The document discusses the Microsoft Kinect technology. It provides an introduction and history, describing how Kinect was launched in 2010 and allows users to control an Xbox or Windows system without a controller. It covers the design and working of Kinect, including its ability to track 20 joints and skeletons at a distance of 0.5-6 meters. Differences between the Kinect for Xbox and Kinect for Windows are outlined. Applications and the future scope of Kinect are discussed.

1. Presented by
Siraj Haji Suleman

2. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Application and Future Scope
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3. Introduction
 Kinect is a “Hardware”
 Enables users to control and interact with the
Xbox 360 or Windows without using a physical
controller
 Can “See” in 3D under any ambient light
conditions
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4. History
 Project NATAL in June 2009
 Launched in North America on November 4,
2010
 „Kinect for Windows‟ was released on February
1, 2012
 Guinness World Record of being the "fastest
selling consumer electronics device”
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5. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Application and Future Scope
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6. Design
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7. Specification
 20 Joints of Skeleton
 Tracking Distance: 0.5-6 m
 Movement Tracking and Identity Technique
 640 x 480-pixel resolution
 Vertical Elevation Angle of -27o to +27o
 Run at 30 FPS (frames per second)
 57o horizontally and 43o vertically
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8. Behind the Scenes
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9. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Application and Future Scope
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10. Kinect XBOX 360 Kinect For Windows
Near Mode is not Supported Near mode is Supported
Tested only for XBOX 360 Tested for Windows based
Platform
Non-Commercial Version Commercial Version
Not Full-Fledged Support in Full-Fledged Support in SDK
SDK
Skeleton Tracking is not Skeleton Tracking is better
good enough than Kinect XBOX
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11. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Application and Future Scope
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12. Kinect SDK
(Kinect Software Development Kit)
 Classes for each part of Hardware kit of
Kinect
 Kinect SDK Beta v 1.0 released in June 2011
 Kinect SDK Beta v 2.0 released in October
2011
 Kinect SDK commercial version released in
February 2012
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13. Development using Kinect
 Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with Kinect
SDK
 .NET Framework 4.0
 Knowledge of SDK API‟s
 .NET based language experience i.e. C#,
VB.NET, VC++
 OpenNI v/s Kinect SDK
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14. SDK Namespaces and Classes
 NameSpace
◦ Microsoft.Kinect Namespace
 Classes
◦ Skeleton
◦ Joints
◦ ImageStream
◦ NUIAudioStream
◦ DepthStream
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15. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Application and Future Scope
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16. Similar Technologies
combination of the Playstation Move with the Playstation Eye
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17. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Application and Future Scope
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18. Advantages
 Our movements become the movements in the
games we play
 Games that educate will now incorporate the whole
body
 Kinect is easy to handle and use
 Microsoft Kinect is entertaining and ultimate source
of fun
 Bridge the gap between virtual world and real world
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19. Disadvantages
 Fingers aren‟t mapped individually
 Need a lot of space
 It sometimes doesn't catch on to your body
movements
 Don't always want to be running or jumping
 Limitation in Kinect SDK
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20. Objectives
 Introduction and History
 Design and Working
 Kinect Xbox v/s Kinect for Windows
 Kinect SDK
 Similar Technologies
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Applications and Future Scope
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21. Applications
 Gestured Based Game
 NUI based Software
 Kinect in Robotics
 Gesture Based Learning
 Voice Recognition based Software
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22. Future Scope
 Kinect Studio
 Kinect in Home Automation
 Seated Skeleton
 Kinect In Education
 Support for new Languages
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23. Conclusion
 Mostly used for games
 Pioneer in the Consumer Market of the
Human / Virtual Environment Interaction
 Gesture and Voice User Interface
 Application in many different domains
 Opening the doors of the Virtual and
Augmented Reality
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24. References
 http://www.xbox.com/en-IN/Kinect
 http://booktype-demo.sourcefabric.org/after-kinect/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect
 http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect
 http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/top-10-
robotic-kinect-hacks
 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=61
65146
 Meet the Kinect. Author: Jonathan Hall, Phoenix Perry, Sean
Kean
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