Kinect for Windows

August 26, 2014

Gustaf von Dewall – a business developer with the Swedish-based consultant Softronic – presents a project called Kinecting Parkinson’s to demonstrate how Kinect for Windows is a cost-effective way for patients with the disease to do rehab exercises at home. It can also help physicians follow up with their patients more often through remote monitoring.

August 25, 2014

Improvements include far more depth data from which to construct 3D images, the ability to map color to the 3D image and the opportunity to make 3D videos on a standard laptop.

August 21, 2014

It includes the Kinect Fusion tool kit, which provides higher resolution camera tracking and performance, and delivers more than 200 improvements to the core SDK.

August 11, 2014

Want to get in a game — literally? You can, creating a fully animated, 3D game character that’s a recognizable version of you, even if you have no prior knowledge of 3D modelling, the Kinect for Windows Team writes in a blog post.

July 25, 2014

When students enter the Liberty University library, they’re greeted by an enormous visual display, a media wall that’s 24 feet by 11 feet, with 198 interactive tiles controlled by three Kinect for Windows sensors. The wall displays animated visualizations of photos that have been submitted via social media by students and staff. The sensors let visitors use gestures to grab the photos to get details about what is being shown.

July 24, 2014

The winning dudes were among more than 100 developers and designers who took part in the hackathon to explore the potential of the new Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and the SDK 2.0 public preview.