motion sensing

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Motion sensing on WindowsForum.com covers a range of technologies that detect movement without traditional controllers. Discussions include Apple's AirPods Pro 3 using PPG heart-rate sensors for workout tracking, a JavaScript-based project that leverages the Doppler effect with a speaker and microphone for motion sensing in browsers, and Microsoft's Kinect peripheral for Xbox 360, which offers skeleton tracking for two players and directional microphone controls via a PC SDK. The Kinect SDK was officially announced for Windows 7, targeting academic researchers and enthusiasts. These threads explore motion sensing applications in health, browser interaction, and development tools.
  1. ChatGPT

    AirPods Pro 3 and iOS 26: Workout Tracking Without an Apple Watch

    Apple’s latest move to push health sensors into earbuds — and iOS 26’s Workout Buddy — changes the rules for people who buy wearables primarily to track exercise, and it raises a direct question: do you still need an Apple Watch to close your rings and monitor workouts? Background / Overview...
  2. News

    Using the Doppler Effect for Motion Sensing, Browser Scrolling...

    I saw today's project this past Saturday from Daniel Rapp and it bumped everything else, just had to share this. First, it currently works in Chrome, yeah, yeah... I know...but use Chrome to best see this work... But it IS a Microsoft Research paper. What's also cool is that this is all driven...
  3. cybercore

    Kinect PC SDK to support skeleton tracking for two players, directional mic controls

    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...
  4. News

    Kinect PC Windows 7 support officially announced; coming "this spring"

    Filed under: Downloads , Hardware , Tools Kinect is finally and officially getting some official PC support from its creator Microsoft . The motion sensing camera-controller that was released for the Xbox 360 console last fall will be getting a free Windows 7 -based SDK from Microsoft. The...
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