Kinect for Windows

April 3, 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.