Microsoft launches Kinect for Windows commercial program February 1, 2012 - 18:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft on Wednesday, Feb 1, launched its Kinect for Windows commercial program, allowing businesses to build for-profit applications and solutions using Microsoft's popular free-space interface, betanews.com reported. More than 300 companies are already developing their own solutions using Kinect for Windows, Microsoft said on Wednesday, including United Health Group, American Express, Mattel, Telefonica, and Toyota. So, a whole family of new Kinect applications is expected to hit the market in the next year for health care, education, and industry. Independent software developers and hobbyists have had access to the Kinect for Windows SDK since last June, and on the small business side of things, Microsoft will be holding an incubator program for 10 startups from April 2 until June 28, 2012 in Seattle, WA called The Kinect Accelerator program. Each accepted startup will receive a $20,000 grant, an Xbox development kit, the Windows Kinect SDK, office space, and all the mentoring and expert advice Microsoft can offer. Interested developers can pitch their idea at the Kinect Accelerator site to apply for the program.  Top stories Kim Dotcom demanded access to the data stored on his computers and hard drives that were confiscated during the raid. The game moved 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of release, which makes it now the fastest selling game in PC history. HP’s software division grew by over 20 percent to $970 million on the back of its takeover of British company Autonomy. The Museum and Australia’s government research house, the CSIRO, received AUD$2.4m of cash for the project.   |  Latest news Top ECB official says "urgent financial overhaul" needed  Peter Praet also called for a eurozone-wide deposit insurance program similar to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.Genocide monument unveiled in South Australia Representatives of the Armenian, Pontian Greek and Assyrian communities gave appropriate readings from the Bible.Peace mediator Annan to visit Syria soon – spokesman Fawzi has repeatedly said that Annan, whose plan has failed to stop the violence, would travel to Syria when the time was right.Syria’s Assad invited to NAM summit in Tehran NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. |
