Coding Zen

YES it is here! Today Microsoft announced they have officially released the Kinect for Windows SDK and Hardware and yes it is commercial friendly. Check out this quote from the Kinect for Windows FAQS. The Beta license was restrictive and did not allow for distribution of commercial applications. How does the license work with this release? The commercial license for this release authorizes development and distribution of commercial applications. The prior SDK  [ Read More ]

I’ve been playing with the Microsoft Kinect and SDK at home for some time now and have yet to sit down and put together anything worth while. After watching this video on how a creative teacher is using the Kinect and a custom program to allow students to interact with graphs and charts I must admit that I am feeling a bit inspired. As we head into the winter here  [ Read More ]

UPDATED: A newer version has been released visit this POST Earlier this week I received an email informing me of the release of the EDSDK 2.9 library. I must say that this has been a quick release cycle for Canon and their SDK. Upon reviewing the change notes for this release there really only appears to be 2 changes. First, Canon added support for their latest EOS camera the Canon  [ Read More ]

More excitement for me today as my bandpass filter for the PS3 Eye arrived today. I am using an 850 nm filter for the OEM lens from Peau Productions. In this post I will describe what was required to install the filter. Related Posts:No Related Posts

As I noted in my previous post, modification to my new Playstation 3 Eye was performed last night (I really just couldn’t wait). I am currently awaiting my 850 nm bandpass filter from Peau Productions which will hopefully be here next week, early! Well let’s get started with a brief write up on this initial mod to the PS3 Eye, removing the IR filter. Below is a picture of the  [ Read More ]

I was very pleased to find that when I came home this evening my Playstation 3 Eye had arrived! This camera will be the core of the camera vision in my multi-touch table. I am starting out with 1 camera for now but may end up adding a second if response doesn’t meet my expectations. Related Posts:Project: multi-touch table

This post is the first of what should be many to come. I have decided to put a project that I have long had on hold (2 years or so). I am going to build a multi-touch table like the Microsoft Surface for myself. I have long read on this product and dreamed to have one, but alas I just don’t have $12,000 laying around to drop on one of  [ Read More ]