Researchers at Melbourne Zoo are employing Kinect sensors in a new orangutan research project.
“The research team can now project a full body-sized screen that allows the orang-utans to “bodily engage” with the projection, whether it be rolling, using it on their bodies or bringing over physical objects like leaves and bits of tarpaulin,” Microsoft said of the project on its blog.
It’s admittedly a fairly dry read, but from the pictures, it looks like heading over to the zoo to actually check out the project would be a different story.
The Kinect-powered orangutan project runs all of February at the Melbourne Zoo.
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