Kinect and Natural User Interface White Papers

A white paper is an educational tool that provides you with an in-depth look at a technical aspect of, or the performance of, a component, feature, function, or process. Most often, a white paper introduces you to subjects to expand your knowledge and to help you build better apps. You’ll also discover white papers that emphasize best practices and solutions to help you work smarter.

Important For the newest list of Xbox One white papers—and to download a white paper—see White papers on the Xbox Game Developer (XGD) site.

White papers are being integrated into the XDK documentation. The white papers listed in the following table are available in the XDK documentation if they are linked. Otherwise, look for a paper listed here on White Papers on XGD.

Category	Title	Description	Author	Date of publication
Kinect and General Input	Xbox One Market Expansion: Application Language Support	This topic provides an overview of the new markets that will be supported by Xbox One in September 2014. It provides detail on the level of voice language support that partners are required to implement to ship an application on Xbox One on a market-by-market basis.	Xbox One Applications Support Team	01/26/2015
Kinect and General Input	Speech Design Overview for Game Designers	Covers several design principles for designing great speech experiences for Xbox One titles. It also introduces common speech design terminology and elements of speech recognition.	Advanced Technology Group	10/31/2013
Kinect and General Input	Silver Tongue: The Xbox One Speech Cheat Sheet	Discusses the most important things to know about grammar construction using NUI Speech, designing a game experience with speech, and potential pitfalls with speech technology.	Advanced Technology Group	10/15/2013
Kinect and General Input	The User Says What? Testing and Tuning Guidelines for Speech Recognition for Xbox One	Covers the available tools for testing and tuning speech recognition, starting with a brief reference guide that provides an overview of strategies for preparing and conducting testing.	Advanced Technology Group	10/09/2013
Kinect and General Input	Visual Gesture Builder: A Data-Driven Solution to Gesture Detection	Explains how Visual Gesture Builder, a data-driven machine-learning solution for gesture detection, can be used efficiently to detect even the most challenging gestures with very high accuracy.	Advanced Technology Group	09/18/2013
Kinect and General Input	The NUI Runtime for Xbox One	The NUI runtime in Xbox One offers a new, streamlined approach to all types of data based on what the Kinect sensor can see.	NUI Runtime Team	05/13/2013
Kinect and General Input	NUI Speech: Reading It Aloud	For software developers and designers who are enabling speech in their titles, this paper identifies potential holes in speech grammars and provides guidance on tools for making that process easier.	Advanced Technology Group	11/02/2012
Kinect and General Input	Introduction to Kinect on Xbox One	Take a look at what’s upcoming for NUI experiences using Kinect and consider suggestions for development planning before the next release.	Advanced Technology Group	06/21/2012