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Inside the Kinect for Windows SDK Update with Peter Zatloukal and Bob Heddle
Now that the updated Kinect for Windows SDK is available for download, Engineering Manager Peter Zatloukal and Group Program Manager Bob Heddle sat down to discuss what this significant update means...
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Kinect Fusion Coming to Kinect for Windows
Last week, I had the privilege of giving attendees at the Microsoft event, BUILD 2012, a sneak peek at an unreleased Kinect for Windows tool: Kinect Fusion.Kinect Fusion was first developed as a...
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Build-A-Bear Selects Kinect for Windows for "Store of the Future"
Build-A-Bear Workshop stores have been delivering custom-tailored experiences to children for 15 years in the form of make-your-own stuffed animals, but the company recently recognized that its target...
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Join Now, BUILD for Tomorrow
Today at Microsoft BUILD 2013, we made two important announcements for our Kinect for Windows developer community.First, starting today, developers can apply for a place in our upcoming developer kit...
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Thousands of developers are participating in Kinect for Windows v2 Developer...
In addition to being a great day for Xbox One, today is also a great day for Kinect for Windows. We have started delivering Kinect for Windows v2 Developer Preview kits to program participants. The...
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My, you’ve grown…
That’s what you might be thinking as you scroll through the posts on this site. That’s because we’ve merged the Kinect for Windows developer and product blogs. This union creates a “one-stop shop” for...
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Swap your face…really
Ever wish you looked like someone else? Maybe Brad Pitt or Jennifer Lawrence? Well, just get Brad or Jennifer in the same room with you, turn on the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor, and presto: you can...
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Windows Store app development is coming to Kinect for Windows
Today at Microsoft BUILD 2014, Microsoft made it official: the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor and SDK are coming this summer (northern hemisphere). With it, developers will be able to start creating...
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BUILDing business with Kinect for Windows v2
BUILD—Microsoft’s annual developer conference—is the perfect showcase for inventive, innovative solutions created with the latest Microsoft technologies. As we mentioned in our previous blog, some of...
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Real-time 3D scanning stuns the gnome world
Garden gnomes: they decorate our yards, take bizarre trips, and now can be scanned in 3D in real time by using readily available computer hardware, as can be seen in this video from ReconstructMe. The...
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Hackers put Kinect for Windows v2 through its paces
The Kinect for Windows team recently traveled to New York City for a terrific hackathon. In partnership with NUI Central, we had the pleasure of sponsoring a 27-hour event, June 21–22, focused on...
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Hackers push the new Kinect for Windows sensor and preview SDK
The Kinect for Windows hackathon in Dallas last weekend, July 18–19, was an amazing event, thanks to the 114 developers and designers who willingly gave up their Friday evening and all day Saturday to...
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Developing with Kinect for Windows v2 on a Mac
With the launch of the Kinect for Windows v2 public preview, we want to ensure that developers have access to the SDK so that you can start writing Kinect-based applications. As you may be aware, the...
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Hats off to hackers—innovative solutions aplenty at Redmond hackathon
This past weekend, we were delighted to host a Kinect for Windows v2 hackathon on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. We saw some very cool, extremely ambitious projects. We were also joined...
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Hacking away in Canada
A member of team Kwartzlab++ demonstrates his team's project VR Builder at the Kinect Hackathon in Kitchener, Ontario.Last week, we headed north to Canada for the latest stop on our Kinect Hackathon...
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Newly released: update to SDK 2.0 public preview
Today we released another update to the Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0 public preview. This release contains important product improvements that add up to a more stable and feature-rich product. This...
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Telekinesis, Kinect for Windows style
What science fiction fan doesn’t love the idea of telekinesis? We never tire of the illusion, but there’s nothing illusory about Microsoft tech evangelist Mike Taulty’s ability to move a ball without...
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No bones about it: Kinect for Windows v2 skeletal tracking vastly better
You can read about the improvements that Kinect for Windows v2 offers over its predecessor, but seeing the differences with your own eyes is really, well, eye-opening—which is why we’re so pleased by...
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Windows Store provides new market for Kinect apps
In case you hadn't noticed, the Windows Store added something really special to its line-up not too long ago: its first Kinect applications. The ability to create Windows Store applications had been a...
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Two hackathons—one city: creativity reigns in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas: capital of the Lone Star State, home to the Texas Longhorns, and host of not one but two Kinect for Windows hackathons in the past few weeks. We were blown away—like Texas tumbleweeds,...
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