Kinect

3D point clouds seem to be pretty popular with the Kinect so when I saw this article that talks about it in good depth... Kinect SDK1 - A 3D Point CloudA point cloud is a set of points in a 3D space. You can view the cloud from different angles and lighting conditions. You can even apply colors and…

This inspirational (?) story was just so, well, out-there, and talk about using the Kinect in ways that I'm sure were not envisioned when first released... Video: Controlling Your Kinect By Waggling Your TongueA new Kinect-driven device can follow the creepy, lizardy flicking motion of a person’s…

Today's project I think it's only missing a kitchen sink. And while there's no download, there is a good bit of information provided to help you get started and build something similar... Home Security System Using Kinect, Azure, Windows Phone and Windows 8Most the people who were in the TechEd 2012…

Today's paper and free binary download provides another example of using the Kinect as a controller for non-Kinect applications. For example using the Kinect with Microsoft Paint... MultiTouch Kinect(SDK V1.0) for Windows7, based on Tuio - OSC protocolThis paper describes both the implementation of…

Today's free for educational and evaluation purposes download is one that I see asked about allot, using the Kinect to execute or emulate keyboard/mouse commands. The iController ProjectIntroductionWhile there are many open source projects, hacks and even commercial products that work on the…

Today's inspirational project shows how the Kinect and Kinect SDK is being used in some unusual ways. KINECT-PACThis project is an extension of some work I did last November that integrated gesture-based control with a Programmable Automation Controller (PAC). The purpose of this simple follow-on…

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…

Real-time motion capture is one of the more common requests I see for the Kinect so when I saw this... Do note that this requires a third party project, the DigitalRune Engine, but you can get a free 30 trial for it AND if you're using this non-commercially you can get a free license too. Real-Time…

Today's project kind of jives with yesterday's in that it's an introduction kind of post, one that's simple and straight forward and yet does something that many people new to Kinect SDK development ask about... [# KINECTSDK] HowTo: Paint a skeletonBuenas, a couple of days ago I asked how to paint a…

Today's project is a very simple, straight forward and easy to understand example for capturing and displaying the image and depth streams from the Kinect. My thinking in highlighting this in the Gallery is that it does the one, well two, things simply and well. You don't have to dig through other…