Kinect

Jamie Shotton is one of the inventors of Human Skeletal Tracking—he works in Microsoft Research Cambridge and dropped by the states, and our studio, to chat about this great invention. Human skeletal tracking employed in Kinect is a great example of collaboration between MSR and Microsoft…

In a week full of excitement and hilarity- Laura and Paul stopped to ponder it all and share their ideas with you. Here's what's happening: Classic games coming to the browser  [04:38] The new MOUSE  [11:08] Games on the Surface  [08:09] More Windows Phones  [14:15]

As long as Microsoft is making news Laura and Paul are more than thrilled to report it to you with their unique flair. Check out what happened this week... Microsoft logo gets a make-over  [03:52] Kinect becomes more available [14:58] Xbox and the election  [10:47] New Windows Phones…

Laura and Paul are back in action and we'd love to hear your take on these stories and more: New Kinect capabilities Viral Search for Twitter Valve console Office 13 transfers

Sit back, relax and let the good times flow while watching Laura and Paul argue over everything under the sun. Ok, maybe not everything...but definitely a few things. Here's what's happening at Microsoft: IllumiRoom is Uh-MAY-ZING  [03:11] Goodbye Messenger...hello SKYPE  [18:50] Ballmer…

We couldn't do it without you so thanks for participating and thanks for watching! Here are some juicy topics to get the conversations started... IllumiShare Worldwide Telescope Rewards on Xbox LIVE Developer Challenge

Well over a year ago we highlighted a project by Karl Sanford that helps with one of the common questions/issues encountered with Kinect, "noise" in Say No to the noise... Real-Time Kinect depth frame smoothing Karl is continuing to improve his project and has recently moved it to CodePlex…

I found today's product on the Kinect for Windows SDK Forums in General Discussion—Kinect for Windows SDK and thought you'd find it interesting and useful, given how often "gesture recording" is asked about... Gesture Studio - Record, edit and train gestures in minutesJust wanted to let…

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian Peek discuss the week's top developer news, including; [0:42] March CTP (“CTP4”) of Visual Studio Update 2 now available (Charles Sterling) [2:07] Now Available: Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 (S. Somasegar) [3:33] Visual Studio…

Natural User Interfaces (or NUIs) seem to be one of the hottest buzz words in the development world these days. Microsoft is rolling out many technologies that map into NUIs, including Windows 7 Touch, Windows Phone 7 and the soon to be released Kinect for XBOX. But with this new concept in how…