So damn clever... releasing an SDK for the Kinect[1] was one of the smartest things Microsoft could have ever done and I think has gone a long way to contribute to it being the fastest selling piece of hardware in history[2] (did anyone know that? I sure didn't, and barely believed it reading it).<p>This reminds me a lot of what Johnny Lee did with the Wii soon after it was released with head-tracking 3D[3]<p>Part of me wants to stop using a computer and take up beet-farming because the cool factor seems so much less than what these guys are doing.<p>Anyone on HN actively toying with a Kinect and want to share some video?<p>[1] <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/" rel="nofollow">http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kine...</a><p>[2] <a href="http://www.vgchartz.com/article/83375/kinect-is-the-fastest-selling-videogame-hardware-of-all-time/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vgchartz.com/article/83375/kinect-is-the-fastest-...</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw</a>
Here's the launch video for String SDK. Looks pretty impressive, much smoother than many other implementations I've seen<p><a href="http://www.poweredbystring.com/official-launch" rel="nofollow">http://www.poweredbystring.com/official-launch</a><p>Great demo video about 1:30 in to the launch video.