The Once and Future KinectChris White @ChimeraScornSenior Program Manager, Kinect for Windows3-702

3D Printing Kinect FusionKinect Future

Agenda

3D Printing

Windows + 3D PrintingMe and you, And you and me

So Happy Together...

Windows + 3D PrintingMicrosoft + leading partners

• 3D Systems, • Afinia• Autodesk• MakerBot• Netfabb• Stratasys• Tiertime (PP3DP)• Trimble

No matter how they tossed the dice.

So Happy Together...

Windows + 3D PrintingMicrosoft + leading partners

• 3D Systems, • Afinia• Autodesk• MakerBot• Netfabb• Stratasys• Tiertime (PP3DP)• Trimble

3D Printing + Kinect

It had to be…

So Happy Together...

So Happy Together…

What we saw…

Capture with Kinect, Write to 3D FileProcess with AutoDesk Application, Print in WindowsPrint to 3D Printer

Kinect Fusion

Fusion Evolution…

8 months ago

Fusion announced

3 months ago

Fusion unleashed

Today

Scan & 3D printSoon

???

In the not too distant future…

Kinect Future

Current sensor has a long lifetimeAlready used in many solutionsNails lots of scenariosContinued SW investment

A bright future

HTML5/JavaScript support for InteractionsBackground Removal API

(green screening w/out the screen)Kinect Fusion ColorPlus more…stay tuned

Announcing: v1.8 SDK (September 2013)

New Sensor: Dramatically ImprovedHD… Everything

A bright future

HD Everything: NUI Evolution

3X the fidelity on depthSignificantly wider and taller field of viewFull HD Color StreamSignificant improvements in Audio

Better Everything

Eyes and Ears

More and More accurate Skeleton JointsThumbs, Hand-centers, Hand ExtentsImproved Noise Suppression and Echo RemovalActive IRTrack six skeletons

Better Everything

Brains

Digital SignagePhysical TherapyFitnessTraining and SimulationsCommunications and Collaborations

Leads to…

Eyes, Ears and Brains (and Beauty )

3D Printing • End to End, components coming

together

Kinect Fusion• 3D Scanning and Reconstruction

Kinect Future• Continued Investment in this

version• New version next year• Dev Kit in November

Recap

Kinect for Windows Resources

Developer Kit Program Applicationhttp://aka.ms/k4wdevkitapplication

Developer Center (SDKs, Samples, Videos)http://aka.ms/k4wdev

Product Infohttp://aka.ms/k4w

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