Kinect Development Kit: A Toolkit for Gesture- and Speech-Based Human-Machine Interaction [Best of the Web]

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. Kinect is transforming how people interact with computers, kiosks, and other motion-controlled devices from fun applications like playing a virtual violin, to applications in health care and physical therapy, retail, education, and training.