Kinect development kit: A toolkit for gesture-and speech-based human-machine interaction [Best of the Web]

Abstract

Kinect is a device for human?machine interaction, which adds two more input modalities to the palette of the user interface designer: gestures and speech [1]. Kinect (Figure 1) is transforming how people interact with computers, kiosks, and other motion-controlled devices [2] from fun applications like playing a virtual violin [3], to applications in health care [4] and physical therapy [5], retail [6], [7], education [8], and training [9]. © 1991-2012 IEEE.