Siemens PLM Software Blog

This is a guest post from my colleague Abhijit Dastidar, Marketing Manager for Tecnomatix.

I know you all are familiar with Microsoft Kinect and how its full body tracking system allows you to use your gestures and voice commands to play video games. Kinect gives you freedom from clumsy controllers and remotes.

But did you know that in June of this year Microsoft released Kinect for Windows SDK so that developers can build natural user interfaces (NUI) for their Windows applications? This allowed developers, researchers and enthusiasts to use the Kinect’s unique interface in ways we could have only imagined before. You can check some of these example applications here.

At Siemens PLM Software we are looking for innovative ways to bring the NUI capabilities of Microsoft’s Kinect to Jack. Jack is our human simulation solution that allows manufacturers to design safe, efficient and comfortable workplace environments.

Check this video and see how Microsoft Kinect and Jack could make the process of designing and optimizing manual workplace environments fast, easy and a bit more fun.

Tags: digital manufacturing, ergonomic simulation, Jack, kinect, Microsoft, motion capture, natural user interface, Tecnomatix