Kinect for Windows Resources

The following resources provide a good set of resources to that will help jumpstart knowledge and understanding of Kinect for Windows development.

The Kinect development center https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/default.aspx (is where all the resources below are located)

• The software
  • Kinect for Windows SDK - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=257339
  • Kinect for Windows Developer Toolkit - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=262833
• Documentation
  • Human Interface Guidelines - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=247735
  • Kinect for Windows SDK – MSDN Docs - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh855347.aspx
• Samples - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/Samples.aspx in C#, VB, C++
  • *updated* Kinect PowerPoint Controller https://kinectpowerpoint.codeplex.com/ 
  • Infrared basics - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=262318
  • Face tracking basics - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=251736
  • Tic Tac Toe - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=251750
  • Skeleton Basics - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=251744
• Videos
  • Kinect Application Programming Interface (API) Quick Start - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/Videos.aspx (select API Quick Start from left navigation)
  • Kinect Basics - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/Videos.aspx (select Basics from left navigation)
• Tutorials - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindowsdev/Videos.aspx (select Tutorial from left navigation)

In addition to the Kinect development center here are some additional Hands On Labs Hands on Labs - https://aka.ms/k4whol

• Recognizing People and Gestures
• Receive Microphone Input and Recognize Voice
• Recognizing and Validating Multiple Skeletons

Let’s not forget the awesome Kinect work from the Channel 9 team https://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect.

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 10, 2013
  Another resource that can help jump Kinect for Windows Dev is the Channel 9 Coding4Fun Kinect Gallery, channel9.msdn.com/.../kinect 501 posts so far, all Kinect, all the time... :)