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Kinect for Windows

Digital Journalism Education Teach-A-Thon | K3D: A New Distance Education Tool | Journalism Interactive Conference 2013 | journalisminteractive.com/2013

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DESCRIPTION: K3D: A New Distance Education Tool. Part of Journalism Interactive 2013 conference Teach-A-Thon. Educators were given 5 minutes to talk about curriculum ideas, tools, class assignments and more to help digital journalism educators. Journalisminteractive.com

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  • 1.Kinect for Windows

2. K3DA cheap distance-ed platform Digital Worlds Institute andCenter for Media Innovation + ResearchUniversity of Florida 3. Sound-activated, motion-sensing, 3D cameraInfraredVGAIR depthprojector camera sensor Microphone array 4. How it senses depthInfrared projector and camera 5. How it tracks motionKinect tracks 15 body points, primarily the major joints 6. Creating the avatar 7. Virtual classrooms 8. Virtual classrooms 9. Applications Students can be transported to any location Remote students with Kinectdevices canparticipate in a live class Sessions can be streamed and/orrecorded Required bandwidth is minimal Total cost: About $600 for camera and laptop 10. Fun with VR 11. Contacts Dr. AngelosBarmpoutis, UF Digital WorldsInstitute [email protected] David Carlson, UF Center for Media Innovation+ Research [email protected] 12. K3DA cheap distance-ed platform Digital Worlds Institute andCenter for Media Innovation + ResearchUniversity of Florida