Microsoft Released Kinect for Windows SDK(Beta) [Download]

Microsoft has now released the Software Development Kit(SDK) of Kinect for Windows. It now gives you access to the programming toolkit, Developers can now do a lot of things with that. And also .Net developers can write Kinecting apps in C++, C#, or VB. Kinect capabilities can now also be used with computers Running Windows 7.





We've already seen so many uses of Kinect in different fields. And now to get more from it, Mircosoft also released SDK of Kinect for Windows.
According to Anoop Gupta, distinguished scientist, Microsoft Research:
“The Kinect for Windows SDK opens up a world of possibilities to developers who want to unleash the power of Kinect technology on Windows, We can’t wait to see what this community will create as we work together to build more natural, intuitive computing experiences.”
Features:


• Raw Sensor Streams. Developers have access to raw data streams from depth sensor, color camera sensor and the four-element microphone array. These will allow them to build upon the low-level streams generated by the Kinect sensor.


• Skeletal Tracking. The SDK has the capability to track the skeleton image of one or two people moving within the Kinect field of view, making it possible to create gesture-driven applications.


• Advanced Audio Capabilities. Audio processing capabilities include sophisticated noise suppression and echo cancellation, beam formation to identify the current sound source, and integration with the Windows speech recognition API.


• Ease of installation. The SDK quickly installs in a standard way for Windows 7 with no complex configuration required and a complete installer size of less than 100 MB. Developers can get up and running in just a few minutes with a standard standalone Kinect sensor unit widely available at retail.


• Extensive documentation. The SDK includes more than 100 pages of high-quality technical documentation. In addition to built-in help files, the documentation includes detailed walkthroughs for most samples provided with the SDK.


Microsoft intends to release a commercial version of the SDK at a later date; details will be released when they are available. The conversation is on Twitter under the hashtag #Kinect_SDK.


Download Kinect for Windows SDK
 
Kinect for Windows x86


Kinect for Windows x64


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Microsoft sold Record breaking 55 Million Xbox 360's, And is now the most Selling Console in US [Report]

It has been recently reported by Major Nelson Director of Programming for the Microsoft gaming network Xbox Live, about the Outstanding and record breaking Sales of Xbox 360 in 2011. That is, Microsoft has now sold more than 55 million Xbox 360 consoles. Xbox 360 has now become the US Top selling console for the year 2011. And it's been believed that due to Xbox's enhanced capabilities and cool new features, made it the best console around. And it is also the only reason for this much of it's success.





Here are some Stats Below about Xbox 360 sale:
• Microsoft has now sold 55 million Xbox 360 consoles across 38 countries and sales are accelerating.
• Xbox 360 maintains its lead in the U.S. as the top selling console in 2011, and ten of the past eleven months.
• In the first four months of 2011, Xbox 360 has seen a 29 percent year over year increase in sales, which is more than triple the growth of PlayStation 3 and the largest growth of any console on the market.
• There are now nearly 35 million active Xbox LIVE members worldwide spending an average of almost 60 hours a month on the service.
• Cumulatively Xbox LIVE members are now logging 2.1 billion entertainment hours a month.
Another reason which is been believed, due to which Xbox 360 has got so much sales is that the decline of PlayStation Network. Most of the people around wish to buy an Xbox rather than PS3, and the reason is recent hacker attacks from last few months on PSN.


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TopShop Now uses Kinect & Augmented Reality, To let you Try out new Clothes without wearing them [Video]

The reknown International Fashion retailer Topshop has now included something new in their Shops. They are now testing the new Augmented Reality to let Customers try out the Clothes(from their Stock) without wearing them. They are still testing this new Experiment, They are now letting customers to try out using this new Augmented reality at flagship Moscow store last week.
The Fitting Room for Topshop has been built by Russian agency AR Door. It Interestingly Uses Kinect and Augmented Reality to give customers best results of Viewing their new Clothes.A built-in camera recognizes a human body and superimposes a 3D model of a garment; users can switch clothes using simple gestures, powered by Kinect.


