Coding4Fun Kinect Projects

While I don't usually highlight stuff you have to pay for (though they do offer a great free trial), this is the first course of this nature at pluralsight and since it covers our favorite hardware device, well, I can make an exception this time. New course: Building a Real Application with…

As promised on Tuesday, here's this week's second project by David Renton, this time with him showing off (with code) how to do a "green screen" without a green screen... Kinect No Need 4 Green – The Green Screen without a Green ScreenThis little piece of software allows you to produce…

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…

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…

Today is is like a six for one deal day where we highlight a series of articles from Soul Solutions about our favorite hardware device (and how you can start building with it faster) Kinect For Windows Interactions GalleryAs the Kinect For Windows SDK has started to evolve, the team has been adding…

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…

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…

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 Mick Palmer shows off, with source, one of the killer features of the Kinect, it's superior speech capabilities. And who doesn't want to name their Kinect and to be able to yell (err... talk too) their media player? SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR THE KINECT: Kinect speech media…

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…