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June 23, 2016

Kinect Coordinate Mapping – The Easy Way

A few months ago, I had published a detailed guide about converting between Kinect's 3D and 2D coordinates. Today, I'm going to show you how to accomplish Coordinate Mapping with minimum effort and only one line of C# code! Background…

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C#CodeProject Kinect

May 17, 2016

Detect a Weight-Lifting Bar using Kinect

Any weight-lifters reading this blog? If you are trying to combine technology with your daily weight-lifting exercise, look no further. Today, I'll show you how to recognize a weight-lifting bar and display its distance from the floor using Kinect. This…

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CodeProject Kinect Unity

May 11, 2016

Export your Unity Kinect project for Windows Store

Kinect officially supports Windows Store! So, if you decide to bring your Kinect apps & games to the Windows Store and reach more customers, be my guest. Uploading traditional Windows Store apps, made with Visual Studio and XAML, is quite…

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C#CodeProject Kinect Unity

April 6, 2016

Augmented Reality Basketball Spinner with Kinect

Back in 2014, I had the opportunity to work with an amazing agency from Madrid regarding the Mundobasket Contest, held in Spain. My job was to develop a first-class Augmented Reality experience for Globalzepp and Liga Endesa, the official Mundobasket sponsor. The application…

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C#CodeProject Kinect

March 15, 2016

Drawing using Kinect v2

A few days ago, I received an interesting comment from one of the fans of this blog. The fellow-developer was asking me about a good way to draw on top of a virtual canvas using his hands. So, today, I'll show you…

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C#Kinect Unity

February 18, 2016

Avateering Using Kinect v2

OK, you have requested this tutorial over a hundred times. You have been asking for this via email, social media, and private messages. So, today, I'll show you how to animate a 3D body model using Kinect. To make things…

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C#CodeProject Kinect Videos

January 24, 2016

Finger Tracking using Kinect v2

During the past few days, I have been working on a really cool personal project: finger tracking using Kinect version 2! As always, I'm providing the source code to you. Watch the finger tracking video Download the source code https://youtu.be/YH_yiaxUm7k…

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C#CodeProject Kinect Unity Videos

September 26, 2015

Vitruvius: Developing Kinect Apps in Minutes

During the past few months, I have been quite inactive. It was for a good reason, though. My team and I have been working on an ambitious project that helps Kinect developers build apps faster. I would like to introduce Vitruvius.…

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C#CodeProject Kinect

June 6, 2015

How to use Kinect HD Face

Throughout my previous article, I demonstrated how you can access the 2D positions of the eyes, nose, and mouth, using Microsoft's Kinect Face API. The Face API provides us with some basic, yet impressive, functionality: we can detect the X and Y…

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CodeProject Kinect Leap Motion Realsense Structure

February 4, 2015

NUI Wars Part 1: Overview

Natural User Interfaces make some serious buzz these days - not without a reason. Natural User Interfaces (NUIs) literally change the way people interact with computers. They create new patterns, new means of communication, and new business opportunities. We can now…

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