Kinect Hacks

viSparsh Belt for the Bilnd

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:27:38 -0500

People are really starting to do some life changing work using the Microsoft Kinect sensor. Take for example this latest team of developers and their viSparsh belt for the ... Read Full Article

Kinect SDK Media Controls

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:25:51 -0500

Now that Microsoft has released their official SDK v1.0, get used to seeing more and more cool projects that take advantage of official kits for Microsoft. This latest one ... Read Full Article

Augmented Reality iPad App Uses Kinect for 3D Real-Time Chat

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:57:23 -0500

Check out this cool app that uses the camera from an iPhone or iPad to chat with your friends in real-time 3D. You can create profiles and customize their ... Read Full Article

Kinect Drawing Machine

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:36:56 -0500

If you're a big fan of Kinect related robotics hacks, I'm sure you're gonna dig this one! The entire system was built using Processing and the SimpleOpenNI library in tandem ... Read Full Article

Avian Flight Simulator

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:10:24 -0500

Here's a cool little hack that Mert Akbal whipped together using the free for use gaming engine Unity along with the Unity Kinect wrapper.Avian Flight Simulator Read Full Article

Philadelphia Transit May Incorporate Kinect Displays

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:09:48 -0500

It looks like some Kinect hacking may very well see itself embedded into the transit systems. I always envisioned people using natural gestures to bring up bus schedules or to ... Read Full Article

Self Projector Using Kinect, Processing and a Transcreen

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:15 -0500

Here's a cool and interesting visual project that would be great for any type of live performance. Built in Processing, the Kinect captured image is projected onto a TransScreen. The ... Read Full Article

Interactive Puppet Display

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:52:56 -0500

Check out this great video created by the good folks at yoke.de. The idea was to build an interactive display that allowed audience members to interact and control a virtual ... Read Full Article

A Kinect in Every Living Room?

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:00:04 -0500

If there was a Kinect in every set top box in all the living rooms around the world, we'd never need to search for that damn remote again! You ... Read Full Article

LIght Shaped Interactive Display Using a Kinect

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:04:26 -0500

This is one of the coolest interactive displays out there. Using some low level coding and programming, the developers where able to sync up the Kinect's tracking data with a ... Read Full Article

Tactile Sonic Interaction Display Using Kinect and Max/MSP

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:51:29 -0500

Using OSC, Max/MSP and a Kinect, Roberto Pugliese has created a very creative and beautiful application that blends your sense of touch with an audio response.Tactile Sonic Interaction Display Using Kinect ... Read Full Article

Evoluce Windows 7 SDK Released

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:39:40 -0500

The Evoluce SDK for Kinect and Windows 7 is now available and enables developers to create noncommercial applications with a natural user experience. The SDK uses depth sensing information like ... Read Full Article

Developers Create Simple Package Installer for OpenNI

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:19:59 -0500

The good folks at ZigFu have created a great way for people to set up the things they need in order to start using their Kinect right away. The package ... Read Full Article

Virtual Gallery Alpha Build

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:10:10 -0400

Some good folks were kind enough to upload a teaser video of their upcoming Virtual Gallery using the kinect. The premise is ... Read Full Article

Kinect SDK Virtual Personal Assistant

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:18:11 -0400

One of the greatest advantages of using the Kinect SDK for your Kinect inspired project is that it has the ability to recognize voice commands. That's exactly what Corey ... Read Full Article

Kinect Pan and Tilt Tracking

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:06:30 -0400

Here's something I haven't seen yet that I think the majority of you programmers out there might find pretty cool. Madhav Kidao developed a rig using two servo's that rotate ... Read Full Article

KinectEDucation Contest

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:42:23 -0400

One of the best things about covering Kinect related hacks is having a front row seat to all the brilliant and innovative things people are doing with this handy little ... Read Full Article

Follow This! Kinect Twitter Game using openFrameworks

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:19:45 -0400

The polish on this game is pretty high end. The presentation is great and the idea behind it is so cleaver. The idea is to input a twitter ... Read Full Article

Kinect Holodesk

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:56:46 -0400

I swear, just the other day someone left a comment referring the Holodeck made popular by Star Trek TNG. Next thing you know, ... Read Full Article

Interactive Hopscotch with Kinect and TUIO

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:49:28 -0400

Interactive Hopscotch takes a classic schoolyard game for children and applies a modern day twist. The game uses a Kinect sensor and a custom application using openFrameworks and TUIO. ... Read Full Article