Kinect Sets Sales Records

Via PCWorld:


"Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360 has been named the fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history.

According to Guinness World Records, the console add-on sold an average of 133,333 units a day in its first two months."

Read more at http://www.pcworld.com/article/221884/kinect_sets_sales_records.html

Gestures That Your TV Will Understand

via technology review:

"Thanks to Microsoft's Kinect, millions are casting aside their controllers and using their bodies to play games. Now the company that created the motion-tracking hardware for the Kinect wants to make waving your arms an accepted way to control everything from your TV to your desktop computer."


http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/27120/?p1=A1

Videos: The Best Kinect Hacks And Mods One Month In

viva crunch gear

"Seeing how the Kinect is just over a month old, it’s ’bout we round up the best hacks so far and seriously, judging by the list of accomplishments done in just over 30 days, the Kinect will probably be playing us this time next year."

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/12/07/videos-the-best-kinect-hacks-and-mods-one-month-in/

More experiments with Kinect

Body Dysmorphic Disorder


Body Dysmorphic Disorder from flight404 on Vimeo.
Made with Cinder and the Kinect sensor. Runs in realtime.




Nipple Tracker (ah... here is the future of this technology)


Kinect Titty Tracker from Dan Wilcox on Vimeo.
A simple Open Frameworks application using the MS Kinect depth sensing camera via libfreenect and ofxKinect.

Interactive Puppet Prototype with Kinect

3D Video Capture with Kinect