Who Needs A Laser Pointer To Do Presentations When You Have Kinect?

November 5, 2011 by Chapree

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Ever had one of those moments where you look down during a presentation and realize that you’re blocking the projector bulb and everyone’s staring at you? Wouldn’t it be nice if those presentation sides could just move around you so you won’t be blocking the text? Well, thanks to Kinect, it just might; you won’t even need a laser pointer either to do your presentation. Thanks to Haruki Maeda from Meiji University, who hacked the Microsoft Kinect, texts in projector presentations could work its way around you so you won’t be blocking the audience’s view.

Thanks to C3, Excel and a Kinect, the hack can even detect gestures so instead of asking someone to change the slide or click, all you have to do is wave your hands around a little; you can even do the whole pinch-to-zoom thing right on stage. In the demonstration available right after the break, you can even push the text away so IT won’t get in your way. This project is aimed at making presentation more efficient, intuitive and easy to understand. Go ahead, hit the link to watch a demo.

(Source: Engadget)

Story originally appeared on Lowyat.NET, by Huei.

Posted in Consoles / Handheld, Development, International, Microsoft