Whilst exploring the possibilities opened by the Kinect device I made a demo using the OpenNI framework http://www.openni.org/ with PrimeSense NITE components. Kinect Drums As you can see from the video it allows tracking of multiple ‘players’. I started…
I have recently been hacking around with a kinect camera + OpenNI + PrimeSense NITE components and initially it was quite challenging to get the software bits and pieces installed correctly. I got it working but then needed…
by Peter Daukintis Since silverlight 2 we have had the concept of the UserControl which provides a simple way to compose a re-usable part of our user interface. This allows multiple uses of the same ui across an application which…
Since wp7 is based on Silverlight 3 then input validation can be done (love or loathe it) via exceptions. Here’s a simple example… <Grid x:Name="ContentPanel" Grid.Row="1"> <Border x:Name="errorBorder" Background="Red" Opacity="0"></Border> <TextBox Margin="8" Text="{Binding MyText, Mode=TwoWay, NotifyOnValidationError=True, ValidatesOnExceptions=True}" BindingValidationError="ContentPanel_BindingValidationError"> <TextBox.InputScope> <InputScope>…
I’ve been messing around around with the ms translator api (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff512435.aspx) and thought I’d post my sample code. http://cid-4f1b7368284539e5.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/Wp7%20Speech%20To%20Text/TextToSpeech.zip A quick app that speaks with a localized French accent.
Ok, so a similar treatment for the Bing Maps control as for previous posts on the Pivot and Panorama controls. So starting out with a standard Windows Phone Application project… Straight into the xaml: <Maps:Map x:Name="map" Grid.Row="1"> <Maps:MapItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding PushPins}">…
by Peter Daukintis Ok, this is just a quick follow-up to a previous post Data Binding Pivot Control just as confirmation that this approach will work for the WP7 Panorama Control as well. Starting with the project from the previous…
by Peter Daukintis After release of the RTM software tools for WP7 I was pleased to see the looping controls manifested as DatePicker and TimePicker since I was considering creating similar…These are built on top of the LoopingSelector control which…
by Peter Daukintis Ok, having had access to the official WP7 Pivot control in the RTM Tools for Windows Phone 7 for a few days I thought it was time to explore and particularly in it’s data binding capabilities. I…