Kinect

Today's project might not be one that is used often, but it's fun and not something I believe I've seen before... Then again, who wouldn't want to power their automation with PowerShell and the Kinect? PowerShell and the KinectA few months back I wrote a “module” for scripting the Kinect with…

Today's project, the second with week from Tom, takes the facial detection feature of the Kinect and Kinect for Windows SDK and pushes it farther than I think I've seen before, turning your face and facial expressions into a mouse. Use your face as mouse control with KinectReplace your mouse with…

We continue with our v1.7 week theme with today's project by Vuyiswa Maseko and take a different look at the Kinect Interactions... How to do Push to Press with Kinect SDK 1.7Microsoft officially released the 1.7 Kinect for Windows SDK. In this article I will demonstrate or explain what interest me…

For the next two posts, we're going to do a mini-series on the new InteractionStream from Kinect for Windows SDK 1.7. Both focusing on using them outside of WPF. Today's comes from Ben Lower... Using Kinect InteractionStream Outside of WPFLast month with the release of version 1.7 of our SDK and…

Today's project is another in András Velvárt series on using the new Kinect Interactions. In this project he's making it even easier with... Kinect Interaction with WPF Part II: Getting Started Easier [KinectChooserEx]In the previous post of this series, I have introduced the Kinect for Windows SDK…

Unity is is officially huge in the gaming industry, so when I saw this I thought that there had to be some of your that might find it interesting or useful... Bringing the Kinect SDK in to UnityInstall the Unity PackageThe pre-built Unity package includes all of the scripts required to start running…

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This is why I love development and developers... Do it once, okay. Twice, maybe, Three times? Okay, need to stream line it. Marcus has provided a great example of streamlining Kinect for Windows SDK development. It's simple, yet, when you see it, you'll know you want to grab this... (plus you've got…

Today's inspirational project shows that the future might not be so far away... Frog Makes Star Trek’s Voice-Controlled Computers A RealityThose are iconic words to any Star Trek fan--it’s the preferred drink of Captain Picard, as ordered from the Enterprise’s always-listening computer system. They…

Today's binary only project provides another example of how you can mesh the Kinect into your mouse world... Use your hand instead a mouse (with Kinect for Windows)Within an university programming project we tried out several methods to control the mouse cursor with Kinect for Windows. One of the…