PROJECT NATAL: KINECT (Xbox 360)

BY:-KANISHKA BOSE

C. S. E DEPT.

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Introduction

History

What is gesture recognition?

Technology behind Project Natal.

Components

Future application

Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

Kinect for Xbox 360, or simply Kinect was originally known by the code name PROJECT NATAL.

It is a “controller-free gaming and entertainment experience” by Microsoft.

Aimed at broadening the Xbox 360’s audience beyond its typical gamer base.

HISTORY Kinect was first announced on June 1,2009 at

E3 2009 under the code name “Project Natal”.

“Project Natal” was named after the Brazilian city of Natal as a tribute to the country by Microsoft director Alex Kipman,who incubated the project,and is from Brazil.

The name Natal was also chosen because the

word ‘Natal’ means “of or relating birth”,reflecting Microsoft’s view of the project as “The birth of next generation of home entertainment”.

What Is Gesture Recognition?

It is a complex Artificial Intelligence Problem.

Its purpose is to:- Recognize a person. Obtain information. Process the information

conveyed through the gestures of a person like hand and leg movements, flapping gait etc..

TECHNOLOGY It has been programmed to investigate

photographs,look for a basic human form and identify it.

Microsoft relies on an advancing field of AI called Machine Learning.

This saves programmers the nearly impossible task of coding rules that describes all of the millions of possible movements of a body can make.

NATAL LEARNING BRAIN

3-D GESTURE RECOGNITION

KINECT: What a toy ?

COMPONENTS

It consists of 4 components:-

1) RGB camera.

2) IR depth sensor.

3) Multi-Array Microphones.

4) Motorized pivot.

The “NATAL” Process.

The “NATAL” Experience.

EXPERIENCE IT

Conclusion..

The experience that Kinect will bring in the future are:-

It will revolutionize the future of gaming and entertainment industry.

It is a new way of interacting with computers and machines.

KINECT is the application of future made into reality today by Microsoft.

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