Tag Archives: Kinect

Etch-A-Sketch Window – Please DO Touch the Glass

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Kinect brings the Etch-A-Sketch to any available window surface.  Nothing like playful window glass to make you feel like a kid again (even if your first instinct is to write a dirty word.) Read more at the Nordstrom blog.

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Holodeck in the Making

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Another Kinect-fueled innovation from CASALA.  Me wants. Hook up a human-sized RPG and I can LARP in the safety of my own home (except for the mocking laughter of my children.)

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Ninja Attack!

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

In my dream world, the Kinect system wouldn’t be tethered to the XBox 360.  Instead, it would hook to the TV and have an extensive app library like the iPhone. Sweet spot around 1:25 for a ninja vanish move.  The Kinect … Continue reading →

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Reality, Now With More POW!

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

If global conflicts could add a little more Batman style POW! to their arsenal, we might not actually have so much conflict. Oh yeah, and it’s a Kinect video.   Comic Kinect: for all those who wish life was a … Continue reading →

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5 Things I Want Kinect To Do

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

The Kinect has become an indie revolution, open sourced and hacked to provide a wealth of effects we haven’t had access to for augmented reality.  The Kinect Hacks site is doing a terrific job covering the revolution, but I want … Continue reading →

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Kinect: Ultra-Seven Code

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

I’m not familiar with the superhero Ultra-Seven, but wearing a boomerang on the back of your head seems like a bad idea.  The Kinect porn superheros can’t be far behind.  Go here for the code.

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Kinect Makes Green Screens Easy

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

As we saw by the recent poll on Games Alfresco, the Kinect is the biggest thing in augmented reality right now.  Even since my last review of Kinect, there have been many new innovations.  Using Kinect as a real time green … Continue reading →

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Augmented Reality Year in Review – 2010

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Tom Carpenter

Two years ago, in 2009, augmented reality took its first steps into mainstream consciousness.  This last year, 2010, we’ve seen augmented reality really expand into new formats and across spectra. Like I did last year, I’m going to review month-by-month the … Continue reading →

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10 Awesome Ways to Use Kinect For Augmented Reality

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

The last year the augmented reality movement has been accelerating at an ever increasing pace as new applications and companies are forming so fast it’s hard to keep up.  The addition of the Kinect sensor has given the technology an … Continue reading →

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Kinect Multiple Reality Madness

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Tom Carpenter

I just can’t get enough of these Kinect projects.  I’m sure I’ll bore of them eventually, but it’s like someone took a blender to reality and starting throwing pieces back in randomly.  Give me some functional AR glasses and we … Continue reading →

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