Microsoft Announces Free Software Developer Kit for Kinect
By Rob Scott
June 20, 2011
June 20, 2011
- Microsoft is helping developers looking to utilize the full potential of Kinect technology by releasing a software developer kit. While Microsoft wants to keep the focus on gaming, the company recognizes the potential for Kinect-based applications beyond video games.
- Soon after Microsoft released the Kinect add-on for its Xbox (which has reportedly sold 10 million units), developers and hackers have been creating new and interesting ways of using Kinect and its motion-sensing camera system – from compelling interactive window displays to steering remote-controlled toy helicopters. There is even a Kinect Hacks site dedicated to such efforts.
- Recognizing the strong interest in the technology, Microsoft officially announced the introduction of a free software developer kit for the Kinect.
- According to the Microsoft blog: “This is only the beginning in our commitment to deliver an SDK to the community. Microsoft’s vision of the natural user interface is that interactions between people and computers will ultimately become invisible – computers will understand peoples’ gestures, listen for their voice commands, even interpret and respond to their expressions and inflections in voice.”
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Will Kinect tech replace common remotes in the household? Could this tech simplify remote camera control on sets? Would people trust it?
Will Kinect tech replace common remotes in the household? Could this tech simplify remote camera control on sets? Would people trust it?
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