Category: Microsoft
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KinÊtre Uses Kinect for Windows to Animate Objects in Real Time
Traditional digital animation techniques can be costly and time-consuming. But KinÊtre—a new Kinect for Windows project developed by a team at Microsoft Research Cambridge—makes the process quick and simple enough that anyone can be an animator who brings inanimate objects to life. KinÊtre uses the skeletal tracking technology in the Kinect for Windows software development…
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Kinect for Windows at Imagine Cup 2012 Finals
The Imagine Cup competition—which recently concluded its tenth year—throws the spotlight on cutting-edge innovations. Two-thirds of the education-focused projects utilized Microsoft Kinect in a variety of different ways, including interactive therapy for stroke victims, an automated cart to help make solo trips to crowded public places manageable for the disabled, and an application to help…
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Kinect pour Windows : quel bilan un an après son lancement ?
Microsoft lançait en juin 2011 le SDK de Kinect pour Windows. Un an après, les premières applications d’entreprise exploitant le boitier de reconnaissance de mouvements sont majoritairement centrées sur la relation client.
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Kinect for Windows: Developer Toolkit Update (v1.5.1)
Back in May, we released the Kinect for Windows SDK/Runtime v1.5 in a modular manner, to make it easier to refresh parts of the Developer Toolkit (tools, components, and samples) without the need to update the SDK (driver, runtime, and basic compilatio…
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XAML vs. HTML5 – A Discussion
[Let me preface this post by stating that I am a very open minded person, and I truly believe that I have something to learn from everyone’s opinion. This post is meant to generate discussion, so please share your opinion and participate!] Last night, I saw a message on Twitter that I completely disagreed with.…
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Kinect for Windows: SDK and Runtime version 1.5 Released
I am pleased to announce that today we have released version 1.5 of the Kinect for Windows runtime and SDK. Additionally, Kinect for Windows hardware is now available in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Starting next month, Kinect for Windows hardware will be available in 15 additional countries: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland,…
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Un brevet pour migrer des applications Android/iOS sur Windows Phone
Selon un brevet déposé par Microsoft en novembre 2010, Microsoft travaillerait sur un service qui permettrait de migrer les applications et leurs données d’un périphérique à un autre, voire même entre différents systèmes d’exploitation mobiles. Le service pourrait fonctionner de cette manière : il analyse quelles sont les applications installées sur un autre téléphone (Android…
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Delivering Rich Mobile Web Experiences in Windows Phone 7.5 (ESPN.com Case Study)
The Windows Phone Browser team has a goal of delivering the best web browsing experience on a smartphone. This goal has many components within our team: from the UI of the browser, compatibility with a wide array of website layouts, and of course buttery-smooth rendering performance. However, even if we execute flawlessly on our end,…
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Kinect for Windows Technologies: Boxing Robots to Limitless Possibilities
Most developers, including myself, are natural tinkerers. We hear of a new technology and want to try it out, exploring what it can do, dream up interesting uses, and pushing the limits of what’s possible. Most recently, the Channel 9 team incorporated Kinect for Windows into two projects: BoxingBots, and Project Detroit. The life-sized BoxingBots…