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UPDATE: Hacker Unlocks Kinect's Vision And Motor
UPDATE: Another hacker has unlocked the Kinect's vision so that his computer displays what the sensor sees. While hacker Hector Martin isn't the first to do this, he's the first to share the custom code with the Internet at large.
Click here to get the code for yourself, then hack, hack away!
[via Joystiq]
ORIGINAL STORY: These may not be the hugest hacking advancements in the world, but an intrepid Kinect user can now control the Kinect's motor and take a peek at how the sensor sees us.
NUI Group user AlexP is the man behind the revelations, and the following videos show how he's hacked the Kinect.
This first video shows exactly how the Kinect sensor views our skeletal frame.
The next video shows AlexP controlling the Kinect's motor function.
