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In the working with depth data Quickstart video, we'll cover:
•An overview of how depth data represents the distance and player for every pixel
•An overview of Default and Near Mode and what features are supported in both
•An explanation of what distance data the Kinect returns including knowing when you are too near, too far, or the distance is unknown
•The formulas for calculating depth and player information
•How to visualize depth and player data, including a monochrome histogram and player colorization
•How to use the WPF DepthViewer control to understand depth data returned from the Kinect

• In the Camera Fundamentals Quickstart video, you'll learn:
• How to leverage the AllFramesReady event to synchronize data between the color, depth, and skeletal frames
• The supported resolutions for the color and depth cameras
• How to read the color byte array from the ColorImageFrame event and how to dynamically build a Bitmapsource to display the color image
• How to use the KinectColorViewer user control to display the Kinect's color image simply by databinding the Kinect property to the KinectSensorChooser user control
• How to tilt the Kinect camera and how it determines it's current angle

키넥트 개발활경을 설정하는 방법과 API에서 제공하는 기본 기능들에 대해서 설명해 주는 동영상입니다.

In setting up your development environment we'll discuss the following topics:
•The basics of using the Managed API
•The key developer resources to use in your application like the KinectWpfViewers that ship Kinect SDK Kinect Explorer sample and the Coding4Fun Toolkit for skeletal scaling that will be used in later Quickstart videos.
•Demos of how to manage and connect to a Kinect using the KinectSensors collection and using the KinectSensorChooser WPF control

PC버전의 새로운 Kinect 하드웨어인 Kinect for Windows와 개발도구인 Kinect SDK for Windows가 모두 정식 버전으로 출시되었습니다. 관련된 강좌들을 모아서 보여드리도록 하겠습니다.

This video covers the basics of installing and using the Kinect sensor using v1 of the
•An overview of the Kinect for Windows Quickstart Series
•An overview of what sensors and information you can use with the Kinect hardware
•Demos: We'll show what gets installed on your PC when you install the Kinect SDK and how you can use your Kinect as a microphone using Windows Sound Recorder.

 PC에서 사용할 수 있는 Kinect for Windows가 정식 버전으로 출시 되었습니다.
출시된 것은 PC를 위해서 개선된 Kinect 하드웨어와 베타버전으로 출시되었던 Kinect for Windows SDK 두가지 입니다. 하드웨어 스펙도 개선되었지만 소프트웨어도 변화가 꽤 많은 것 같습니다.

하드웨어의 경우에는 촛점 거리가 짧아져서 좀 더 협소한 공간에서도 활용할 수 있게 개선되고 연결하는 컨넥터 타입이 개선된 것으로 보입니다.
SDK의 경우는 이전에는 한 대에 최대 2대를 연결할 수 있었던 것으로 기억하는데 이제는 4대까지 인식할 수 있도록 바뀐 것 같습니다. 그리고 상업용 라이센스가 포함된 부분도 큰 변화라고 할 수 있습니다.

• Support for up to four Kinect sensors plugged into the same computer
• Significantly improved skeletal tracking, including the ability for developers to control which user is being tracked by the sensor
• Near Mode for the new Kinect for Windows hardware, which enables the depth camera to see objects as close as 40 centimeters in front of the device
• Many API updates and enhancements in the managed and unmanaged runtimes
• The latest Microsoft Speech components (V11) are now included as part of the SDK and runtime installer
• Improved “far-talk” acoustic model that increases speech recognition accuracy
• New and updated samples, such as Kinect Explorer, which enables developers to explore the full capabilities of the sensor and SDK, including audio beam and sound source angles, color modes, depth modes, skeletal tracking, and motor controls
• A commercial-ready installer which can be included in an application’s set-up program, making it easy to install the Kinect for Windows runtime and driver components for end-user deployments.
• Robustness improvements including driver stability, runtime fixes, and audio fixes
  
  올라와 있는 자료를 보면 가격은 $249로 XBOX 버전에 비해서 비싸지만 아카데미 프로그램으로는 $149에 구입할 수 있는 길이 있다고 합니다.
  (The suggested retail price is $249, and later this year, we will offer special academic pricing of $149 for Qualified Educational Users.)
  

자세한 내용은 http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/Special-Edition-Its-Kinect-day-The-Kinect-For-Windows-SDK-v1-is-out 에서 확인 할 수 있습니다.

Windows Phone 7.5 용 앱을 개발하다 보면 적당한 아이콘을 못찾고 해메는 경우가 많습니다. 또 제공 되는 아이콘이 눈에 띄게 부족한 것도 문제이구요. Windows Phone 7.5에 필요한 아이콘을 제작하는 프로젝트가 있으니 이름하여 Project: Windows Phone Icons!!

지금 아이콘 팩 형태로 다운로드도 받을 수 있고 또 만약 찾는게 없으면 요청하라고 하는 친절함도 있습니다. ^^

http://templarian.com/project_windows_phone_icons/