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Kinect for Windows news gets new address, keeps same great community

For the past several years, this blog has brought you news about the latest Kinect for Windows...

Date: 11/07/2016

Is your job a pain in the neck? Kinect might help.

Do you sometimes have a stiff, aching neck after a day of staring at your computer? If so, you’re...

Date: 09/14/2016

VNTANA HOLLAGRAM brings AR to Marketing

You’ve built the world’s only interactive, scalable hologram system—so, what do you do for an...

Date: 07/01/2016

Kinect-enabled VR holds productivity promise

Ah, the old office directory: page after page, or screen after screen, of names and job titles....

Date: 06/09/2016

Pumping iron with Kinect for Windows

No, you aren’t going to clean and jerk the Kinect sensor—and given its compact size, that wouldn’t...

Date: 06/02/2016

Kinect and UWP: new options in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

UWP apps today cannot access most of the data from a Kinect sensor. This post provides an overview...

Date: 05/13/2016

Step into Frank Sinatra’s virtual shoes

There’s no doubt about it: from his early days as a big band crooner through his mature years as a...

Date: 04/22/2016

A Kinect portal to Wonderland?

This spring, one of the most innovative offerings on London’s famed theater scene is wonder.land, a...

Date: 03/16/2016

Kinect brings enrichment to zoo orangutans

Orangutans have long fascinated people by their humanlike behaviors (the name “orangutan” actually...

Date: 03/09/2016

Kinect lets you see yourself in VR game

What do you get when bring together the cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) of the HTC Vive system and...

Date: 03/07/2016

Kinect helps VR film capture the terrors of war

Even in the rarefied atmosphere of the Sundance Film Festival, where innovative and engaging...

Date: 02/22/2016

A student’s concussion leads to Kinect-enabled diagnostic app

(Portions of this story first appeared in the Daily Edventures blog) Sports-related concussions are...

Date: 02/05/2016

Ghost hunting with Kinect

Who can resist a scary movie? Even the most jaded of us enjoy a good ghost flick, which is why we...

Date: 01/27/2016

Is Kinect for Windows Darth Vader’s secret?

As every Star Wars fan knows, telekinesis—the ability to move physical objects by using mental...

Date: 01/20/2016

Gaming for the greater good

Big games are nothing new at the University of Michigan (UM). Just ask any UM alum about the...

Date: 01/13/2016

Comic artistry, with a wave of your hand

Not everyone can easily recreate a popular comic strip character—unless they have the Kinect-powered...

Date: 12/01/2015

Kinect-powered rehab system gets FDA clearance

Back in June, we featured a story about Reflexion Health and its innovative application that uses...

Date: 11/11/2015

Kinect makes programming robotic arm a cinch

What might you do with a robotic arm? Well, if you’re part of the maker community, the possibilities...

Date: 11/06/2015

Vitruvius simplifies development of Kinect for Windows apps

Many of the posts in this blog demonstrate how the latest Kinect sensor and software development kit...

Date: 11/02/2015

Gesture control in Unity via Kinect for Windows

Are you developing a Unity app and wish you could easily add gesture control? Well, just like Glinda...

Date: 09/25/2015

Globetrotting via Kinect

In his novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne celebrated the technological marvels of...

Date: 09/02/2015

All the info, in lots more languages!

As we promised earlier this week, Kinect for Windows information for developers has migrated....

Date: 08/28/2015

Kinect for Windows website on the move

Starting August 27, you will find the information you need for developing with Kinect for Windows in...

Date: 08/26/2015

Gamified therapy offers hope to the elderly

Dementia: the statistics are sobering. According to the World Health Organization, 47.5 million...

Date: 08/14/2015

NextStage turns Kinect sensor into a virtual production camera

We’re used to seeing applications in which Kinect for Windows tracks the movements of users—after...

Date: 08/05/2015

Experience ancient cultures—with help from Kinect

To movie lovers, the image of the late John Belushi cavorting around the Delta Tau Chi fraternity...

Date: 07/24/2015

Creating Kinect-enabled apps with Unity 5

So many blogs, so little time. Ever feel that way when you realize it’s been a long time since...

Date: 07/20/2015

Baseball fans have a virtual fit

Major League Baseball’s 2015 All-Star Game is in the record books, with the victorious...

Date: 07/16/2015

Kinect Studio lets you code on the go

Imagine you’re wearing multiple hats: you’re a business owner, a software developer, and...

Date: 07/10/2015

Kinect powers informed shoppers

You go to a large grocery store to buy some Fuji apples. The signs tell you which are organic and...

Date: 07/08/2015

Kinect helps detect PTSD in combat soldiers

“War is hell.” So proclaimed U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman, whose experiences during the...

Date: 07/01/2015

Kinect-enabled PC game scores big in 2015 Imagine Cup

Team TerraBite: the name evokes mixed metaphors of earth (terra), predation (bite), and technology...

Date: 06/26/2015

Kinect for Windows clicks at Eyeo

We recently attended the Eyeo Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and what an eye-opening experience...

Date: 06/24/2015

Salon gives devs tips and tricks for Kinect for Windows

On the evening of May 29, 2015, nearly 100 top developers and investors gathered in Beijing for...

Date: 06/19/2015

Kinect helps apply color to complex surfaces

We’ve talked about making 3D models from data captured by the Kinect sensor—we’ve even pointed you...

Date: 06/17/2015

Detecting heart rate with Kinect

When the latest Kinect sensor was unveiled more than a year ago at Build 2014, demos showed how it...

Date: 06/12/2015

Hand tracking with Kinect

The latest Kinect sensor provides major enhancements in body tracking, including the ability to...

Date: 06/10/2015

Kinect app for physical therapy put to the test

A year ago, during the 2014 BUILD conference, we profiled Reflexion Health, a San Diego-based...

Date: 06/05/2015

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