Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/142c/8dc202ba-a3b5-4579-84fc-4b75d435142c/KinectSDK1dot5_220.jpg Channel 9 - Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Rob 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. Download the 1.5 Release at KinectforWindows.com [00:33] Overview of the Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 Release [03:00] Improvements to the Kinect Explorer Sample [03:38] Using the Kinect Explorer sample with Seated Skeletal Tracking [04:37] Kinect Avatar/XNA sample that demonstrates the new support for skeletal joint orientation [06:47] Face Tracking sample that locates and orients a face, along with 70+ vertices to track eyes, eyebrows, mouth, etc [08:49] Kinect Studio developer tool that shows how to record and playback Kinect data in your application [11:26] Green screen sample shows background separation  [12:03] Rob discusses the improved synchronization of depth and color data and improved performance in mapping color to depth pixels  [13:34] Direct 3D Demo that shows a 3D Point cloud visualization of Kinect data [14:50] Speech Basics demo for navigating a turtle by voice [15:40] Kinect language packs now support English (US, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, French (Canada and France), Spanish (Spain, Mexico), Italian, and Japanese en Sat, 25 May 2013 18:36:01 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 18:36:01 GMT Rev9 Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Happy to be back on Channel 9 with details of our SDK and Developer Toolkit v1.5. They are downloadable now.

We hope you enjoy!

-Rob Relyea, @rrelyea
Program Manager, Kinect for Windows team

 

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732062752495586 Mon, 21 May 2012 14:11:15 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732062752495586 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More I'd really like to see Kinect for Windows support in Windows 8.  It would make the Metro interface actually usable on the desktop where a touch screen really isn't practical.  Imagine a "Minority Report" like experience for all of the swiping gestures.

posted by k4gdw

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732087457314447 Mon, 21 May 2012 14:52:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732087457314447 k4gdw Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Oh this is awesome.  Big Smile  I need to get the hardware. 

posted by Richard.Hein

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732158907971494 Mon, 21 May 2012 16:51:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732158907971494 Richard.Hein Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @k4gdw: look to our post about using kinect with windows 8 metro style app:

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Kinect-your-Metro

posted by jaaouaneyassine

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732187643340829 Mon, 21 May 2012 17:39:24 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732187643340829 jaaouaneyassine Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Great release !!! Right now I'm upgrading some applications .. let's see some improvements Big Smile Big Smile Big Smile

posted by El Bruno

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732205905808212 Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732205905808212 El Bruno Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Wow this really is amazing.  Huge Giggle  I have to aquire the actual hardware.

posted by atif980

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732288377736587 Mon, 21 May 2012 20:27:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732288377736587 atif980 Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More
It's a great notice. I have one question, which is better, program applications in C + + or c #? I want to start working with the SDK Kinect and do not know which is better.
El Bruno, you who have done so many examples online?
Thank you very much.

Greetings.

posted by Mark

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732856514126815 Tue, 22 May 2012 12:14:11 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634732856514126815 Mark Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More This is really awesome, face tracking And seated mode!

Do you have plans for doing a similar ST - depth combo for the hands as well?

posted by aL3891

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733578743027648 Wed, 23 May 2012 08:17:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733578743027648 aL3891 Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Hello from Singapore. The 'Kinect for Windows' has been released in Singapore, and I am going to buy it. I have one question though - can I use the Kinect I get with 'Kinect for Windows' with XBox to play games?

I need to have fun while I program Smiley

Thanks for reply.

posted by wowps

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733580185631074 Wed, 23 May 2012 08:20:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733580185631074 wowps Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More
I want to create applications for detection of the skeleton of the face. But I have a problem, do not understand how the examples are made sdk brings kinect. Do as the generated DLL? That is, how do you program? Thank you very much everyone for the help.

Greetings.

posted by mark

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733618343890440 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:23:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733618343890440 mark Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @Mark-
I'd recommend you consider which UI Framework will meet your application needs, and pursue languages that work with that UI Framework.  Our Toolkit contains samples using WPF, XNA, Direct3D, and Direct2D. Once you choose the framework that will meet your needs, the language choice is clear.

@aL3891-
Nothing to announce about fingers. Common request.

@wowps-
Kinect for Windows sensors may not be used with an Xbox 360.
Kinect for Xbox sensors may not be used in licensed deployments on Windows (they may be used by Devs...but we strongly recommend devs migrate towards Kinect for Windows sensors).

@mark-
You may want to try this bing search for "C# programming for beginners"

Thanks all!

-Rob

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733811816472429 Wed, 23 May 2012 14:46:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634733811816472429 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Thank you.
Hemanth

posted by Hemanth

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634745408302552263 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:53:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634745408302552263 Hemanth Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Face Tracking is great!!
But I have performance problems when I use it with XNA, the fps rate fall down so much... Have you had troubles with that issue??

posted by Vicent

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747112689357060 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:14:28 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747112689357060 Vicent Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @Hemanth: Our runtime can either use live data from the sensor, or via Kinect Studio, pre-recorded color and depth feeds. Kinect Studio is a new Tool that ships in the Kinect for Windows Toolkit 1.5.0. It allows you to record and playback these feeds.

When you play them back, they are in your application just like a live feed, so you can see the Skeletal Tracking data, etc...

Thanks, Rob

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747665684337482 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:36:08 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747665684337482 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @Vicent: I've not heard of this issue yet. Can you please engage with our team in our developer forums - http://bit.ly/KinectSDKForums. We've just created a new subforum covering face tracking.

Also...take a look at the XnaBasics sample (under C# samples) to see that you make sure to set:

            this.IsFixedTimeStep = false;

Thanks, Rob

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747666502855832 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:37:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747666502855832 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More
Thank you very much
Hemanth

posted by Hemanth

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747832661019691 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:14:26 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747832661019691 Hemanth Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @Hemanth:We haven't yet exposed APIs for Kinect Studio .XED files or documented the format. So, for now, sorry, you can't import that data into .XED file format.

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747843396929582 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:32:19 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747843396929582 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More
Thank you very much.
-Hemanth

posted by Hemanth

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747905806048961 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:16:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634747905806048961 Hemanth Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More posted by KNIect

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634756399417507621 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:12:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634756399417507621 KNIect Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @Hermanth: Sorry. Right now, you can only get skeletal information two ways: 1) live data from the Kinect Sensor; 2) playback of recorded color/depth data via Kinect Studio. Thx, Rob

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634765788616417864 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:01:01 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634765788616417864 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More @KNIect: Glad you like Kinect Studio. Sorry, there is no draft documentation of the .XED file format.

Thx, Rob

posted by Rob Relyea

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634765789057773264 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:01:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634765789057773264 Rob Relyea Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More posted by HAhmed

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634815557091330421 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:28:29 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634815557091330421 HAhmed Re: Kinect for Windows SDK 1.5 - Face Tracking, Seated Skeletal Tracking, Kinect Studio, & More Is there any way to convert the .XED file into color and depth frame sequence separately. For example, maybe save in .jpeg sequence.

posted by amir

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634872539947725985 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:19:54 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Kinect-for-Windows-SDK-15-Face-Tracking-Seated-Skeletal-Tracking-Kinect-Studio--More#c634872539947725985 amir