Tag Archives: Kinect Mouse

Whac-A-Mole for Kinect–Prime Number Edition

Through the Easter Holidays I decided that I would have some fun programming the Kinect SDK and I thought that I would try some new things out. I had a play around with random position of items and I thought … Continue reading

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Kinect Emulator–For Kodu FULL RELEASE!

Back in December, I started showing some early phases of something called “Kinect for Kodu”. It was a basic emulator which involved lots of different features including speech recognition. A few people have contacted me with regards to the use … Continue reading

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Taking it Globe–Shout Webinar–using the Kinect SDK to create applications for learning

Want to give your students a voice? A voice of leadership? A voice that needs to be heard? Help them shout! Shout connects educators with rich content, tools and expertise that get students to take action on global issues. This … Continue reading

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Punching Numbers–Prime Numbers Game

So I was watching TV the other night and they were talking about money and the economy and someone kept saying, “when you punch numbers”. I understood what they were talking about but Ironically I ended up watching Rocky shortly … Continue reading

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Lesson 11–Depth Data and Skeletal Tracking

In the last lesson, I showed you how you can program the Kinect to change the colour of the depth data and how you can show that your character is active. In this lesson I wanted to show you how … Continue reading

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Lesson 10–Playing with Depth Data

So I wanted to show people how they could use the depth data to show the active player in their game or application. Now I understand that I haven’t gone into a lot of detail about the code behind what … Continue reading

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New Kinect Orchestra on BBC NEWS!!

Last weekend I got speaking to Gareth Ritter at Willows High School in Wales. He has been a keen user of many of my Kinect Applications and like me has a passion for using the Kinect to engage students. One … Continue reading

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Lesson 8–Drag and Drop with the Kinect SDK

This short lesson shows you how you can put your left hand above your head and then use your right hand to control where an image is positioned. It is a short video but should be easy to follow. It … Continue reading

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Lesson 7–Control Your Mouse Cursor with Kinect SDK

I’m really loving the Christmas holiday season at the moment. It has gave me so much time to do things with the Kinect I never thought I could do. I remember when the Kinect SDK originally came out and I … Continue reading

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