Kinect for Windows news gets new address, keeps same great community
For the past several years, this blog has brought you news about the latest Kinect for Windows...
Date: 11/07/2016
Is your job a pain in the neck? Kinect might help.
Do you sometimes have a stiff, aching neck after a day of staring at your computer? If so, you’re...
Date: 09/14/2016
VNTANA HOLLAGRAM brings AR to Marketing
You’ve built the world’s only interactive, scalable hologram system—so, what do you do for an...
Date: 07/01/2016
Kinect-enabled VR holds productivity promise
Ah, the old office directory: page after page, or screen after screen, of names and job titles....
Date: 06/09/2016
Pumping iron with Kinect for Windows
No, you aren’t going to clean and jerk the Kinect sensor—and given its compact size, that wouldn’t...
Date: 06/02/2016
Kinect and UWP: new options in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update
UWP apps today cannot access most of the data from a Kinect sensor. This post provides an overview...
Date: 05/13/2016
Step into Frank Sinatra’s virtual shoes
There’s no doubt about it: from his early days as a big band crooner through his mature years as a...
Date: 04/22/2016
A Kinect portal to Wonderland?
This spring, one of the most innovative offerings on London’s famed theater scene is wonder.land, a...
Date: 03/16/2016
Kinect brings enrichment to zoo orangutans
Orangutans have long fascinated people by their humanlike behaviors (the name “orangutan” actually...
Date: 03/09/2016
Kinect lets you see yourself in VR game
What do you get when bring together the cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) of the HTC Vive system and...
Date: 03/07/2016
Kinect helps VR film capture the terrors of war
Even in the rarefied atmosphere of the Sundance Film Festival, where innovative and engaging...
Date: 02/22/2016
A student’s concussion leads to Kinect-enabled diagnostic app
(Portions of this story first appeared in the Daily Edventures blog) Sports-related concussions are...
Date: 02/05/2016
Ghost hunting with Kinect
Who can resist a scary movie? Even the most jaded of us enjoy a good ghost flick, which is why we...
Date: 01/27/2016
Is Kinect for Windows Darth Vader’s secret?
As every Star Wars fan knows, telekinesis—the ability to move physical objects by using mental...
Date: 01/20/2016
Gaming for the greater good
Big games are nothing new at the University of Michigan (UM). Just ask any UM alum about the...
Date: 01/13/2016
Comic artistry, with a wave of your hand
Not everyone can easily recreate a popular comic strip character—unless they have the Kinect-powered...
Date: 12/01/2015
Kinect-powered rehab system gets FDA clearance
Back in June, we featured a story about Reflexion Health and its innovative application that uses...
Date: 11/11/2015
Kinect makes programming robotic arm a cinch
What might you do with a robotic arm? Well, if you’re part of the maker community, the possibilities...
Date: 11/06/2015
Vitruvius simplifies development of Kinect for Windows apps
Many of the posts in this blog demonstrate how the latest Kinect sensor and software development kit...
Date: 11/02/2015
Gesture control in Unity via Kinect for Windows
Are you developing a Unity app and wish you could easily add gesture control? Well, just like Glinda...
Date: 09/25/2015
Globetrotting via Kinect
In his novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne celebrated the technological marvels of...
Date: 09/02/2015
All the info, in lots more languages!
As we promised earlier this week, Kinect for Windows information for developers has migrated....
Date: 08/28/2015
Kinect for Windows website on the move
Starting August 27, you will find the information you need for developing with Kinect for Windows in...
Date: 08/26/2015
Gamified therapy offers hope to the elderly
Dementia: the statistics are sobering. According to the World Health Organization, 47.5 million...
Date: 08/14/2015
NextStage turns Kinect sensor into a virtual production camera
We’re used to seeing applications in which Kinect for Windows tracks the movements of users—after...
Date: 08/05/2015
Experience ancient cultures—with help from Kinect
To movie lovers, the image of the late John Belushi cavorting around the Delta Tau Chi fraternity...
Date: 07/24/2015
Creating Kinect-enabled apps with Unity 5
So many blogs, so little time. Ever feel that way when you realize it’s been a long time since...
Date: 07/20/2015
Baseball fans have a virtual fit
Major League Baseball’s 2015 All-Star Game is in the record books, with the victorious...
Date: 07/16/2015
Kinect Studio lets you code on the go
Imagine you’re wearing multiple hats: you’re a business owner, a software developer, and...
Date: 07/10/2015
Kinect powers informed shoppers
You go to a large grocery store to buy some Fuji apples. The signs tell you which are organic and...
Date: 07/08/2015
Kinect helps detect PTSD in combat soldiers
“War is hell.” So proclaimed U.S. General William Tecumseh Sherman, whose experiences during the...
Date: 07/01/2015
Kinect-enabled PC game scores big in 2015 Imagine Cup
Team TerraBite: the name evokes mixed metaphors of earth (terra), predation (bite), and technology...
Date: 06/26/2015
Kinect for Windows clicks at Eyeo
We recently attended the Eyeo Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and what an eye-opening experience...
Date: 06/24/2015
Salon gives devs tips and tricks for Kinect for Windows
On the evening of May 29, 2015, nearly 100 top developers and investors gathered in Beijing for...
Date: 06/19/2015
Kinect helps apply color to complex surfaces
We’ve talked about making 3D models from data captured by the Kinect sensor—we’ve even pointed you...
Date: 06/17/2015
Detecting heart rate with Kinect
When the latest Kinect sensor was unveiled more than a year ago at Build 2014, demos showed how it...
Date: 06/12/2015
Hand tracking with Kinect
The latest Kinect sensor provides major enhancements in body tracking, including the ability to...
Date: 06/10/2015
Kinect app for physical therapy put to the test
A year ago, during the 2014 BUILD conference, we profiled Reflexion Health, a San Diego-based...
Date: 06/05/2015