Since its launch, the Kinect continues to be compromised in 100s of wonderful and crazy ways. Now, Microsoft is likely to embrace that by helping Kinect-based start-ups realize their potential.
Known as "Kinect Accelerator", the initiative might find Microsoft fund and nurture 10 ambitious categories of engineers and entrepreneurs, and provide them the opportunity to turn their ideas into reality. For Microsoft, this appears just like a fairly discomfort-free method of finding probably the most creative Kinect talent available.
Without doubt there's likely to be huge competition for that 10 finalist slots. As the application procedure does not seem too taxing, questions like "Please describe your company in 140 figures or less" and "Let you know that the organization can make money" will definitely set the bed room programmers in the serious entrepreneurs. For that 10 which make, it Microsoft will give you a 3-month incubation program early in the year of 2012. Microsoft say this can mean:
"Every company taking part within the Kinect Accelerator will get a good investment of $20,000, an Xbox 360 development package, the Home windows Kinect SDK, work place... and mentorship from entrepreneurs, traders and Microsoft professionals intensely centered on making their business successful. In the finish from the program, each company may have an chance to provide in an Investor Demo Day to angel traders, vc's, Microsoft professionals, media and industry influentials."
This is a pretty large deal for anybody who handles to really make it in to the final 10. Personally, I am just excited to determine what ideas these men have, and exactly what the results come out like. [Microsoft via Technology Review Image: bfishadow]
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