Start Here! Learn Microsoft Kinect API - Softcover

Miles, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735663963 ISBN 13: 9780735663961

Publisher: Microsoft Pr, 2012

Synopsis

Ready to learn Kinect programming? Start Here!™

Learn the fundamentals of programming with the Kinect™ API—and begin building apps that use motion tracking, voice recognition, and more. If you have experience programming with C#—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Here’s where you start learning Kinect

• Build an application to display Kinect video on your PC
• Have Kinect take photographs when it detects movement
• Draw on a computer screen by moving your finger in the air
• Track your body gestures and use them to control a program
• Make a program that understands your speech and talks back to you
• Play a part in your own augmented reality game
• Create an "air piano" using Kinect with a MIDI device

About this title

About the Authors

Rob Miles has been teaching computer programming for more than 25 years. An expert on Visual C#® and a Microsoft® MVP for Device Application Development, Rob enjoys inspiring new and experienced programmers. As well as writing his own games, programs, and poetry, Rob has consulted on a wide range of commercial software projects.

Rob Miles has been teaching computer programming for more than 25 years. An expert on Visual C#(R) and a Microsoft MVP for Device Application Development, Rob enjoys inspiring new and experienced programmers. As well as writing his own games, programs, and poetry, Rob has consulted on a wide range of commercial software projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735663963
• ISBN 13: 9780735663961
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250