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A pretty spectacular video has been made for the Xbox 360 Kinect. The video is an advertisement/introduction video for the movement device and how it has been developed by software engineers for something far beyond just gaming.
The video is a testimony of the many different ‘kinect hacks’ that have allowed the Kinect to become something more amazing than even Microsoft itself had originally planned.
After learning of the remarkable achievements made possible by early “hackers” of the Kinect software, Microsoft did something remarkable, encouraged it. The software company made the software developer kit (SDK) open to the public. Allowing users to create, modify and build upon the software, enabling it to do some pretty tremendous things. Some of which you can see in this video.
This video comes after the news Microsoft confirmed it will release a full commercial SDK for the Kinect in early 2012. Bringing Kinect from the gaming world to the business world. The video is entitled “The Kinect Effect”
“To further fuel innovation and imagination, we will offer a Kinect for Windows commercial software developer kit early next year,” said Frank Shaw, vice president of corporate communications on the Microsoft blog. “We recognize the intense commercial interest in harnessing the capabilities of Kinect, and are working with a wide range of companies and developers to create a great set of tools and APIs.
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