The power of Kinect is underestimated. It’s more than a toy used for gaming, it’s a piece of technology that can make our life easier and is evolving fast. This session will try to convince you about the power of Kinect and why developers should look into it. Next to that I’ll explain what the ‘difference’ is between Kinect and Oculus Rift & Leap Motion and why we need to brace ourselves for Kinect 2.0.
2. My name is Tom Kerkhove
Owner of Kinecting for Windows
Student New Media & Communication Technology at Howest
Microsoft Student Partner for Kinect for Windows & Windows
Azure
Who am I?
3. How does it work?
What can we expect?
Kinect for Windows != Xbox360
Kinect & “enemies”
The Kinect effect
What’s on the horizon
Getting started
Agenda
21. Kinect for Windows vs Kinect for
Xbox360
Features
- Additional features like Near-mode,
Seated-mode, shorter USB-cable,
extended camera, handgrip, etc.
- Basic features
Pricing
- $200 - $250
- Free SDK
- $100 - $150
- Free SDK
Licensing - For development & public use
- For development & xbox use
- Not for public use
40. Libraries
Official K4W SDK for C#, C++ & VB.net
AIRKinect as aActionScript 3-wrapper
Kinect for Processing Library or Jnect for Eclipse
as a Java-wrapper
KinectJS as a Javascript-wrapper
Getting Started!
42. Kinect for Windows official
Official SDK updates & change logs
Kinect for Windows news
Stay up-to-date
Samples on CodePlex
Getting Started!
43. Human Interface Guidelines
UX guidelines for creating applications
that are user-friendly
Learn how to get all the power out of the sensor
Developers need to read this as well
Getting Started!
44. Pluralsight
Building a RealApplication With Kinect
Channel 9’s Coding4Fun
Features Kinect projects/blog posts/libraries from the community
Getting Started!
45. Start Here! Learn the Kinect API
Looks at the hardware in more depth
Fundamentals on the KinectAPI
Good look-up if you’re new to the SDK or
want to refresh your memory
Covers SDK 1.5
Getting Started!
46. Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software
Development Kit
Takes KinectAPI to the next level
Gestures & Postures
3D representations of the scene
Expert insights
Covers SDK v1.5
Getting Started!
47. Kinecting for Windows
News on Kinect for Windows
SDK Updates
Cool projects
Libraries
Tutorials
Videos
Getting Started!
Hinweis der Redaktion
“Kinect Killer” - Cheaper
Bomb defusal or rescue with Fusion
Alex Place - Cancer
Offline play after one-time registrationShare/sellfysical games, not DLC