Check out the Video of How it Works:




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iPhone Hack enables you to Play Multiplayer Kinect Game [Video]

As we know there are loads and Loads of kinect hacks that makes it real fun to play with. Recently many developers have created really interesting Hacks for Kinect which increase the Usage of Kinect and also make it fun too. So with that same concept another Developer from Singapore named Rockmoon has tried something new with Kinect and iPhone. He has created a game prototype that allows two players to steer a vehicle in a 3D environment on screen, and shoot the vehicle’s gatling gun the same time using a custom iPhone app.





The Demo video of this new Hack with iPhone and Kinect has been posted below. While playing that game with both iPhone and Kinect, One player use the iPhone to control Guns and the Other player Drives with Kinect Movement.
This is Just an Demo Game created for this Purpose, But some High Graphics game can also be created if this idea goes perfect.




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New Nintendo Wii 2 coming soon [Report]

It's been a long that that we haven't heard from Nintendo about any new model of Wii coming. But now there are many reports coming out through which it gives a little confirmation that the new Wii 2 in HD will be releasing soon, Maybe this Summer. Wii was one of the best Gaming Console before the Microsoft's Kinect was released, As the Microsoft released their new Xbox Kinect, Wii lost it's first place.





Game Informer has got confirmation from some of it's sources that Nintendo is to reveal might reveal their new HD version of Wii Console in E3 conference in Los Angeles in June or might be sooner.

We have confirmed with multiple sources that this new home system is capable of running games at HD resolutions. There are conflicting reports, however, as to whether its graphics will be comparable to those on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 – meaning it could surpass or fall short of those systems. Either way it will offer competitive specifications. Moving to HD should greatly help Nintendo and its new console in getting more multi-platform triple-A titles like Portal 2 or Mortal Kombat. This, in turn, will strengthen Nintendo's historically poor relationship with third-party publishers/developers.

The name of the new console is still not confirmed whether it would be the new Wii 2, Wii 360 or Wii HD? But still it would be more Powerful than Xbox 360 or Playstaion 3. According to a report from Kotako:
Nintendo has apparently been showing off the system to third-party developers so they can prepare titles for the console’s eventual launch in late 2012.
Nintendo still wants to be the best again, As they are said to drop the prices of Wii console in competition with Xbox and Playstation. So it's just a matter of time, No one knows what Nintendo will bring up in the coming months, But whatever it is it will definitely excite the Gamers Comunity.
We've heard about an HD Wii for some time now, and the time is perfect – almost necessary – for Nintendo to jump start itself with this new system. The company has been feeling the bite since Wii sales have declined from previous years, and this week's news that Nintendo could be dropping the price of the Wii on May 15 could be a precursor to this announcement and an attempt to move as many Wii units as possible out of the retail channel before the new system hits.
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Now you can Control Windows 7 with Kinect, Using Simple Gestures [Video]

Microsoft's Kinect has now become an ultimate sensing Tool, Many people are now exploring this great gadget as they do more it's tweaking with it, the more they tweak the more is the fun using it. Recently we've seen Kinect hacked to use it with PS3 then the Gmail Motion came to reality with one and only Kinect. And now once again Kinect proved to be the best, It's usage in our surrounding is increasing day by day.





So Some folks at Evoluce has done some thing really great. So with their Achievement you can now use Windows 7 with Kicent using Simple Gestures. And this have been made possible with the app they have created known as WIN&I. Evoluce explains it:
WIN&I opens up a new era in PC interaction. Control Windows 7 and thousands of applications with this natural user interface. WIN&I software replaces the computer mouse by tracking simple gestures from users up to several meters from the screen using the power of the Kinect depth-sensor. 
You just have to Connect your Kinect with your PC and run the WIN&I control session to control windows 7, And leave the rest to Kinect, see the demo Video below, what you can do with WIN&I:




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Xbox Kinect has now been Hacked to Work with Plasytation 3 [Video]

So it is true that the new Xbox kinect has been hacked by a Hacker to work it with Playstation 3. This Kinect has been Rigged by Shantanu Goel named hacker. This is a good news for those users who want to try new things but there are many other who won't even try it.





