Coding4Fun Kinect Projects

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 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 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…

Today's project Andrej Kyselica isn't complete yet (well not completely published), but it has so much potential, and a cool video, that I couldn't resist not highlighting it... The KinectinatorThe Kinectinator is a Kinect-controlled turret. If a human walks in range of the Kinect, the Kinectinator…

Today's project by Tom Kerkhove provides a nice introduction and example of using the video from the Kinect in a cool way... Tutorial – Kinect TelevisionWelcome to the very first Kinecting for Windows tutorial. IntroductionThe goal of this application is to create a television where you are in the…

Today's inspirational, just for fun, video shows that even IT guys can get into the Kinect world (well, kind of, not really, but still this is kind of fun Just For Fun–KINECTing Orchestrator RunbooksHello Readers/Viewers! As you can see, I am really trying hard to get both of my quotas met: blog…

Today's Kinect Project is one of the favorite kinds, controlling PowerPoint with gestures, via the Kinect. This one is different in that it's based on a PowerPoint add-in, so has a better connection (no pun intended) to the presentation (i.e. no need for SendKey tricks) Creating a PowerPoint add-in…

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…

Looks like it's going to be a v1.7 kind of week (I know, imagine that!). Today's post by András  Velvárt is a great getting started guide for one of the cool new features in the Kinect for Windows SDK, v1.5, "Kinect Interactions" Kinect Interactions with WPF - Part I: Getting…

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…