Coding4Fun Kinect Projects

Today's project shows off a couple things, one that it can be pretty easy to upgrade a project to Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2 and that there's no reason to be afraid of skeletons... How was this project upgraded to Beta 2? Easy. The Microsoft.Research.Kinect reference was removed and then re-added…

Today's project is one that I've been watching for a while, waiting for an update to support the Kinect for Windows SDK v1. What is it? It allows you to capture your motion and then apply that to a 3D model... KMotion Capturer 2.0 complete source code releaseUse Kinect SDK to create wpf application…

Today's binary download only project provides another example of how the Kinect is being used to make learning fun... Kinect Angles Version 2This is my second released of Kinect Angles, featuring improved graphics, sound effects, built in screen saver and better picture saving. A few bug fixes, like…

Today's project I think it's only missing a kitchen sink. And while there's no download, there is a good bit of information provided to help you get started and build something similar... Home Security System Using Kinect, Azure, Windows Phone and Windows 8Most the people who were in the TechEd 2012…

Today's project shows off one of the new features in the Kinect for Windows SDK v1.5... [# KINECTSDK] HowTo: Use Kinect as a green screen (I) (playing with the Rolling Stones)Buenas, The Bruno with the Rollings! Awesome… things that allows us to KinectSdk. In this case I have taken as starting point…

The rest of this week is going to be a Kinect on CodePlex week. The first is an interesting project that provides a glimpse of what we're seeing the Kinect used often with, interactive digital signage... VodigiProject DescriptionVodigi is a free, open source, interactive digital signage software…

The final post in out "Skeleton week" provides a final piece of the skeleton puzzle... Aligning a Kinect Skeleton with the Video or Depth imagesThe most asked for snippet of code at our recent workshop that I didn’t have was how to properly align a Kinect skeleton to either the Video image…

As everyone reading this blog, and those in the Kinect for Windows space, knows today is a big day. From what was a cool peripheral for the XBox 360 last year, the Kinect for Windows SDK and now dedicated Kinect for Windows hardware device, has taken the world by storm. In the last year we've seen…

Today's inspirational project shows how in the future we might be able to make the virtual Kinect 3D real... Geomagic demonstrates Kinect-To-Print for 3D printers (video)We're still waiting to check out 3D Systems Corporation's 3D printing service at CES. In the meantime, Geomagic, which powers the…

This is going to be an exciting week for the Kinect for Windows device and SDK and I wouldn't be surprised if we don't have some "Special Edition" posts later this week. But in the mean time, we're going to be talking code this week. The rest of this week is going to be a…