Review my startup : Kinesis.io - Build gesture driven web apps with JS & Kinect

by aggarwalachal • 14 years ago

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payalg3• 14 years ago

Kinesis is a native framework that lets you use your existing web languages and skills to build gesture, speech and 3D depth modeling based applications using Kinect. We focus on building a simple, powerful, new interaction platform so that you can focus bringing your applications to life.

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

Good to have a simulator for Mac?

payalg3• 14 years ago

Yes, I am waiting for one.

aggarwalachal4• 14 years ago

We are working on a Mac simulator. It will work exactly the same way as the Windows Kinesis Simulator.

gauravs2• 14 years ago

Hey Guys, when is the Mac version coming out. I don't have a windows machine.

corin_• 14 years ago

bhaveshdhupar 4 minutes ago | link [dead]

The Mac version is next inline of release cycle, so preety soon!

pixeliris• 14 years ago

I would love to see Mac version!

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

The Mac version is next inline of release cycle, so preety soon!

suhastech• 14 years ago

Who's your target audience?

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

We want to be the interaction layer between consumers and large screens, as touch is the interaction between personalized devices like tablets and mobiles. Applications targeted towards interactive learning and user engagement in fields like education and marketing is the segment we are focused on.

ax• 14 years ago

Users must install some software for this to work right? Some browser plugin of some kind?

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

Yes, you need to install the SDK, but its not a browser plugin. Gets installed as a native app and runs as a background service.

aggarwalachal4• 14 years ago

User will install a small package which sits in the background.

If a web app is using the JS SDK, then it will work in any modern browser.

payalg3• 14 years ago

Follow steps from here http://docs.kinesis.io/installation.

SkyMarshal• 14 years ago

Anyone else wish Apple would take the lead in replacing the mouse with something like this?

Build a couple motion sensors/webcams into the monitor, be it a widescreen desktop monitor or a laptop, arrange them in a triangle or whatever layout is optimal for 3D movement sensing, then build Kinect-like software into the OS so that you can control your computer with hand gestures rather than the mouse.

A 'design is how it works' company like Apple could rethink the entire UI/UX based on this. For example, it may be possible to get rid of the mouse pointer and interact with UI elements more directly, like with tablets and smartphones, just without having to touch the screen, and perhaps with a Z-axis added.

Anyway, just daydreaming...

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

We will be more than happy to be part of the dream! Dreams => ideas => innovation so Dreamon!:)

TommyDANGerous• 14 years ago

This is a really cool service/product. I have always wanted to do something more with the kinect, like attach it to a robot like the MIT people did or something like Minority Report. I'll definitely use it and let you know if I have any questions or concerns. Keep it up!

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

Thanks Tommy, we love it that you liked it. The urge of doing something more drives us all.

djb_hackernews2• 14 years ago

This is a great landing page as well. Good messaging, clean design, etc.

So if there isn't a browser plugin, how does the js get the kinect data?

bhaveshdhupar7• 14 years ago

We like that you like the design. A small package is installed which sits in the background. If a web app is using the JS library/SDK, then it will work in any modern browser.

djb_hackernews2• 14 years ago

Right, but how does the background app communicate with the js library without a browser plugin?

Review my startup : Kinesis.io - Build gesture driven web apps with JS & Kinect

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