Coding4Fun Kinect Projects

Just a quick note to let you know that there's not going to be any more posts this week... Hopefully posting can resume next week. Thanks [Update]: Looks like it was only a minor delay and posting has resumed...

Seems like a great way to start off another great year for the Kinect! Kinect float at the Rose Parade reminds the world that 'you are the controller'If you watched the annual Rose Parade before the Rose Bowl today, you might have noticed a Microsoft Kinect float reminding viewers that "you are…

While this was covered about a month ago, I thought it well worth a reminder... Kinect Accelerator Program Seeking InnovatorsIn March, ten startups will converge on Seattle to start developing commercial and gaming applications that utilize Kinect's innovative natural user interface (NUI). As part…

Our final Gallery project of the CodePlex week and of the year is one that's just kind of fun to play with. It lets you live your life long dream (will for some) of being a TV Weather Personality... Kinect Weather MapThis project is a Kinect for Windows SDK sample that lets you play a broadcast…

What would a CodePlex week be if we didn't have a project that transformed presentations? (presenting with mice and clickers is so 00's) It would be a week without... KineSisThe KineSis project allows controlling presentations using Microsoft Kinect. The user have the possibility of opening…

Today's CodePlex Week project isn't very visual, but might be one that will save your behi... um... well at least a save you from that constant stand, sit, stand, sit, wash, rinse, repeat cycle.... MocKinectGet a Mock / Kinect simulator in your computer. Feed up of standing…

The second project in our CodePlex theme week is a kind of project that the Kinect seems to inspire people to create. There's just something about movement and sound/music that draws people in... Vertigo SoundWallSoundWall is a digital drum machine. This application tracks a user’s hand motion using…

This is a holiday week for many in the US were allot of companies encourage vacation time, where our kids are out of school and many of us are home (and by now, likely looking for something to keep us busy... That said, I think we need lots of code this week, so let's make this week a…

Our final Presentation theme week project is fitting... It shows off another example of PowerPoint being controlled with the Kinect! (Here's our previous mention of a like project, NUI for PowerPoint) [Original is in Spanish, below has been translated with Bing] Control PowerPoint through gestures…

Michael Crump, friend of Channel 9 and Coding 4 Fun and the Kinect Gallery gave a presentation recently on the Kinect and since this is "Presentation" week... (Make sure you click through to the post as he's provided a nice round up of Kinect links too Kinect Presentation at Chippewa…