Kinect for Windows Product Blog
Get in the game…literally!
You’re the hero, blasting your way through a hostile battlefield, dispatching villains right...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 08/08/2014
Hats off to hackers—innovative solutions aplenty at Redmond hackathon
This past weekend, we were delighted to host a Kinect for Windows v2 hackathon on the Microsoft...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 07/31/2014
Developing with Kinect for Windows v2 on a Mac
With the launch of the Kinect for Windows v2 public preview, we want to ensure that developers have...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 07/28/2014
Media wall promotes engagement at Liberty University
Ah, the college library: a place of studious reflection and solipsistic quietude—and these...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 07/24/2014
Getting Started with Cinder and Kinect for Windows v2
On July 15 in a Microsoft Virtual Academy Jump Start session, we will be covering using Kinect for...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 07/15/2014
Hackers put Kinect for Windows v2 through its paces
The Kinect for Windows team recently traveled to New York City for a terrific hackathon. In...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 07/02/2014
Keeping watch in the night
The following blog post was guest authored by Ana Isabel Zorrilla, project manager at EIC BBK-Dravet...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 06/17/2014
Pre-order your Kinect for Windows v2 sensor starting today
At BUILD in April, we told the world that the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and SDK would be coming...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 06/05/2014
Kinect-powered stroke rehab system gets FDA clearance
Back in January, we featured a story about Jintronix and its innovative rehabilitation system that...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 05/14/2014
Real-time 3D scanning stuns the gnome world
Garden gnomes: they decorate our yards, take bizarre trips, and now can be scanned in 3D in real...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 04/30/2014
Revealing Kinect for Windows v2 hardware
As we continue the march toward the upcoming launch of Kinect for Windows v2, we’re excited to...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 03/27/2014
Swap your face…really
Ever wish you looked like someone else? Maybe Brad Pitt or Jennifer Lawrence? Well, just get Brad or...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 03/17/2014
Holiday shoppers got the Midas touch
Ever wonder what you’d look like drenched in gold? December shoppers in Manhattan were...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 03/14/2014
An MVP’s look at the Kinect for Windows v2 developer preview
A few months ago, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) James Ashley, a leader in developing...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 03/10/2014
Course simplifies creation of WPF applications
KinectInteraction is a set of features, first introduced in Developer Toolkit 1.7, which allows...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 02/26/2014
Exploring v2 body imaging capabilities
In a pair of related blog posts, Zubair Ahmed, a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional nominee and a...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 02/26/2014
My, you’ve grown…
That’s what you might be thinking as you scroll through the posts on this site. That’s...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 02/21/2014
Super Bowl ad showcases Kinect for Windows during surgery
It’s not often that we get to tell the Kinect for Windows story to millions of people at the...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 02/03/2014
Mysteries of Kinect for Windows Face Tracking output explained
Since the release of Kinect for Windows version 1.5, developers have been able to use the Face...
Author: Carmine Si - MSFT Date: 01/31/2014
Mirror, mirror, on the screen…who’s the fairest on the scene?
One of the highlights of the recent Consumer Electronics Show was the three-dimensional augmented...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 01/30/2014
Kinect for Windows sets tone at high-tech library
Photos by Kevin Manguiob, Liberty University (left and center)Lizzy Benson, Liberty University...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 01/27/2014
Robotic control gets a boost
From home vacuum cleaners to automotive welders to precision surgical aids, robots are making their...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 01/13/2014
Kinect for Windows expands its developer preview program
Last June, we announced that we would be hosting a limited, exclusive developer preview program for...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 12/19/2013
Using WebGL to Render Kinect Webserver Image Data
Our 1.8 release includes a sample called WebserverBasics-WPF that shows how HTML5 web applications...
Author: Eddy Escardo-Raffo [MSFT] Date: 12/05/2013
Thousands of developers are participating in Kinect for Windows v2 Developer Preview—starting today
In addition to being a great day for Xbox One, today is also a great day for Kinect for Windows. We...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 11/22/2013
Using Kinect Background Removal with Multiple Users
Introduction: Background Removal in Kinect for Windows The 1.8 release of the Kinect for Windows...
Author: John Elsbree [MSFT] Date: 10/22/2013
Enabling retailers to drive business in new, innovative ways
It is essential for retailers to find ways to attract and connect with customers—and to stand...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 10/14/2013
Using Kinect Webserver to Expose Speech Events to Web Clients
In our 1.8 release, we made it easy to create Kinect-enabled HTML5 web applications. This is...
Author: Eddy Escardo-Raffo [MSFT] Date: 10/02/2013
Updated SDK, with HTML5, Kinect Fusion improvements, and more
I am pleased to announce that we released the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) 1.8...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 09/17/2013
Announcing the 1.8 SDK
Today we are happy to announce the release of our 1.8 SDK! Web developers can now bring the...
Author: Ben Lower [MSFT] Date: 09/16/2013
Joshua Blake on Kinect for Windows and the Natural User Interface Revolution (Part 3)
The following blog post was guest authored by Kinect for Windows (K4W) MVP, Joshua Blake. Josh is...
Author: Ben Lower [MSFT] Date: 08/27/2013
Joshua Blake on Kinect and the Natural User Interface Revolution (Part 2)
The following blog post was guest authored by K4W MVP, Joshua Blake. Josh is the Technical Director...
Author: Ben Lower [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2013
Joshua Blake on Kinect and the Natural User Interface Revolution (Part 1)
Author: Ben Lower [MSFT] Date: 08/12/2013
Join Now, BUILD for Tomorrow
Today at Microsoft BUILD 2013, we made two important announcements for our Kinect for Windows...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 06/26/2013
Using Kinect Interactions to Create a Slider Control
In the 1.7 release, the Kinect for Windows Toolkit added the "Interactions Framework" which makes it...
Author: Kevin.K Date: 06/20/2013
nsquared releases three new Kinect for Windows-based applications
The following blog post was guest authored by Celeste Humphrey, business development consultant at...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 05/30/2013
The New Generation Kinect for Windows Sensor is Coming Next Year
By now, most of you likely have heard about the new Kinect sensor that Microsoft will deliver as...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 05/23/2013
Reflexion Health advancing physical therapy with Kinect for Windows
Reflexion Health, founded with technology developed at the West Health Institute, realized years ago...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 05/09/2013
Using Kinect InteractionStream Outside of WPF
Last month with the release of version 1.7 of our SDK and toolkit we introduced something called the...
Author: Ben Lower [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2013
Siemens uses Kinect for Windows to improve nuclear plant employee safety
As you might imagine, working in a nuclear power plant provides special challenges. One crucial...
Author: Kinect for Windows Team Date: 04/19/2013
Kinect for Windows SDK v1.7 is Available!
We are stoked to announce the immediate availability of our latest SDK and Developer Toolkit (v1.7)!...
Author: Ben Lower [MSFT] Date: 03/18/2013