Start Here! : Learn the Kinect API

Microsoft Press, 2012. — 272 p. — ISBN: 0735663963. Ready to learn Kinect programming? Start Here!TM Learn the fundamentals of programming with the KinectTM API—and begin building apps that use motion tracking, voice recognition, and more. If you have experience programming with C#—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. Here’s where you start learning Kinect Build an application to display Kinect video on your PC Have Kinect take photographs when it detects movement Draw on a computer screen by moving your finger in the air Track your body gestures and use them to control a program Make a program that understands your speech and talks back to you Play a part in your own augmented reality game Create an air piano using Kinect with a MIDI device Table of Contents Getting Started An Introduction to Kinect Getting Started with Kinect Writing Software for Kinect Using the Kinect Sensor Your First Kinect Application—Video Snapshots Moving Pictures Fun with the Depth Sensor Fun with the Sound Sensor Creating Advanced User Interfaces Body Tracking with Kinect Voice Control with Kinect . Augmented Reality with Kinect Kinect in the Real World Real-World Control with Kinect Taking Kinect Further

Ready to learn Kinect programming? Start Here!TM

Learn the fundamentals of programming with the KinectTM API—and begin building apps that use motion tracking, voice recognition, and more. If you have experience programming with C#—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Here’s where you start learning Kinect

• Build an application to display Kinect video on your PC
• Have Kinect take photographs when it detects movement
• Draw on a computer screen by moving your finger in the air
• Track your body gestures and use them to control a program
• Make a program that understands your speech and talks back to you
• Play a part in your own augmented reality game
• Create an "air piano" using Kinect with a MIDI device

Annotation Ready to learn Kinect programming? Start Here!Learn the fundamentals of programming with the Kinect APIand begin building apps that use motion tracking, voice recognition, and more. If you have experience programming with C#simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. Heres where you start learning KinectBuild an application to display Kinect video on your PCHave Kinect take photographs when it detects movementDraw on a computer screen by moving your finger in the airTrack your body gestures and use them to control a programMake a program that understands your speech and talks back to youPlay a part in your own augmented reality gameCreate an "air piano" using Kinect with a MIDI device Learn the fundamentals of programming with the KinectTM API—and begin building apps that use motion tracking, voice recognition, and more. If you have no previous experience with Kinect, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises. COMPUTERS / Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Start Here! Learn the fundamentals of programming with the Kinect API - and begin building your first apps that use a camera, motion tracking, and voice recognition