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The tale of the Microsoft Xbox Kinect is one of those sad situations where a great product was used in an application that turned out to be a bit of …read more Continue reading The Strange Afterlife of the Xbox Kinect
The Kinect is a depth-sensing camera peripheral originally designed as a accessory for the Xbox gaming console, and it quickly found its way into hobbyist and research projects. After a …read more Continue reading Microsoft Discontinues Kinect, Again
It may not be obvious, but Valve’s Steam Deck is capable of being more than just a games console. Demonstrating this is [Parker Reed]’s experiment in 3D scanning his kitchen …read more Continue reading 3D Scanning a Room With a Steam Deck And a Kinect
There are several projects you can imagine where it would be useful to have a robot follow you. For example, we’ve always wanted luggage that would trail us at the …read more Continue reading Your Vacuum Cleaner Follows You
Eyeballs are often watching us, but they’re usually embedded in the skull of another human or animal. When they’re staring at you by themselves, they can be altogether more creepy. …read more Continue reading This Eyeball Watches You Thanks To Kinect Tracking
We can count on one hand the number of times that we haven’t needed a coat on Halloween night around here. Even if it was fair and sunny the day …read more Continue reading Make this Halloween a Spider-Stomping Good Time
There are few things as frustrating when you’re trying to get some serious hacking done than intruders repeatedly showing up without permission. [All Parts Combined] has the solution for you, …read more Continue reading Automated Sentry Turret For Your Secret Lab
When trying to learn a physical skill such as judo or yoga from a video, it can be frustrating if you’re not able to keep up with the onscreen action. That’s where Reactive Video playback comes in, as its slows videos down to match the speed of their v… Continue reading Reactive Video slows onscreen instructors to stay in sync with viewers
This holiday season, the video game industry hype machine is focused on building excitement for new PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Ten years ago, a similar chorus of hype reached a crescendo with the release of Xbox Kinect, promising to revolutionize how we play. That vision never panned out, but as …read more
Continue reading Kinect Gave Us A Preview Of The Future, Though Not The One It Intended
We all know that version one of a project is usually a stinker, at least in retrospect. Sure, it gets the basic idea into concrete form, but all it really does is set the stage for a version two. That’s better, but still not quite there. Version three is where …read more
Continue reading Third Time’s a Charm for This Basketball-Catching Robot