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In this video, Clint and Dan answer your questions about Jelly Bean—The Kinect Drivable Lounge Chair. They cover a number of topics, including how they decided on the current control scheme, how much calibration was required, and how much code they wrote on top of the SDK. Link Removed Link...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A former Microsoft Xbox developer says the recent Sony PlayStation Network hack may have been the result of "consumer retaliation" for Sony's lawsuits against PS3 hackers. "Going after individuals in a manner that may not stimulate good favor towards the...

Laura and Paul deliver you the hottest stories from Microsoft each week. Here's a look at this week's top hitters: Kinect sets a world record Link Removed Anti-Bullying and Microsoft Windows Phone does not store location history Link Removed Link Removed

At Mix 11 Link Removed from Microsoft Research showed a demo of Worldwide Telescope using Kinect as a controller. I stopped by during Mix 11 to get more details about what it does, how it works, and when we'll be able to play with this ourselves. Link Removed More...

If you watched the Link Removed, you probably saw Coding4Fun's mad scientist Link Removeddriving around in his Kinect-powered, gestured-controlled recliner. In this Show Us Your Tech I talked to Clint in the middle of building it and again after the keynote. Clint shows us inside the hardware...

This is another installment of Boys without Foys! Adam and Paul bring you some of the hottest stories that Microsofites are pinging each other about... and have some good time poking fun at each other in the process. Check out this episode for these fun stories and more! Try Out Office 365...

This week on Channel 9, Dan is joined by Clint Rutkas to discuss the week's top developer news, including: [Link Removed] Link Removed are now available online on Channel 9 [Link Removed] Steve Sanderson - Knockout.js 1.2 available, a JavaScript library that adds declarative data-binding and...

Microsoft’s next-gen OS, Windows 8 , will be user-aware according to the latest APIs discovered, suggesting the platform could well be able to track and identify users when they sit at their PCs. Windows8Italia spotted the “Detect human presence” API in among their M1 copy of Windows 8...

A few weeks ago Microsoft Research held an event on Microsoft Campus called TechFest. We show a lot of new projects and prototypes from our labs but we keep a lot of stuff behind closed doors. Many of you have seen what the enthusiast community has been doing with Kinect – there is an...

Link Removed It didn’t take long for Microsoft to realize the potential for its Xbox 360 motion-sensing Kinect peripheral in arenas other than the gaming space. The device was released at the end of last year, and by late February the company had announced plans to offer up a PC development...

As part of the day two MIX11 keynote, Jeff Sandquist led us through a set of cool Kinect demos featuring various members of the Channel 9 team (and others!). Check them out, they are cool, inspiring and even somewhat embarassing. Link Removed Link Removed

Microsoft is reportedly working on Windows 8, which could benefit from an app store, robust communications features, and perhaps some inspiration from Xbox Kinect. Link Removed

Back in action, Laura and Paul bring you the hottest stories that are being heard around Microsoft Campus this week. Stories include: Cloud in your car Kinect window amazes Stitch together your videos Microsoft stores...yay or nay? Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed

We've already seen Evoluce toy around with using a Kinect to control Windows, but it's now taken things one step further with its new "Win & I" software, which promises to let anyone do the same with minimal effort. That comes in both a home edition that offers gesture controls for Windows 7...

I had a chance to spend a few minutes with some of the Kinect team's key members. Most of what they are working on is under lock and key, but it was nice to chat with them for a little bit and get a little insight into the Kinect. Link Removed Link Removed

In part one we took a look at several features expected in Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, including facial recognition, instant-on and tablet support. Now we'll delve into a few more, including a special bonus section with some improbable but possible changes to the flagship...

Innovation is an overused buzzword these days. What does it mean, really? Well, Microsoft Research is in the business of scientific discovery which often leads to innovations that end up in the hands of computer users (or not in the hands of the computer users as the case may be). One area of...

This research demonstrates the use of 3-D projection, combined with a Kinect depth camera to capture and display 3-D objects. Any physical object brought into the demo can be instantaneously digitized and viewed in 3-D. For example, we show a simple modeling application in which complex 3-D...

After Microsoft’s U-turn on Kinect hacking, the corporate giant made the source code available for developers this month so that they could start to write applications for Windows 7 using the gesture controls of the Kinect system. The tool set was called Kinect for Windows SDK and...

Laura & Paul are back in action and ready to bring you all the news that Microsofties are talking about. Hot stories this week include: Kinect plays with your Windows Phone Link Removed Live Mesh hits big numbers Dev Unplugged Link Removed Link Removed