How it Works:
The architecture of this hack isn't too complicated, This hacks works when you connect a Kinect to a Laptop, through which the Kinect seeds the data to a DIYPS3Controller.And from their the data is sent to PS3 in form of control pad movement.


This hack is not in it's used by anyone until now except the hacker. But some people believe this idea won't be widely used by users.


Here is the Hacker Details about this Hack:




This post describes my first attempt at making Kinect work with a PS3. Microsoft’s new XBOX 360 accessory, kinect has made a powerful entry into the market, becoming the fastest selling gadget of all time. Looks like their “You are the controller” tagline is working. Of course, Sony’s “similar” accessory Move is selling well too but is far behind kinect adoption probably because nothing beats the lure of making something work with just “The Force”

Now, of course, kinect doesn’t work with PS3 obviously but then if we can’t break the rules, we can at least bend them a little towards our way. I’ve created a mashup that allows you to use kinect as an input controller for the PS3.

Please note that this is pre-alpha quality software currently. I haven’t updated to a lot of recent code for the below libraries and also haven’t done most of the performance/feature improvements yet. The axis performance specially needs lot of tweaking and it works well only while sitting. Putting this out purely as a proof of concept. For the things that I plan to add soon, please see the Todo section below. Follow me at @shantanugoel for latest updates.

The program makes use of several other programs in order to provide this functionality. To compile/use it, you also need the following programs:
1. OpenNI Libraries
2. NITE Libraries
3. PrimeSense Libraries for kinect
4. DIYPS3Controller

Installation/Compilation/Usage
1. Make sure that the above 4 things are installed on your machine and working fine.
2. Download the source of this project to the NITE Samples directory. You can even place it anywhere else but you would need to tweak the makefile to account for the changed paths.
3. Make any changes to the source that you need.
4. Change the included ps3 controller config xml file and place it in one of the locations where diyps3controller can find it.
5. Run make -f kinect-ps3.mak
6. The executable will be available in Samples/Bin directory of NITE.
7. Run kinect-ps3 (without any arguments)
8. Run emuclient (from ps3 controller software) and choose the new xml config file
9. “Become the controller”

Default Config :
Menu Profile – This is the default profile that kinect-ps3 starts with and allows to operate the PS3 menus. Moving hand in any direction will move the ps3 menus as if you were using the DPAD with those directions keys pressed. If you run out of the kinect’s watched space, then just do a backward push with your hand, bring your hand to center and then again do the backward push and continue scrolling. This is like you lift your finger up and then start dragging from edges of a laptop’s touchpad.For selecting any item, make two successive push movements with your hand without changing any x-y direction.
Game Profile – This profile can be switched to by doing 3 successive backward movements of the hand while in Menu profile. Right now I’ve implemented only directional controls in game profile because I’m still struggling with multiple hands detections and skeletal tracking. A full profile will be activated soon enough. Currently, the your hand’s x/y movements and directly translated to right stick x/y movements (e.g. this is looking in different directions in various FPS games). Moving the hand towards or away from kinect (z-axis) translate to left stick y movements (e.g. this is moving forwards or backwards in most FPS games).

Issues/Queries/Suggestions
Please direct them to me by commenting here or emailing me at shantanu AT shantanugoel DOT com

Coming Soon/ToDo
- Full Menu and Game profiles
- Skeletal tracking for better game profiles
- Switching back to menu profiles from game profiles
- Easier way to specify user custom profiles instead of changing code for the same
- Performance improvement for game profiles

Full source code of the project has been released at https://github.com/shantanugoel/Kinect-PS3 under GNU GPL v2.
You can see the Kinect with PS3 in action Below:




There are lot's of Hacks releasing about Kinect, as recently we knew that iPhone and iPod Touch can also be used with it.


Another thing we reported is that, Some game Major Game Developer companies are thinking to create an Kinec Integrated Tablets, which will revolutionized the gaming experience.But for this much of advancement we have to wait a little more.


