Microsoft Kinect Hacks to play World of Warcraft

Upon seeing this video of a guy playing World of Warcraft using Microsoft's newest gaming console made me say, WoW! The possibility of this of course is endless in the realm of gaming especially in MMORPGS. I've been a fan of mmorpgs of course way back in 2004 when I get hooked playing Philippine Ragnarok Online. Though it's not as edgey as World of Warcraft because it's not 3D, gameplay is definitely superb with it.  The API (Application Programming Interface) of this which is called FAAST (Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit) is ready to be downloaded freely over the internet.


Here's what I got on the caption of the video to save you from following the direct link.

We are developing the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST), which is middleware to facilitate integration of full-body control with games and VR applications. FAAST currently supports the PrimeSensor and the Microsoft Kinect using the OpenNI framework.

In this video, we show how FAAST can be used to control off-the-shelf video games such as World of Warcraft. Since these games would not normally support motion sensing devices, FAAST emulates keyboard input triggered by body posture and specific gestures. These controls can be dynamically configured for different applications and games.

FAAST is free software that uses the OpenNI framework (www.openni.org). We are currently preparing the toolkit for an open-source release. You can download FAAST at: http://people.ict.usc.edu/~suma/faast/

 I've been in programming and I currently moved to the python and C programming way but I guess if Microsoft and Kinect becomes pretty much interesting then I might get the C# way too.