Coding4Fun

Today's project come us via friend of the Gallery, David Renton and is another take on using the Kinect as a mouse pointer. Kinect Magic CursorI’m releasing 2 very small applications for Windows that are nevertheless invaluable. There is already software out there that does these jobs, but this is…

In this tutorial, we'll create a Silverlight pinball game using Behaviors, a new addition to Expression Blend 3 & Silverlight that allows you to create interactivity with little or no coding.

Tango Chen, Friend of the Gallery, needs your help (and so do I). I've been encouraging him to release the source for his projects and he needs your help in testing his Kinect powered mouse cursor before he releases his source, so... Help me test Kinecursor, Please…This decides whether I will share…

Today's binary download, previous version highlighted here, Kinecting to Kodu, shows off one example of how the Kinect can be used to control existing applications, like PowerPoint the World Wide Telescope and more... Kinect Emulator–Version 2–Released! HAPPY EASTER!So while I was in Lisbon, Stuart…

As everyone knows, last week was a huge week for Microsoft, where THE event of the year was held, //build/ 2012. So as you might guess, the next few weeks or so of posts will be related to our recent releases, content from //build/ and the resulting work done by you all with your new //build/…

I love seeing these kinds of projects shared. Skeleton's are a common need and in most cases are not the primary purpose of the app, just something to provide feedback. So why should everyone have to re-invent this wheel? Well we don't with this user control... Implementation of…

Today's inspirational project about how the Kinect can live in embedded, intelligent systems The Door is Open for You to KinectI’m not sure that many of you know this, but Kinect for Xbox 360 holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest selling consumer electronic device in…

Today's project was one that I just happened across and I thought kind of cool, I mean what's more fun than programming bots to hunt down a kill each other? (Answer: Playing with the source of the project that lets you program bots to hunt down and kill each other) DumbBots.NetProject DescriptionA…

Kinect for Windows: Developer Toolkit Update (v1.5.2)We’re pleased to announce the release of Developer Toolkit update v1.5.2, which includes: WPFD3Dinterop. This new sample demonstrates DirectX 11 interoperability with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which enables powerful DirectX rendering…

Dan and Rick delivered a great presentation on build applications for the Kinect with the Kinect for Windows SDK at TechEd North America 2012. How could we not highlight that? Coding4Fun: Build Fun, Cool, Commercial Applications Using the Kinect for Windows SDKCome to this must-see session to find…