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• Inside MSR's Chronozoom with Rane Johnson.

  Apr 19, 2012 at 3:54 AM

  Awesome stuff. I've been meaning to check this out for a while but didn't get around to it until now.

  I do wonder why HTML/JS was chosen as a platform, especially since it apparently poses the performance problems Rane mentions. Why not a native/managed app that you install locally? Wouldn't that have eased development a great deal?

• FxCop For VS Achievements

  Nov 22, 2011 at 4:17 PM

  Really guys? The FxCop "download" still points to a readme that tells you to install the Windows SDK and find the FxCop installer in the program files folder? Sigh...

• Rob Relyea: Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2 Released!

  Nov 08, 2011 at 3:03 AM

  Excellent stuff, can't wait to try it. The allocation and performance stuff is much appreciated.

  One thing I would've liked to see here is clearer naming conventions for the coordinate space conversion methods. DepthImageToSkeleton, SkeletonToDepthImage, and GetColorPixelCoordinatesFromDepthPixel are all methods that deal with the conversion from one coordinate space to another but they all have a different naming style. I have to stop and think or look them up every time I use them simply because the naming is so confusing. I'd much prefer it if they were called GetDepthCoordinatesFromSkeletonSpace, GetSkeletonCoordinatesFromDepthSpace and GetColorCoordinatesFromDepthSpace, for instance. Not only are the method names then following the same naming scheme, it's also a lot clearer what they actually do as opposed to "DepthImageToSkeleton", which doesn't even have a verb. Something to consider, hopefully.

• TWC9 September 9th 2011

  Sep 12, 2011 at 2:39 AM

  @Richard.Hein: Now that I think of it, I never did find out what the X in .aspx stands for.

• TWC9: August 19 2011

  Aug 22, 2011 at 8:53 AM

  Nice. Nic should be on the show more often.

• Surface 2.0 Stress Test Robot - PaTTY

  Aug 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM

  This is neat. One day, I'll create a device that requires an enormous illuminated stop button.

• Rob Relyea: Kinect SDK Beta 1 Refresh is live

  Aug 03, 2011 at 11:22 PM

  My sync goals currently are simply recording the video and depth frames and some structure that says which pixels in color space are player pixels. Currently I'm simply just pushing all frames onto two separate dictionaries (one for color frames and one for depth frames) as soon as I get them and then afterwards grabbing a frame from each if the timestamps match. Not the most elegant way probably, so I'm looking forward to that sample.

• Rob Relyea: Kinect SDK Beta 1 Refresh is live

  Aug 03, 2011 at 3:59 PM

  Excellent, the IR light was driving me crazy. Also easier synching is very welcome. Sounds like good stuff, can't wait to dive in. Also can't wait for the proper Beta 2 though.

• Pranking Softies: The Faces of Microsoft campaign

  Aug 03, 2011 at 2:49 PM

  I thoroughly  enjoyed Major Nelson's rage face.

• Channel 9 Exit Interview: Tina Moving to Xbox Team

  Aug 02, 2011 at 11:34 PM

  Too bad, I always enjoyed how Tina offered to post questions when she was about to interview someone. That's a trend I'd like to see continue in her absence. Also, the documentaries were great stuff.

  I should check out Inside Xbox more often, but I'm kind of suspecting that we're getting only a fraction of the content on there.

  Best of luck, Tina!

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