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Kinect Projects: First Five Months [Video]

• danteembermage 16y ago
  Johnny Lee was working for Microsoft when he personally funded the $3000 bounty for open source Kinect drivers. I know we're all probably quite familiar with who he is at this point, but if you're not I'd suggest poking around his projects page on that site. Such a cool geek rags to youtube "riches" story there. I know I was disappointed when he took the Microsoft job and suddenly all the cool Wiimote hacks stopped showing up. The fact that he had to resort to the means he did to get Microsoft to play nice with the hobbyist community probably partially explains why he left Microsoft, at least that seems to be implied from his posts about it.
• AdamTReineke 16y ago
  And all before an official Kinect SDK. I can't wait to see how these projects continue to evolve.
• drewda 16y ago
  Perfect timing, as I just bought a Kinect the other day. (Fry's 30-day return policy; hard to beat!). It would just be nice to have links to more info (and code) for all these assorted projects.
• bane 16y ago
  Is it just me, or does anybody else feel like we're right on the cusp of some kind of revolution? I wonder what it would mean if Kinect quality devices were $5 and scattered pretty much everywhere?