Here’s another video I made, by request, on how to move the Kinect using code. Kind of like how it does it at the start of each Xbox game, but only manually. If I ever learn how it can judge where to look automatically, I’ll let you know.

Controlling the Kinect’s Tilt in C#

Kinect’s just over a year old, now. Despite earlier this week Microsoft telling us they sold 18 million units in it's first year, scenes like this are all too familiar...

Kinect and it’s usability issues

I’ve created a 13-minute video to get you running your first Kinect for Windows code, going through every stage right from opening up a blank C# and WPF project.

Getting Started with Kinect SDK Beta 2

The pitch has been pitched, and it’s just waiting for the results of that pitch to make their way to me.

The Pitch

Natural User Interfaces are great. They aren’t just an input method, but they adapt to who is using them or indeed how they are using them. We could go into the complexes of NUI here but I’m not going to. Instead I’m going to give you an alternative to the gesture-based user interface you’re used to with Kinect – speech recognition and voice navigation.

Speech Recognition with the Kinect SDK

A while back I detailed my first foray into Kinect development. Now I’ve learnt a bit since then, which includes a much simpler way of taking a picture using the Kinect’s RGB camera and saving that to the computer.

Taking a picture with the Kinect using Coding4Fun

I’m a bit of a newbie when it comes to C# programming in it’s entirety, not just with Kinect development. So when it was announced Beta 2 was available I pounced unknowingly into the undocumented depths of version migration. While the Kinect for Windows team have done a fine job with the update, it’s just not that well documented for average Joes like me.

Migrating from Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 1 to Beta 2

I hate to be that guy but I need to perform some audience research for my project. See what makes you guys tick.

Take the Kinect user survey!

It takes a lot of courage for a newbie to the field of NUI such as myself to make as bold a statement as I’m about to, but I will.

Kinect Banking App – What not to build

Over the weekend I spent almost every waking hour learning the ins and outs of C# and the soon-to-be beloved Kinect SDK. After following bits of the Quickstart guides mentioned previously I decided to go it alone and see what came out. There’s a couple of things I’m sure I could share with you, here.

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