Made with Kinect and Unity

Here I’m posting videos, sent to me by the most creative users of K2 asset. They are better examples of what may possible to do with the great Kinect sensor, than many pages of long, boring descriptions. I’m going to update the videos on this page from time to time, with more cool new samples. To prevent…

Rate Cancer Treatments

As you probably know, the cancer is the curse of our time. Millions of people have fallen victims of this creepy disease worldwide. The traditional medical treatments are cruel enough and help only partially to prolong the life span of the patients. Many of them become physically handicapped or mentally injured. Chemo therapy helps destroying…

Krisia – An Amazing Voice

This is Krisia – a 10 years old Bulgarian girl with voice like an opera star. The piano players are two twin boys, who play piano since they were 2. No more comments are needed, just listen to the video. And don’t mind the Bulgarian lyrics. You can find phonetic and English translation of the…

Dwarf Elder against Cancer (Bulgarian folk remedy)

General Information: Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) is a wild bush, growing as a weed in southern and central Europe and southwest Asia. All parts of the bush are used for medication, but for the syrup only the fruits (elderberries) must be used. Harvested in autumn – in low-lying areas from August to September, and in…

Kinect v2 – What’s New

Kinect v2 for Windows’s SDK is still in development. It is the same sensor as used by Xbox One and it is worth looking at its specifications and interesting features. Look below for the specifications and features. But despite its impressive list of features, it is worth mentioning some issues in the development and usability…

Kinect to Playmaker

The most of the Kinect-actions for Playmaker, added to “Kinect with MS-SDK“- and “KinectExtras with MsSDK“-packages are based on the code of Kinect-to-Playmaker actions, created by Jonathan O’Duffy and Andrew Jones from the HITLab-Australia.These Playmaker actions are part of their project ‘Fantasy to Reality’. With this article I’d like to give all the credits and…

Steve Jobs’s Evergreens

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart. you’ll know when you find it.” “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool…

KinectExtras with MsSDK

KinectExtras with MsSDK is an extension of the Kinect with MS-SDK package. It provides additional examples and demos, based on Kinect SDK that are not directly related to transferring human motion onto digital characters. The package consists of Kinect Interaction demo presenting hand cursor control as well as hand grips and releases, Speech recognition example, Face-tracking example…

Kinect with MS-SDK

Kinect with MS-SDK is a set of Kinect v1 examples that uses several major scripts, grouped in one folder. It demonstrates how to use Kinect-controlled avatars, Kinect-detected gestures or other Kinect-related stuff in your own Unity projects. This asset uses the Kinect SDK/Runtime provided by Microsoft. For more Kinect v1-related examples, utilizing Kinect Interaction, Kinect Speech…

Kinect with OpenNI 2

Kinect with OpenNI 2 is a set of two Kinect/PrimeSense examples that use several major scripts, grouped in one folder. It demonstrates how to use Kinect-controlled avatars or utilize Kinect gestures in your Unity projects, by using OpenNI2 and NiTE2. This asset supports 32- and 64-bit builds, works on Windows and (with some kicks and…