Microsoft launch Kinect Accelerator, a contest on the development of commercial lwa le applications for the motion sensor Kinect. Ten participating teams have the opportunity to be in Seattle under the guidance of their idea to work.
Participants can get an idea for commercial use suitable, send it to Microsoft. Who selects from among the submitted ideas ten finalists. The teams by the selection, allowed three months at Microsoft in Seattle on their idea work, under the guidance of mentors of the consolebouwer. That mentors are not only technicians of Microsoft, but also entrepreneurs and investors who the finalists will help their idea on the market.
In addition to office space in Seattle the finalist also an initial grant of $ 20,000, an Xbox Development Kit and the Kinect SDK. The teams will stay from march until may 2012 on the campus of Microsoft. The consolebouwer hopes not only to business applications, but also welcomes ideas on education, health, art, and gaming. Everything is welcome, as long as the idea but to be commercially operated. Participants may know, or they focus on the Windows or Xbox platform.
Microsoft was announced in October that the commercial use of the Windows Kinect SDK allow to stand. Entrepreneurs are at the beginning of 2012 to the Windows SDK to buy. Until now it was the consolebouwer only use in non-commercial applications, such as scientific research. The Xbox 360 SDK can obviously be used for commercial purposes, even though the development are strictly controlled by the consolebouwer.
