On November 12th 2011, I gave a presentation at Chippewa Valley Code Camp titled, “Kinecting the Dots with the Kinect SDK”. As promised, here is the Slides / Code / Resources to my talk.

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The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a starter kit for applications developers that includes APIs, sample code, and drivers. This SDK enables the academic research and enthusiast communities to create rich experiences by using Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect sensor technology on computers running Windows 7.

Resources :

Download Kinect for Windows SDK beta 2 – You can either download a 32 or 64 bit SDK depending on your OS.

FAQ for Kinect for Windows SDK Beta 2

Kinect for Windows SDK Quickstarts for Windows SDK Beta 2

Information on upgrading Kinect Applications to MS SDK Beta 2. – Brand new post by me on how to upgrade Kinect applications to Beta 2.

Getting the Most out of the Kinect SDK by me for the Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog.

My “Busy Developers Guide to the Kinect SDK” (still references Beta 1 – but most information is still valid)

Helpful toolkits / templates mentioned in the talk.

Coding4Fun Kinect Toolkit – Lots of extension methods and controls for WPF and WinForms.

KinectContrib – Visual Studio 2010 Templates (not updated for Beta 2 as of 11/14/2011).

Fun Projects for learning purposes (all updated to Beta 2):

Kinect Mouse Cursor – Use your hands to control things like a mouse created by Brian Peek.

Kinect Paint – Basically MS Paint but use your hands!

Kinecting the Dots: Adding Buttons to your Kinect Application (not on Beta 2 – but check out the guide by me on how to do this)

Thanks for attending!

I had a really great time at the event and would like to personally thank everyone for coming out to support the local community. 

Thanks for reading.

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