Forget Windows! Kinect could be Microsoft’s next cash cow.

July 2, 2012

Venture Capitalists are licking their chops after watching several companies vie for funding in Microsoft’s Kinect demo day. Kinect, for some that might not know, is the motion-sensing accessory for the Xbox 360. The technology is quite impressive. I have one and have been using it for sports video games. My family loves its application for dance and exercise-type games.

People have been hacking the Kinect since it launched but kudos to Microsoft for allowing the ideas to flourish rather than clamped down on user modifications. Having elderly parents, I’m intrigued at some of the ideas with regards to medical and mobility applications. Check out the link provided.

Check out full details:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2012/06/29/microsoft-accelerator-for-kinect-demo-day-offers-lots-of-vc-options.asp

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Kinect for Impact

April 25, 2012

So what to do, if you have a new product and it is not quite ready for a big show, but you want to get people excited about it and want them to try it out and look at it freely by themselves.Great video below from Nissan at the Chicago autoshow.

The Kinect solution from Microsoft is really delivering for organisations who can think a little differently.


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