Ok so the kinect is hot news right now with hackers and agencies eager to see what they can do with the hardware. I am excited to say that Blitz Agency has created a software utility that allows you to use flash with the Xbox Kinect device.
Just watch the video by Blitz Agency and be inspired.....
Flash Kinect Demo from BLITZ Agency on Vimeo.
If your an agency then Flash is the tool of choice (sadly in some cases for visual wizz!) for creating interactive visual experiences this gives flash developers a much richer opportunity and area where they can push their flash skills without weening when hackers mention loads of C++. You can read more about this at Blitz Agencys blog.
From a brand and experiential perspective this is awesome and I can see this replacing crappy touch screen kiosks eventually. Plus I think that as tablets pcs become more main stream I can only imagine that the synergy between all of these devices and how you communicate and interacte with technologies will be all the more richer! Great days ahead I say!
We have recently bought the Kinect for the agency to play about with so time to see what the digital team can do with it!
However using the Kinect though means that if you want to use it for a brand or live project you need to seek out permission from Microsoft which I can only imaging has its own hurdles where it depends on the client and brand perhaps.
In this case I cant wait for Asus to release their version of the Kinect (apparently called the WAVI Xtion which is going to be shown at CES 2011) where you will have the liberty of using the device how you wish and for whatever brand campaigns or ideas you can come up with! Dont know how much itll cost yet but hopefully itll market at a reasonable price!
You can read more about this here
