Hoverreact – An In-the-Air Gesture-Framework based on TUIO AS3 and SPIRITED

Dominik Huppmann accomplished his Master’s Thesis at the Hochschule RheinMain about the possibilities of a combined touch and in-the-air gestural interaction space. I supervised his thesis and am really proud of what Dominik achieved.

First Results: Memo Akten about Microsoft Kinect and OpenFrameworks ofxKinect Integration

ofxKinect 3D draw 001 from Memo Akten on Vimeo. Memo Akten on Microsoft Kinect and the opportunities for interaction artists. Check out Theo Watson’s OpenFrameworks Kinect integration ofxKinect.

libfreenect – OpenSource Microsoft Kinect Linux, Windows and OS X Driver

Only a few hours after the release of Microsoft Kinect libfreenect – an Open Source Driver for the Kinect device for Linux – has been released by Hector Martin (via creativeapplications and memo.tv). Shortly afterwards, the driver has also been ported to Windows and OS X. Check it out in the