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April 6, 2014

Kinect for Windows v2 Gets Down to Business

April 3, 2014

Kinect for Windows v2 at Build 2014: Amazing apps shared, from fun to physical therapy

Build 2014, now underway in San Francisco, is the perfect showcase for inventive solutions created with the latest Microsoft technologies, including apps created through the Kinect for Windows v2 developer program. Watch the videos.

April 3, 2014

Windows Store app development announced for Kinect for Windows

The Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and SDK are coming this summer to the Northern Hemisphere, it was announced Thursday at Build 2014.

March 28, 2014

Sneak a peek at Kinect for Windows v2 hardware

As the debut of Kinect for Windows v2 nears, the Kinect for Windows team revealed Thursday the hardware’s final look. The sensor closely resembles the Kinect for Xbox One, except that it says “Kinect” on the top panel, and the Xbox Nexus — the stylized green “x”— has been changed to a simple, more understated power indicator.

March 18, 2014

You can’t trade places, but you can trade faces using Kinect for Windows v2 sensor

Have you ever wished you could look like someone else, maybe even imagine your face on their body, or vice versa? Just get that person in the same room with you, turn on the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and – voila! – behold the swap as shown in this video from Apache.

March 14, 2014

Window shoppers get the Midas touch through Kinect for Windows and Gold Jay Z

The 7-foot, 4K (4,000 pixel) display, the creation of advertising agency kbs+ and interactive design firm Future Colossal, used the Kinect for Windows sensor to detect onlookers. Then it captured a 3D image of the shopper, which emerged from a pool of gold. This golden avatar also followed the window shopper’s movements.

March 12, 2014

An MVP’s look at the Kinect for Windows v2 developer preview

The Kinect for Windows team turned to James Ashley, a leader in developing with Kinect for Windows and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP,) for a Q&A on his experiences with the preview sensor.

February 27, 2014

Kinect for Windows course simplifies creation of Windows Presentation Foundation apps

András Velvart, a Kinect for Windows MVP, has created an online video course, “KinectInteraction with WPF and Beyond,” that provides step-by-step instructions on how to create WPF applications, and teaches students how to customize the look and feel of the controls provided by Microsoft.

February 3, 2014

Surgeons save precious time with GestSure imaging using Kinect for Windows

“Just by using your hands in front of the Kinect you can actually control your x-ray without scrubbing out,” says Eric Vallieres, a general thoracic surgeon at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. “I can correlate what’s happening on the patient with what’s happening on the images, so there’s better flow of surgery, and that translates into better care for my patients.”

January 24, 2014

Weekend Reading: Jan. 24th Edition – Kinect for Windows is helping stroke victims, Microsoft’s datacenter project will use fuel cells and Zippo chooses Microsoft Dynamics AX

In this edition of Weekend Reading, we’ve got stories about Kinect for Windows helping stroke victims, Microsoft’s Data Center plant project in Wyoming looking to bring a power plant inside the datacenter, historic company Zippo Manufacturing Co. planning for the future using Microsoft Dynamics AX, and more.