Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit

Create rich experiences for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8 Developer Preview with this pragmatic guide to the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). The author, a developer evangelist for Microsoft, walks you through Kinect sensor technology and the SDK-providing hands-on insights for how to add gesture and posture recognition to your apps. If you're skilled in C# and Windows Presentation Foundation, you'll learn how to integrate Kinect in your applications and begin writing Uis and controls that can handle Kinect interaction.

• This book introduces the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit to developers looking to enrich applications they build for Windows 7 and later with human motion tracking
• Teaches developers with core C# and WPF skills how to program gesture and posture recognition in Kinect
• Describes how to integrate 3D representation on top of a real scene
• Provides expert insights and code samples to get you up and running

Autorentext

David Catuhe is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist who focuses on UI, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, DirectX, XNA, and Kinect. Based in France, David also writes a technical blog on MSDN.

Inhalt

Introduction   Kinect at a glance 

• Chapter 1: A bit of background

• Chapter 2: Who's there? Integrate Kinect in your application

• Chapter 3: Displaying Kinect data

• Chapter 4: Recording and playing a Kinect session Postures and gestures

• Chapter 5: Capturing the context
• Chapter 6: Algorithmic gestures and postures
• Chapter 7: Templated gestures and postures

• Chapter 8: Using gestures and postures in an application Creating a user interface for Kinect

• Chapter 9: You are the mouse!
• Chapter 10: Controls for Kinect
• Chapter 11: Creating augmented reality with Kinect About the Author