Contents tagged with Kinect
Special Channel9 Live Kinect Event
Tomorrow, June 16, there will be a special Kinect focused event broadcast live from the Channel 9 Studios at 9:30AM PST. @ch9Microsoft Channel 9 Join Us Tomorrow For A Special Channel 9 Live Kinect Event http://dlvr.it/WThG7 6 hours agovia dlvr.it So tomorrow, stop what you’re doing and head to …
Kinect SDK DC Launch at CapArea.NET Silverlight!
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 …
Links for Kinect for Windows SDK Beta Refresh
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 …
Jessica Chobot Visits Microsoft Campus
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. Video Game - E3 2012 - AOTS Exclusive
The Kinect Effect
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
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
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 …
How to Upgrade Kinect Applications to SDK Beta 2.
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
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 …
In Minneapolis for the Minnesota Government IT Symposium
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 …
Slides and Links from 2011 MN Government IT Symposium
As promised, here are my slides and links from my talk on Tuesday at the 2011 MN Government IT Symposium.
Slides:
HTML5, Silverlight & Kinect
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Links:
Public Sector Scenario Video:
http://frnk.us/NUIPubSecVideo
Azure SDK …
Hotel Room of the Future
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 …
Juggling Robot Courtesy of Kinect
Researchers in Pittsburg, working on behalf of Disney, have created a robot that can play catch and even juggle. It’s time for me to start building robots.