program, Microsoft is supporting entrepreneurs, engineers and innovators like you to bring to life a wide range of business ideas that leverage the limitless possibilities Kinect enables. Following a competitive screening process, ten finalists will be chosen for this unique three month incubation program running from March to May, 2012 in Seattle, WA. The Kinect Accelerator is “powered by TechStars” using the same mentor-driven methodology pioneered and proven in New York, Boulder, Seattle and Boston. Mentors for the Kinect Accelerator include a broad base of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in the industry as well as executives from Microsoft Studios, Xbox, Microsoft Research and other Microsoft organizations.
What the program offers:
Every company participating in the Kinect Accelerator will receive an investment of $20,000, an Xbox development kit, the Windows Kinect SDK, office space, all the resources of BizSpark, technical training and support, and mentorship from entrepreneurs, investors and Microsoft executives intensely focused on making their business a success. At the end of the program, each company will have an opportunity to present at an Investor Demo Day to angel investors, venture capitalists, Microsoft executives, media and industry influentials.What qualifies for the Kinect Accelerator?
- Any Kinect-enabled application on Windows or Xbox that can be a commercial business
- Manufacturing to retail, education to healthcare, art installations to gaming, social to interactive play…hmmm, the possibilities
- Can be cloud-hosted, on any platform, but needs to be an application
- Could be one view of an application that may also have a web UI, mobile UI, etc
- Kinect-controlled applications, like what you have on your phone, but on a big screen or a computer screen
- Content you might expect to consume in your living room or in an operating room
- Go ahead, surprise us!
Your company does not necessarily need experience developing with Kinect, but the business concept does need to leverage Kinect capabilities as part of the final offering. Your team must also be willing to develop the technical skills required to bring your solution to a functioning prototype.
How to apply:
Applications to the Kinect Accelerator are now open! Applicants must be prepared to relocate to Seattle, Washington for the duration of the program. The application deadline is January 25th, 2012. Get your applications in early for additional consideration.[found via Channel9]
In Minneapolis for the Minnesota Government IT Symposium
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Today, I spoke at the Minnesota Government IT Symposium with some colleagues at Microsoft on Emerging Technologies from Microsoft.
In three hours, we covered:
- LightSwitch
- Silverlight 5
- HTML5
- Kinect SDK
- Windows Azure
- Windows Phone
- Windows Azure DataMarketplace
Thanks to every who attended!
We’ll post the slides and pictures soon.
Slides and Links from 2011 MN Government IT Symposium
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.As promised, here are my slides and links from my talk on Tuesday at the 2011 MN Government IT Symposium.
Slides:
HTML5, Silverlight & KinectView more presentations from Frank La VigneLinks:
- Public Sector Scenario Video:
- Azure SDK Download:
- Free 90 Day Windows Azure Trial:
- Phone SDK Download:
- WebMatrix Download:
- Microsoft Public Sector Developer Site
Hotel Room of the Future
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Microsoft has teamed up with Novotel to create a concept of “the hotel room of the future.”
Sounds like a good excuse to go back to Paris.
Tech giant Microsoft has teamed up with Novotel to unveil the ‘hotel room of the future’ equipped with the latest technology and gadgets. Room 3120 at the 4-star Novotel Vaugirard Montparnasse hotel in Paris aims to combine high-tech gadgets with forward-thinking design. The concept room allows guests to control every aspect of their surrounding through body gestures and voice commands using Microsoft Kinect technology.
Check out the video of the room in action:
