(Ebook) Meet the Kinect: An Introduction to Programming Natural User Interfaces by Sean Kean, Jonathan Hall, Phoenix Perry ISBN 9781430238881, 1430238887
Meet the Kinect introduces the exciting world of volumetric computing using the Microsoft Kinect. You'll learn to write scripts and software enabling the use of the Kinect as an input device. Interact directly with your computer through physical motion. The Kinect will read and track body movements, and is the bridge between the physical reality in which you exist and the virtual world created by your software.Microsoft’s Kinect was released in fall 2010 to become the fastest-selling electronic device ever. For the first time, we have an inexpensive, three-dimensional sensor enabling direct interaction between human and computer, between the physical world and the virtual. The Kinect has been enthusiastically adopted by a growing culture of enthusiasts, who put it to work in creating technology-based art projects, three-dimensional scanners, adaptive devices for sight-impaired individuals, new ways of interacting with PCs, and even profitable business opportunities.Meet the Kinect is the resource to get you started in mastering the Kinect and the exciting possibilities it brings. You’ll learn about the Kinect hardware and what it can do. You’ll install drivers and learn to download and run the growing amount of Kinect software freely available on the Internet. From there, you’ll move into writing code using some of the more popular frameworks and APIs, including the official Microsoft API and the language known as Processing that is popular in the art and creative world.Along the way, you’ll learn principles and terminology. Volumetric computing didn’t begin with the Kinect. The field is decades old—if you’ve ever had an MRI, for example, you have benefitted from volumetric computing technology. Meet the Kinect goes beyond just the one device to impart the principles and terminology underlying the exciting field of volumetric computing that is now wide-open and accessible to the average person. What you’ll learn Install drivers to connect your Kinect to your PC, whether running Windows or Mac OSXDownload and run the growing body of software freely available via the InternetWrite scripts in the popular Processing languageTake advantage of Microsoft’s Kinect SDK for WindowsChoose a software development environment that suits your needsGrasp principles and terminology underlying the Kinect technology Who this book is for Meet the Kinect is aimed at technology enthusiasts, including programmers, artists, and entrepreneurs who are fascinated by the possibilities arising from the direct, human-computer interaction enabled by the Microsoft Kinect. The book is for anyone who wants to take advantage of the growing body of software for the Kinect, and for those who wish to write their own programs and scripts involving the Kinect as an input device. Table of Contents Getting StartedBehind the TechnologyApplications in the WildScripting the KinectMany Ways to KinectApplication Development with PrimeSense's NITE FrameworkApplication Development with the Beckon FrameworkApplication Development with Microsoft's Windows/XBOX FrameworkVolumetric Display TechniquesWhere to Go From Here?
*Free conversion of into popular formats such as PDF, DOCX, DOC, AZW, EPUB, and MOBI after payment.
