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1. Mixed Reality and Kinect

Vangos Pterneas1  
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New York City, NY, USA
 

In the beginning, it was the punch card. In less than 100 years, the world has gone from massive, room-sized computers to tiny headsets that can project holograms and understand the world around them. We are starting our journey from the early pioneers of the science of information technology. We are going to explore how the world transitioned from primitive dumb computers to Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality interfaces, creating miraculous devices such as the Azure Kinect.

A Brief History of Mixed Reality

In the late 1940s, the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, ...

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