The Kinect was developed by Microsoft and PrimeSense as a controller-free gaming and entertainment device. Over 10 million units have been sold worldwide. Although Microsoft claimed it had safeguards against tampering, an open-source driver was developed just 6 days after a bounty was offered. This led to the Kinect being adapted for numerous creative uses beyond gaming, as an open-source community with over 2,000 members formed to explore its possibilities.

1. Kinectomania
From a toy to a community driven open source success

2. What is Kinect?
“Controller-free gaming and entertainment experience”
Devoloped by Microsoft & PrimeSense (Go Israel)
10,000,000 Unites sold worldwide until today

3. How does it Work?

4. Oh yeah, i’m
so getting laid
tonight!

5. Kinect goes Open Source
In the first month of the release, a company named Adafruit Industries
offered a bounty for an open-source driver for Kinect.
Microsoft in reaction stated that:
“it has built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the
chances of product tampering”
But the USB port was left open by design.
6 Days later a winner was annoucned for devloping a linux driver.
Later it was discovered that the idea for the contest & the funding was made by
a former Microsoft kinect developer, Johnny Lee.

6. Kinect goes Open Source
Over 2,000 active members

7. Showtime

8. Endless Inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvvQJxgykcU - IR Dots Revealed
http://vimeo.com/17218868 - Open Kinect Source Visualized
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM_MExbug-s - MIT iRobot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1heqFVrQGU&feature=related - Laser Projection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QrnwoO1-8A&feature=related - 3D Video Capture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxna-8wGzak - DepthJS Browser Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brpu30vjCa4&feature=related - 3D Drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgLp-KyK5g8 - Piano Anywhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EeJCln5KYg&feature=related - Lightsabre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeQwhujiWVk&feature=related - Shadow Bird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-w7UXCAUJE - 3D Rotation 2 Kinects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiNX-vpDhMo&feature=player_embedded#at=53 - Autonomos Flight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv9yFkEP6qI&feature=related - Movie created with Kinect Motion Capture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6o9GFd7Otg&feature=player_embedded#at=18 - Virtual Book
http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page - OpenKinect Homepage
http://kinecthacks.net -Kinect Hacks Blog

9. Endless Inspiration
Kinect Search

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