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New Features | Microsoft Kinect for Windows Kinect Interactions A combination of new controls makes it easier for users to interact through natural computing technology. These include “push” to select virtual objects, “grip” to pan and scroll, recognition of up to four hands simultaneously, and updated Human Interface Guidelines. Kinect Interactions help ensure a highly consistent customer experience from application to application, save developers and businesses time and money, and allow you to focus on the unique problems that you are working to solve. Kinect Windows Presentation Foundation Controls New Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) controls make it easy for developers to build high-quality, interactive Kinect for Windows applications. “Push” control to select virtual objects“Grip” control to pan and scroll selectionKinect cursorUser viewer Interaction Stream Interaction Stream enables new functionalities when designing Kinect for Windows applications, including:

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Erin Monda | The RTP Blog Our excellent Julie Terry & Corey Liles have been hard at work compiling a directory survey straight from the heart of the Research Triangle Park. And here’s the data from 2014. Total Number of RTP Companies: 190+ Industry Breakdown – by Number of Companies 46% Life Sciences/Biotechnology (includes 4% Agro-Bio) 20% Information Technology 10% Foundations, Institutes and Scientific Associations 7% Business and Professional Services 6% Instruments and Advanced Materials 4% Clean & Green Technologies 2% Financial and Insurance Activities 5% Service Providers (banks, daycares, post office) RTP Companies by Size 51% Less than 10 employees 75% Less than 50 employees 87% Less than 250 employees Entrepreneurial Scene Over 80 companies (43% of total in RTP) are housed in one of our 5 incubator facilities – First Flight, Hamner, PRC, Alexander Business Suites, Alexandria Innovation Ctr Notable Companies Headquarterd in RTP American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists Bayer CropScience (US HQ)

Research Triangle Park Coordinates: The Research Triangle Park (RTP) is one of the largest research parks in the world.[1][2][3] It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. A small part of the park stretches into Wake County, but the majority of the land is in Durham County.[4] Overview[edit] It is one of the most prominent high-tech research and development centers in the United States. The park is home to over 170 companies employing 42,000 workers and 10,000 contractors,[7][8] including the second largest IBM operation in the world, smaller only than the one in India; the company has around 14,000 employees in RTP.[9] The park hosts one of GlaxoSmithKline's largest R&D centers with approximately 5,000 employees.[10] Cisco Systems' campus in RTP, with approximately 4,000 employees, is the highest concentration of its employees outside of its Silicon Valley corporate headquarters.[11] Local government[edit] Master plan[edit] Universities[edit]

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