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.

1. The power of
Kinect

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

4. How does it work?

5. Color Sensor

6. IR Emitter
IR Depth Sensor

8. Microphone array

9. Tilt motor

11. Sensor output

12. What can we expect?

13. • Ability to get distance of pixel based on the sensor & gives
player index
• Default or near mode
Depth

14. Skeleton Tracking

15. • Two trackingmodes :
 Default
 Seated
• Positions are in three dimensional
world based on the sensor.
(values are in meters)
Skeleton Tracking

16. • Tracks loudest audio input
• Automatic ambient noise filter
• Can track position by noise
Speech

17. • Released since SDK 1.5
• 87 tracked points
• Not unique per user
Face Tracking

18. • Grip recognition up to 2 persons
• Interaction controls
 Push
 Grip
 Cursor
 Viewer
Interaction

19. Kinect Fusion

20. Kinect for Windows !=
Xbox360

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

22. Sensor output

23. 4 m
John Doe PC & Kinect
< 0.8 m

25. 4 m
John Doe PC & Kinect
< 0.8 m

27. The Kinect effect.

32. What’s on the
horizon?

34. • Ultra-wide 1080p RGB camera
• Fully track six persons
• Extended joint model
 Thumbs
Kinect 2.0 for Xbox

35. • Extended depth
 HD quality
 High fidelity
 Active IR (works same in dark)
Kinect 2.0 for Xbox

36. • Additional tracking
 Rotation between joints
 Forces on muscles
 Skin color
 Expression (open eyes, smiling, etc.)
 Additional tracking
Kinect 2.0 for Xbox

38. How about Kinect for Windows?

39. Getting started.

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!

41. 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!