Wed, Jan 19, 2011 | 10:01 GMT
Kinect dev ups sticks, goes to Google
Johnny Chung Lee, one of the main developers behind Kinect, has left Microsoft for Google.
He made the announcement on his blog.
“Very recently, I have left Microsoft to join a special projects team at Google,” said Lee.
“After more than two-and-a-half years working as a core contributor to the human tracking algorithms for Kinect, it was an extremely difficult decision and I leave behind many great colleagues in Redmond.”
Lee joins a special projects team at Google.
Thanks, Engadget.
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Posted in: Kinect, Microsoft
Tags: google, Johnny Chung Lee
4 comments
#1
Robo_1
19/01/11, 10:12 am
I hope he successfully dodged the chair upon informing Steve Ballmer.
MS do seem to have a high staff turn over of talent though.
#2
Zarckan
19/01/11, 10:42 am
No wonder! I didn’t know until now that Johnny was behind it. Fucken Kudos…
For those that don’t know, Johnny was the guy that did the WiiMote hack to enable “fake” 3d head tracking.
#3
AbracadaverAK
19/01/11, 10:56 am
I heard about it ages ago, and he’s not going to me named specifically by MS, is he? I doubt he left because he didn’t get enough credit.
#4
naffgeek
19/01/11, 10:59 am
probably left because he is sitting around twiddling his thumbs, seeing as kinect has shipped…
I still want one of his diy steady cams.