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KinectomaniaFrom a toy to a community driven open source success
What is Kinect?
“Controller-free gaming and entertainment experience”
Devoloped by Microsoft & PrimeSense (Go Israel)
Unites sold worldwide until today10,000,000
How does it Work?
Oh yeah, i’m so getting laid tonight!
Kinect goes Open Source
In the first month of the release, a company named Adafruit Industriesoffered a bounty for an open-source driver for Kinect.
Microsoft in reaction stated that:
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 bya former Microsoft kinect developer, Johnny Lee.
“it has built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering”
Over 2,000 active members
Kinect goes Open Source
Showtime
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
Endless Inspiration
Endless Inspiration
SearchKinect
Thanks
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