More Kinect holograms from [programming4fun]

The Kinect continues to be not only a fun toy with the XBox, but an interesting research tool for spatial tracking.  Another interesting project with it comes from “programming4fun” who merged it with a Windows phone for some interesting head-tracked fake holograms.

In addition to robotic avatars catering to your every wish, [programming4fun] also put together a rudimentary helicopter flight simulator controlled by tilting cell phone. It’s the same DirectX 9 heli from [programming]‘s original build. with the addition of Desert Strike-esque top-down graphics. This might be the future of gaming here, so we’ll keep our eyes out for similar head-tracking 3D builds.

via More Kinect holograms from [programming4fun] – Hack a Day.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.