IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system from Microsoft Research. It augments the area surrounding a television screen with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience.
Asus launched a gamemaker contest.. some of the games made seems fine..
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. For Non-commercial use.
Wow this is really an useful thing.. think to people who can’t talk, they could be heard by anyone with the voice of their choice..
For now i think it can only be done inside a room, or outside but you have to wear a back-pack to move around the computer, but who knows maybe in the future thanks to the miniaturization a small cell phone will do the job (and a hat for the videocamera), actually u only need a strong cpu and a big energy-battery so having a portable kinetict should be already factible today.
