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Special Event for the DC Silverlight SIG!
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Just in case you didn’t get the newsletter, here’s what we sent out last Thursday.
Perhaps, soon we will lift the covers on what we will be talking about.
Hint: You’re going to be really excited about it!
Caparea.net Silverlight Special Interest Group
Caparea.Net Silverlight SIGMeeting June 23rd at Microsoft's Chevy Chase Office @ 7pm
Follow us on Twitter => @SilverlightDC
Summer Field Trip
Topic: Secret for Now
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)
The topic is secret for now, so you know whatever we're going to talk about s going to be *new* and *very cool*. Josh is a renowned NUI (Natural User Interface) expert and even wrote a book on the topic.
We just wanted to let everyone know well ahead of time that we're not meeting in our usual place.
We'd say more about the meeting topic, but that would get us into big trouble. :)
Stay tuned for updates.
Microsoft Chevy Chase Office
5404 Wisconsin Ave
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 [map]Friendship Heights Metro Station
Obligatory Chevy Chase Joke
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Kinect SDK DC Launch Now Online
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Speaking of NUI, the KinectSDK DC Launch with Joshua Blake event was an amazing success.
Based on popular demand, we streamed the event live and recorded it for posterity.
You can watch the UStream recording here (which has an odd pitch) or the corrected YouTube version.
Sadly, our fancy title graphics did not make the recording.
Surface 2.0 SDK Launches
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.The Surface 2.0 SDK just launched and it’s open to everyone.
There’s even a developer center on MSDN to help get you started, complete with online training, design & interaction guide and forums.
Getting started is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
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.
Microsoft Research Augmented Projectors
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Here’s a very cool video from Microsoft Research showing off some amazing augmented reality technology.
A project titled Augmented Projectors shows the potential to augment environments with digital graphics – this becomes particularly interesting when the projector has an awareness of the environment in which they’re being used. Yes, projectors that understand the room they're in. David Molyneaux and Steve Hodges are two of the researchers behind this work which has been submitted to Pervasive 2012 and when I showed it to some architect friends, it drew oooh and ahhs.
Silverlight SIG Hands on With Surface 2
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Surface 2! That's right, the cool new version of the groundbreaking technology. Local MVP Josh Blake's company, InfoStrat, has a brand new unit and has invited us to their offices in DC to play with the device in person.
Developing multi-touch applications with Surface 2
Josh Blake
Thursday, December 01, 2011 at 7:00 PM [Add to Calendar]
Special meeting location:
4301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 451, Washington, D.C 20008
When: Thurs, Dec 1st @ 7PM
Where: 4301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 451, Washington, D.C 20008This office is directly outside of the Van Ness metro stop exit, taking the right fork as you exit up the escalators.
Have you heard about the new version of Microsoft Surface?
It's thinner, faster, has a larger display, and it's finally here. Come see the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface at the InfoStrat office in DC and learn about the unique features of the Surface platform.
You will also learn about how you can develop multi-touch application for both Surface and Windows 7 devices using Surface SDK 2.0.
Speaker Bio:
Joshua Blake (@joshblake) is an integrator (developer-UX designer hybrid) with extensive experience developing Natural User Interfaces (NUI) for Kinect, Microsoft Surface, and Windows 7 touch. He is a Microsoft Surface MVP and is deeply involved in the Microsoft Surface and NUI communities. He maintains several open source NUI projects and founded the OpenKinect community. Joshua has a blog “Deconstructing the NUI” and is authored a Manning book Natural User Interfaces in .NET. Joshua is the Technical Director of the InfoStrat Advanced Technology Group in Washington, DC and specializes in using NUI technologies for enterprise collaboration and education.
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]
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:
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