Kinect SDK

Well you all know the big news right? The Kinect for Windows SDK v1.7 is coming out today. This is a release that many have been looking forward too and includes some frankly awesome features... Hot Links: Latest SDK announcement Download the SDK  Kinect for Windows key features See Latest SDK…

Today's project takes us to a place where that we have not visited often, using the Kinect in a browser, melding HTML5, JavaScript and the Kinect... KinectJSKinectJS, (aspiring to) bring motion controls to HTML5.:: Download Here :: Try the Demos :: Documentation ( work in progress) :: Youtube…

While this project is a little rough around the edges, the output looks to be worth the effort. It's also something I've seen asked for a number of times, the mapping of Kinect gestures to a character model... XNA Skinned Model - Kinect RigThis is a XNA application, written in C#, using the Kinect…

Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & MoreRob Relyea, a Principal Program Manager on the Kinect for Windows team joins us again on Channel 9 to discuss all of the new features with the 1.5 release of the Kinect for Windows SDK. Kinect for Windows…

Today's project provides a nice introduction to the new Face Tracking capability in the Kinect for Windows SDK v1.5 using C++ Face Tracking SDK in Kinect For Windows 1.5After a long journey, my team at Microsoft shipped Face Tracking SDK as part of Kinect For Windows 1.5! I worked on the 3D…

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…

I've not seen many Metro Style Kinect project yet, so when I saw this I knew I had to include it in the Gallery. And the fact that it's an entry in the Imagine Cup competition is major icing on the cake... Kinect your Metro Style AppAs part of our Software Design project in Imagine Cup competition,…

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…

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 project, StartMenu / Candescent NUI, was one of the earlier ones we highlighted and given its recent advances and support for the Kinect for Windows SDK v1, it's time to revisit it. In a nut shell this project show how Hand and Finger detection can be done with the Kinect... Candescent NUIHand…