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Xbox Console to be replaced with the Xbox Tablet for Gaming? [Report]

Mark Rein the President Of Epic Games, When talking about the Unreal Engine 3 Games for iPad also shared his thought on the future of Gaming. He suggested that the Xbox which is an amazing gaming console, might turn into an tablet basically a Gaming Tablet. He also added, the future of Gaming might be an Xbox Tablet with an Integrated Kinect technology in it.



Rein in his statement said that:

Imagine a future Xbox 360 that is actually a tablet you carry around. It will have more power than 360 does today, with technology like Kinect built right in. Imagine walking into a bar with some friends, propping it up on the table and playing games like Dance Central or Kinect Adventures anywhere you go. Then when you get home that same device will use technology like AirPlay or wireless HDMI to connect to your big screen, you’ll pick up a wireless controller, or use your phone as controller to play games like Gears of War.
It's still not sure whether we would see an Gaming Tablet or not, because integrating the Kinect Technology in an Tablet won't be an easy task. There were Lot's of Rumors about the Xbox 720 but Microsoft soon confirmed that there's no Xbox 720, So there might be a chance that Microsoft start working on this Project.Epic Games would be however, well placed to know what lies ahead for the gaming industry, so perhaps there is a little more substance to this seemingly speculative console talk. 


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Microsoft to Unveil New Xbox Announcements at Game Developement Conference Next Week [Report]

Microsoft has arranged a press conference later this week, and most of the signs points that Microsoft will Unveil their New Xbox Announcements in this Conference. Next Week is the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and Software giant will be participating in this Conference. According to Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb, Gammers will be "really Happy" with the news Microsoft is going to Unveil next week. There's a "Very Cool" News coming the later week for Gamers.






According Larry Hyrb during his latest Podcast:

“Next week I’m going to be down in San Francisco. We are having an invite-only press event that we’re going to have some cool news that I’m not quite fully briefed on, but we have a lot of news that we’re going to be announcing. Just telling you guys, you’re going to be really happy when you hear all the news, that’s all I can say.”
Microsoft is currently working on four new Kinect titles for release in 2011. And most of the Software makers are working on the Latest so called "Second Wave" Games that are expected to release in April.icrosoft’s GDC announcements may be related to the ongoing rumors of its Gears of War Kinect title or Forza 4.


As Microsoft has revealed in CES that they have sold almost  8 million Kinect sensors in just 60 days on the market.


According to WinRumors:
According to recent reports, Microsoft may have sacrificed its January and February stocks to satisfy Christmas shoppers. The software giant has warned of further Kinect shortages in the coming weeks. WinRumors revealed last month that Microsoft officials are currently readying an official SDK and Kinect drivers for Windows. Microsoft is set to unveil driver support and an SDK in the coming months and will allow third-party developers to create titles that utilize the Kinect sensor when plugged into a PC. 


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Windows Phone 7 Integrated with Xbox Kinect - Now Play with your WP7 Phone on Kinect with multiple friends [Video]

Recently today at MWC 2011 Steve Ballmer Keynote, the new feature of Windows Phone 7 has been revealed. And this new feature will be soon available in WP7 Phones in the next OTA(Over the Air) Update. Microsoft has integrated their Windows Phone 7 with the Xbox Kinect. And the good thing is you'll have this feature soon with you on your WP7 Phone. This new feature of WP7 has been demoed in an Video by WinRumors.com. With this feature you just have to connect your WP7 with the Kinect and here you go have unlimited fun with it.







The game demoed in this video is called as " Rally Ball game". In this video a Windows Phone user has been shown tossing balls to an on-screen character that's controlled by someone else on an Xbox using a Kinect. And another good thing is that multiple WP7 Phones can be connected to a Kinect simultaneously. So with this features in your WP7 Phone there'll be a big party with your friends, it's also a good way to torture your friends into working out from thousands of miles away.\





Here's the Demoed Video of this new feature of WP7 Phone with Kinect:








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