1. Kinect for Windows By: Craig Delzangle COSC 380

2. What I’m going to cover: History How Kinect works Kinect and Windows Uses Conclusion Questions

3. History Released on November 4, 2010 for Xbox360 $150 Developed by Prime Sense and Microsoft 18 million sold

5. How it Works Bounces encoded light off all objects in the room Chip in camera searches for human attributes Processor in Xbox looks for related motions

6. How it Works contd. Also features voice commands and chat options Wide-field conic audio capture 4 microphones, hardware based audio processing

7. Windows release Released non-commercial SDK on June 16,2011 Released commercially on Feb 1, 2012 $250 Supports C++, C#, or Visual Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

8. What’s Different? Near mode 4 Kinects on same PC Improved acoustics model http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-- xlKWBTAE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-- xlKWBTAE

9. PC Requirements 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor Dual-core 2.66 GHz or faster processor Dedicated USB 2.0 bus 2 GB RAM Windows 7

10. Uses Used in hospitals Interactive art

11. Uses contd. Grocery carts Games Holographic projections

12. The future of Kinect Asus developing laptop with Kinect built in Only prototype Kinect built into next gaming console

13. Conclusion Released in 2010 Widely successful Wide range of uses Bright future

14. References http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/kinectforwindows/develop/new.aspx http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Kinect/Kinect- Effect# http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/09/xbox-360- surpassed-66m-sold-and-kinect-has-sold-18m- units/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/tonig hts-release-xbox-kinect-how-does-it-work/all/1 http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/19/kinect-how- it-works-from-the-company-behind-the-tech/

15. Questions??