Hacked Kinect duo teams up with HD projector to make 360 Snowglobe display (video)

Flatscreen displays? Decidedly old hat; students from Queens University have a better idea: snowglobes. Hacking together a 3D HD projector, two Kinect sensors, and a hemispherical mirror mounted inside of an acrylic sphere, "Project Snowglobe" has created a pseudo holographic display -- presenting a 360-degree view of a digital object. The all-angles display is compelling, but it's strictly a single-user affair; the object isn't actually projected in 3D -- it instead follows the movements of a lone Earthling, rotating and shifting position, in sync with the viewer. The display standard of the future? Maybe not, but pretty darn cool, all the same. Hit up the video after the break to check it out.

 

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Microsoft motion controller concept kicks sand in Kinect's puny face

Think your body's a temple? Turns out it's actually just the antenna the temple's staff uses to watch football when they're done praying. A group of engineers from Microsoft Research showcased a technology at Vancouver's Conference on Human Factors in Computing that offers gesture-based control on a scale that could make the company's Kinect controller downright laughable. The team demonstrated how it could harness the human body's reception of electromagnetic noise to create gesture-based computer interaction that does away with the need for a camera -- though a receiver is worn on the body (the neck, in this case). The system uses the unique signals given off in different parts of the home to help measure the interaction, effectively turning one's walls into giant control pads, which can regulate things like lighting and the thermostat. Hopefully games, too, because we can't wait to play Pac-Man with our bedrooms.

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Experience the real Gaming Fun with Microsoft Kinect

  Microsoft Kinect is  one the newest gadget that works with X box 360 in order to make the gaming experience for users unique and out of this world. Kinect allows users to communicate with avatar in the game with out using any external controls.

Kinect looks like a single piece of block but it supports various technologies like the CMOS sensor that  detects the infrared  light which is focused on to the game. Once this light is detected by the sensor it is reflected back and takes all the information to the console  also known as Grey scale image which that decides how our body reacts and moves in a 3D space. It also has the ability to detect your voice and recognize your facial features with the help of RGB camera. Kinect is light and looks sleek and stylish it truly intensify and makes the gaming experience unique for players.