microsoft kinect dk

Microsoft has injected new life into its Kinect system, a sophisticated camera vision platform. They’ve shrunk the hardware, improved the specs and now tie it to the Azure computing platform to augment it with a lot of computational horsepower on-demand.

microsoft illumiroom concept

Via Engadget, a Microsoft Research concept that uses a projector to dynamically extend the action shown on a TV screen.  Very interesting extension of the virtual world.