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Download the Kinect SDK & Developer Toolkit

Download the Kinect SDK & Developer Toolkit

Setting Up a Kinect Sensor Kinect for Windows 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 Here are some simple steps to get your Kinect sensor up and running. Step 1: Mount the Sensor on a Stable Surface Place the sensor on a stable surface in a location where it will not fall or be struck during use. Do not place the Kinect on or in front of a speaker or on a surface that vibrates or makes noise. Step 2: Install the Kinect for Windows SDK Step 3: Plug in your Kinect sensor Connect the power supply for your Kinect to an external power source. When you install the Kinect for Windows SDK, the installation package includes the Kinect drivers. There is a known issue regarding USB host controller compatibility. After loading the drivers, you need to set up your development environment. The following tips will help you get started using your Kinect: If a non-Microsoft driver for the Kinect is installed on your computer, the Kinect for Windows drivers might not install or function correctly.

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:

Kinect Explorer - WPF C# Sample Kinect for Windows 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 When you run this sample, you see the following: The color stream, showing the video being captured, with the frame rate in the upper right. The depth stream, showing depth of people and objects in different colors. Darker shaders are farther from the sensor. Click the double arrow in the upper-left corner to swap the color and depth stream displays. To run a sample you must have the Kinect for Windows SDK installed. If you need help loading a sample in Visual Studio or using Visual Studio to compile, run, or debug, see Opening, Building, and Running Samples in Visual Studio. FAQs | Virtual Assistant Outsourcing Help, Support, and Services | Virtual Staff Finder Below is a collection of various questions that we hear all the time in relation to our service and working with virtual staff. Please be sure to read through all of these questions and answers before signing up for our service, so that you can really understand the benefits of using the service to save you valuable time when searching for virtual staff. If after reading through them, you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact us directly. How long does your process take, from start to finish? For a ‘General VA’ its usually a 7-14 day process – sometimes faster! Will you help me train my VA? We don’t directly train the VA for you. Will you help me pay my VA? No. What happens if my VA can’t understand the tasks I give them? This should certainly not happen on a regular basis. What happens if I don’t like the final candidates that you select for me? This doesn’t happen very often. What happens if I am unhappy with the virtual worker that I choose? How do I pay my VA, and how much?

Kinect Fusion Basics-WPF C# Sample Kinect for Windows 1.7, 1.8 This sample illustrates how to use Kinect Fusion for 3D reconstruction. To run a sample you must have the Kinect for Windows SDK installed. To compile a sample, you must have the developer toolkit installed. The latest SDK and developer toolkit are available on the developer download page. If you need help loading a sample in Visual Studio or using Visual Studio to compile, run, or debug, see Opening, Building, and Running Samples in Visual Studio. HOW IT WORKS | Virtual Executive Assistant | Hire Now! | Virtual Staff Finder When looking into virtual assistant staffing; pricing, fees and a whole bunch of other things will be spinning through your head. The good news, however, is that the Virtual Staff Finder service is a simple one, regardless of whether you’re looking for several virtual executive assistants, or just one employee to help you with your everyday tasks. Devised and set-up in a way that enables all parties involved to get to the point fast, utilizing the Virtual Staff Finder service is the quickest, easiest and most reliable way to for entrepreneurs to find their virtual staff member(s) swiftly and set-up a professional virtual assistant program, with peace of mind. Step 1 Sign-up You decide its time to start making your life easier and more productive by getting a virtual executive assistant on board, and you hit the ‘Buy Now’ button to sign-up for the service – its a one-off $395 investment in your new lifestyle. Congratulations! Step 3 Testing Step 5 Hiring Step 2 Outsourcing Step 4 Interview

Kinect Fusion Explorer-WPF C# Sample Kinect for Windows 1.7, 1.8 This sample demonstrates additional features of Kinect Fusion for 3D reconstruction. This sample allows adjustment of many reconstruction parameters, and export of reconstructed meshes. To run a sample you must have the Kinect for Windows SDK installed. If you need help loading a sample in Visual Studio or using Visual Studio to compile, run, or debug, see Opening, Building, and Running Samples in Visual Studio.

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