Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Interview with Clint Rutkas and Dan Fernandez about the Kinect controlled Lounge Chair http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Interview with Clint Rutkas and Dan Fernandez about the Kinect controlled Lounge Chair http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Thu, 23 May 2013 00:28:42 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 00:28:42 GMT Rev9 8 -8 -1 Coffeehouse - Interview with Clint Rutkas and Dan Fernandez about the Kinect controlled Lounge Chair Hey Niners,

                    I am looking for your questions for an interview tomorrow.  I am talking to Clint and Dan about the Kinect powered Lounge Chair they built for the Mix Keynote.  You can check it out here: 

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Kinect-Demos-with-the-Channel-9-team 

At roughly 7:09

Let me know if you have any questions for them and I will make sure to ask.   Thanks,

 

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Interview-with-Clint-Rutkas-and-Dan-Fernandez-about-the-Kinect-controlled-Lounge-Chair/32dfe4e4d2754bb797289ed30189c82f#32dfe4e4d2754bb797289ed30189c82f Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:53:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Interview-with-Clint-Rutkas-and-Dan-Fernandez-about-the-Kinect-controlled-Lounge-Chair/32dfe4e4d2754bb797289ed30189c82f#32dfe4e4d2754bb797289ed30189c82f Richard Anthony Hein 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Richard.Hein/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Interview with Clint Rutkas and Dan Fernandez about the Kinect controlled Lounge Chair Have you had any contact from people who are considering using Kinect to control wheelchairs?  A one-handed version that requires just a finger to control, would be useful.  I am not up to date on modern electric wheelchair controls, but my brother had Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, and over time due the deterioration of the muscles, it was harder and harder for him to control it via the joystick which still required mechanical input.  Other motions besides hand/finger control would also be useful for people with paralysis and other conditions.  One recognizing blinking and eye motion might be possible as well.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Interview-with-Clint-Rutkas-and-Dan-Fernandez-about-the-Kinect-controlled-Lounge-Chair/3eed536901f245d89c769ed3018b011a#3eed536901f245d89c769ed3018b011a Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:58:09 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Interview-with-Clint-Rutkas-and-Dan-Fernandez-about-the-Kinect-controlled-Lounge-Chair/3eed536901f245d89c769ed3018b011a#3eed536901f245d89c769ed3018b011a Richard Anthony Hein 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Richard.Hein/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Interview with Clint Rutkas and Dan Fernandez about the Kinect controlled Lounge Chair How much code did they have to write on top of the SDK to track the position of both hands?

Herbie

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Also: as far as I could tell, the current scheme involves moving two virtual thumbsticks around by moving your hands up and down, and left and right. Another scheme I can imagine would be tilting that 90 degrees so that you move your hands forwards and backwards, and left and right, as if you're moving two levers that stick out of the floor. I'd imagine that would provide a greater range of motion (your hands wouldn't be 'off camera' as quickly) making the controls a bit less finicky, but there are probably reasons you decided against this. How did you decide on the current control scheme, and which others did you try?

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can you poll the camera for an image as well as wait for one?

related to @bas and @herbie, did you run into issues with control sensitivity?

it looked from the demos that the version you where using didnt include skeletal tracking at all, is that true or didnt you just show that?

can you talk about any differences in terms of stream options compared to the unofficial sdk? (long shot)

 

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