kinect

You saw it at Mix—in typical fashion, our mission was to build two Jellybean robots in three weeks for the Mix keynote; no pressure, right?—and now it's time to introduce Project Jellybean on Coding4Fun. So, here it is—the Kinect drivable lounge chair! The lounge chair has Omni-directional...

This video covers the basics of installing and using the Kinect sensor. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Overview of Kinect Sensor [Link Removed] Device Manager [Link Removed] Using Kinect as an Audio Device [Link Removed] Using Kinect for...

This video covers the basics of reading camera data from the Kinect sensor. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Camera data information [Link Removed] Creating the UI [Link Removed] Initializing the Kinect runtime [Link Removed] Reading values...

This video covers how to set up your development environment. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Sample Requirements [Link Removed] Starting the Demo [Link Removed] Adding References [Link Removed] Coding4Fun Kinect Library [Link Removed]...

This video covers the basics of using depth data from Kinect. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Depth data overview [Link Removed] Initializing the Kinect Runtime [Link Removed] Using the depth data to create an image [Link Removed] Using...

This video covers the basics of skeletal tracking using the Kinect sensor. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Skeleton Tracking API [Link Removed] Understanding Skeleton Quality and Joint data [Link Removed] Setup skeleton tracking [Link...

This video covers the basics of reading audio data from the Kinect microphone array, a demo adapted from the built in audio recorder. The video also covers speech recognition using Kinect. For the built in example this was based on and the speech demo in C#, check out your "My...

Channel 9 and Microsoft Research are excited to announce the Kinect for Windows SDK Beta available to download at Link Removed To mark the launch we've hosted a 24 hour CodeCamp on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Fueled by coffee and pizza, 30 lucky developers were given a Kinect...

The Channel 9 team will be broadcasting live from the Channel 9 studios for a special Kinect focused event tomorrow, June 16th 2011 from 9:30AM PST. Head to http://channel9.msdn.com/live tomorrow, June 16th 2011, at 9:30AM PST for a live and interactive broadcast featuring the Kinect sensor. As...

Laura and Paul bring you the hottest stories that 'Softies are pinging each other about. Check 'em out: Link Removed Intelligent Healing with Kinect Windows Phone to take the lead? Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed

Microsoft asked us to drop by at E3 to chat up a generically identified "Xbox executive," imagine our surprise when we found Kudo Tsunoda hiding behind door number six. Wearing his signature shades, Kudo gave us a brief primer on what makes Kinect great, or at least a heavy endorsement of Kinect...

Major Nelson talks about Xbox Live and Cloud Storage which gives us the ability to save our Xbox Live profile and saved games up to the cloud so you have access to them anywhere. He also talks about beacon, Kinect Labs, new titles and much more. Link Removed Link Removed

Carl Ledbetter is a designer for Xbox and has worked on the Kinect and Zune. He has also been at the company for sixteen years and takes us on a trip down memory lane starting with the Intellimouse he helped design in his early days at MS. Link Removed Link Removed

Microsoft's E3 Media Briefing was yesterday and the conference kicks off with a bang in Los Angeles today. Kudo Tsunoda talks to Channel 9 about the E3 Kinect announcements and the soon to be released SDK for Kinect. Link Removed Link Removed

Dan Greenawalt stops by the Channel 9 studio to talk about the E3 announcements surrounding Forza 4, the integration of Kinect and his love of tire dynamics. Link Removed Link Removed

Expect two tech announcements on Monday from Microsoft and its competitor Apple. Source: Yahoo! News

Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows In this special edition of the Mailbag, I address a wide range of Windows 8 questions that have come up in the wake of Microsoft's revelations this week. These include a Windows 8 and Windows Mobile 6.5 comparison, Windows 8 Snap with more than two apps...

Link RemovedBig News for Those Anticipating Windows 8! It's being covered all over the news now. Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer on Monday confirmed that Windows 8, the next iteration of the software giant's operating system, will be available in 2012. Speaking at a Microsoft Developer...

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next-gen Xbox was recently spotted in the wilds of an unnamed Electronic Arts (EA) studio. 

The console - an early build with no casing - is apparently housed inside a standard PC shell. "Quite often when new consoles come around they're packaged into a PC shell, but actually what's...