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Apress Hacking the Kinect 2012 eBook-repackb00k

Hacking the Kinect is the technogeekΓÇÖs guide to developing software and 
creating projects involving the groundbreaking volumetric sensor known 
as the Microsoft Kinect. MicrosoftΓÇÖs release of the Kinect in the fall 
of 2010 startled the technology world by providing a low-cost sensor 
that can detect and track body movement in three-dimensional space. The 
Kinect set new records for the fastest-selling gadget of all time. It 
has been adopted worldwide by hobbyists, robotics enthusiasts, artists, 
and even some entrepreneurs hoping to build business around the technology.

What youΓÇÖll learn:

How to create a software environment and connect to the Kinect from your PC

How to create three-dimensional images from the Kinect data stream

How to recognize and work around hardware limitations

How to build computer interfaces in the style of ΓÇ£Minority ReportΓÇ¥

How to interact directly with objects in the virtual world

The ins and outs of point clouds, voxel occupancy maps, depth images, and 
other fundamentals of volumetric sensor technology

English | PDF | 268 Pages | 18 Mb